University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: March 2013

UW System budget will be discussed Thursday

The Joint Finance Committee, the state legislature’s budget committee, will hold agency briefings next week on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget next week. The University of Wisconsin System’s agency briefing is scheduled for Thursday. The briefing sessions begin Tuesday and can be viewed on WisconsinEye. The non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s analysis of the governor’s proposed UW …

State to launch OpenBook Wisconsin website

OpenBook Wisconsin, a new website that will be launched this spring by the Department of Administration, is intended to provide public access to detailed information about state government expenditures, including at UW–Madison and the UW System. Please read a message from state Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch to all state employees about the launch …

Message to state employees from Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch

Good morning, This spring, the State plans to launch its expenditure disclosure website called OpenBook Wisconsin. This website is part of Governor Walker’s on-going effort to make state government more transparent for the citizens of Wisconsin. OpenBook Wisconsin will give citizens easy access to State of Wisconsin expenditures, or the amount of money we spend …