- Joint Legislative Council
The Legislative Council Staff does all of the following: (1) provides legal,
scientific and other research services and administrative support services
to Joint Legislative Council study committees and other legislative study
committees; (2) provides nonpartisan legal counsel and scientific and
analyst staff for the standing committees of the legislature and a number
of joint statutory committees; (3) functions as the Rules Clearinghouse
for review of all proposed administrative rules; and (4) responds to
research and information requests from legislators, legislative staff,
other governmental agencies and other state legislatures.
- Legislative Audit Bureau
The Legislative Audit Bureau is a nonpartisan legislative service agency
created to assist the legislature in maintaining effective oversight of
state operations. The bureau conducts objective audits and evaluations of
state agency operations to ensure financial transactions have been made in
a legal and proper manner and to determine whether programs are
administered effectively, efficiently, and in accordance with the policies
of the legislature and the governor. The results of these evaluations are
provided to the legislature, along with recommendations for improvements
in agency operations.
- Legislative Fiscal Bureau
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau develops impartial and nonpartisan fiscal
information for the legislature. One of the bureau's principle
duties is to staff the Joint Committee on Finance and assist its members.
The bureau studies the state budget and its long-range implications,
reviews state revenues and expenditures, and suggests alternatives to the
committee and the legislature.
- Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislative Reference Bureau provides nonpartisan legal, statutory revision, research,
and library services to the legislature and the public. The bureau provides confidential bill-drafting services
to the legislature and those designated by law; publishes the Laws of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Statutes,
the Administrative Code and Register, the Wisconsin Blue Book, and other publications; and maintains a full-service
legislative library.
- Legislative Technology Services Bureau
The nonpartisan Legislative Technology Services Bureau is the single point of
responsibility committed to providing timely technology services and
support for the Wisconsin Legislature and the bureaus that serve the
legislature. To achieve this, we communicate effectively with our clients
and business partners, we leverage our staff with state-of-the-art
technology, and we empower our clients to become self-sufficient through
relevant training and knowledge bases to fulfill their legislative
responsibilities. Our staff provides a complete range of electronic
communications capabilities. We also provide enterprise-level consulting
in the areas of office automation, payroll and
accounting, constituent database support, Internet access, bill drafting,
statute production, administrative code, legislative document publication,
and demographic and geographic analysis.
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