Gov. Jim Doyle signed an executive order Friday creating a new office to advise officials on how to spend the potentially billions in federal stimulus money the state is expected to receive from President Barack Obama’s administration in the coming months.Yay, more bureaucrats! No word yet on new positions in the Office of Redundancy Office.
The Office of Recovery and Reinvestment is designed to help the government spend the money quickly and wisely by identifying potential spending obstacles and working with schools and local governments, according to Doyle spokesperson Carla Vigue.
One of the goals is to jumpstart the economy through job growth in a variety of different sectors, including University of Wisconsin System projects, Vigue added.
Top WH officials encourage Ernst to run again in private meeting
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The meeting comes as Senate Republicans fear Ernst, 55, might retire.
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