{"id":986,"date":"2023-02-21T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=986"},"modified":"2023-03-02T20:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:34:17","slug":"irg-releases-report-on-modernizing-and-decentralizing-state-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"IRG Releases Report on Modernizing and Decentralizing State Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/irg-releases-report-on-modernizing-and-decentralizing-state-government\/\">https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/irg-releases-report-on-modernizing-and-decentralizing-state-government\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reimagining-Wisconsin-Government-for-the-21st-Century.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Delafield, WI \u2013 Today the Institute for Reforming Government released a brand new report \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reimagining-Wisconsin-Government-in-the-21st-Century-FINAL.pdf\"><em><strong>Reimagining Wisconsin Government for the 21st Century<\/strong><\/em><\/a> \u2013 that presents a clear roadmap for modernizing and strengthening state government, removing its inefficiencies, and shrinking its size and footprint in Madison. <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reimagining-Wisconsin-Government-in-the-21st-Century-FINAL.pdf\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for the full report.<\/p>\n<p>The IRG policy team has spent the last year and half researching and mapping out a plan \u2013 detailed in the report \u2013 on how to decentralize bureaucratic power in Madison by sending state agencies to other parts of the state where they can be more responsive to the people they serve. <strong>This same idea is now being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/desantis-supports-moving-some-federal-agencies-outside-dc-detached-administrative-state\">echoed nationally by Florida Governor Ron Desantis<\/a> who is advocating for moving some federal agencies outside of Washington, DC. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other key highlights of the report include plans for: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reducing the full time employee count<\/strong> through contracting out for professional services, and using digital technology and automation to reduce staffing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reducing the physical footprint in Madison<\/strong> by moving agencies out of Madison and into the communities that they serve.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Making government more responsive to peoples\u2019 needs<\/strong> by using technology and regional offices to make it easier for the average Wisconsinite to access what they need from government, when they need it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPlagued with backlogs, worsening relationships with the business community, and underutilization of modern technology, Wisconsin state government still operates under a bloated, inefficient and outdated 19th century model of governance. Meanwhile, states across the nation \u2013 including our Midwest neighbor in Iowa \u2013 are modernizing the structure and function of their state governments. It\u2019s time to move Wisconsin into the 21st century with bold, bipartisan solutions that actually meet the needs of citizens.\u201d <strong>\u2013 Alex Ignatowski, Director of State Budget and Government Reform <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This year marks the 175th anniversary of Wisconsin statehood in 1848, when the basic template for state government was laid out. Although there have been multiple reorganizations over the last 175 years, they have all been constrained by a 19th century mindset and framework.<\/p>\n<p>IRG\u2019s report \u2013 designed to address Wisconsin\u2019s 21st century needs \u2013 stands in direct contrast to Governor Evers\u2019 recently proposed budget that dramatically expands the size and scope of government. IRG\u2019s analysis on Governor Evers\u2019 budget is here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The full <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Reimagining-Wisconsin-Government-in-the-21st-Century-FINAL.pdf\"><em>Reimagining Wisconsin Government for the 21st Century<\/em><\/a> report is available to read on the IRG website.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/irg-releases-report-on-modernizing-and-decentralizing-state-government\/ Delafield, WI \u2013 Today the Institute for Reforming Government&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institute-for-reforming-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}