Senator Craig Applauds Creation of Inspector General at DOT
"This a great first step, but the key to taxpayer accountability will be requiring the Inspector General to report to the legislature as well."
Madison, WI — Today, State Senator David Craig (R-Town of Vernon) applauded Governor Scott Walker’s Executive Order creating an Office of the Inspector General within the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT). He released the following statement:
“Placing an Inspector General in the DOT is the type of proactive, systemic reform that has been desperately needed at the agency. I have long encouraged the adoption of this proven tool for rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse. I applaud Governor Walker for challenging the status quo within the agency and providing the tools necessary to protect taxpayers from further abuse.
“This a great first step, but the key to taxpayer accountability will be requiring the Inspector General to report to the legislature as well.”
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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Senator : Why now ??
-You built a new DOT headquarters building in Madison.
-At that time the talk was to hire multi-hundred new state employed engineers( “legacy employees”) rather than use consultant engineering firms.
-DOT as I understand it is laying off staff currently.
-What were we paying Mark Gottlieb to be managing?
-TOO LITTLE / TOO LATE .
( And we are currently funding a multi-million dollar study to again look at transportation funding options.)
-Waste , fraud & abuse has come and gone along with state taxpayer money.