Below is a letter from Interim Chancellor David Ward delivered to Wisconsin legislative leadership on Friday, June 14.
June 14, 2013
To: Scott Fitzgerald, Senate Majority Leader
Robin Vos, Speaker of the Assembly
Chris Larson, Senate Minority Leader
Peter Barca, Assembly Minority Leader
From: David Ward, Interim Chancellor
I am writing in reference to a budget amendment approved by the Joint Committee on Finance that would prohibit the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ) from utilizing space on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus as well as prohibit UW employees from doing any work related to the center as part of their official duties.