The Doyle Administration has finally found a solution to the cost overruns that have plagued state IT projects for years: stop reporting them.  In 2005, state officials estimated that consolidating state computer servers would cost taxpayers $12.8 million.  They were off by nearly $100 million.

According to the Department of Administration (DOA), the project price tag will reach $110 million by the end of June.  After that, state workers will not track the costs even though they expect the consolidation to continue at least through December.  Once the project is finished, DOA expects the annual cost of running the new data center to be $18 million.

DNR Uses Taxpayer Funds to Advertise for "Animal Rights" Organization

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently spent $6,000 on radio ads for a radical left-wing special interest group, named HSUS. According to HSUS' own website the organization works "to create meaningful social change for animals."  Sportsmen and women across the state believe HSUS is a “fringe group aimed at ending hunting and trapping in Wisconsin and throughout the United States.”

Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for the DNR to run radio ads on behalf of a group that wants to destroy Wisconsin’s hunting heritage.