OUR POLICY SOLUTIONS ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
THE PROBLEM: Despite increased wages and improved benefit packages, finding workers is still extremely difficult for employers all over Wisconsin. There are approximately 130,000 open jobs posted on the Job Center of Wisconsin website daily, and Wisconsin has one of the tightest labor markets employers have ever faced.
Beyond government ...
THE PROBLEM: The COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that the Department of Workforce Development’s (DWD) Division of Unemployment Insurance (UI) is mismanaged and not aligned with the needs of workers or employers. It failed at delivering benefits to Wisconsinites when they needed them most during the pandemic, and it continues to ...
The Problem: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed incompetence, abuses, and illegality in Wisconsin government, especially in the executive branch and school districts.
Policy Solution: While it has not been deployed in decades, Wisconsin state lawmakers have tools to conduct regular oversight investigations and hearings to hold bureaucrats and ...
Madison, Wis. — The Institute for Reforming Government today called for the state to abolish the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) and released a detailed policy proposal to guard against bureaucratic, unaccountable electoral oversight. IRG’s policy solution recommends utilizing the secretary of state’s office to oversee elections since ...
THE PROBLEM: The people of Wisconsin do not have a mechanism to hold state elections officials at the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) accountable when they abuse their power or fail to follow the law. The WEC has proved that it’s an out-of-control agency in need of democratic accountability.
POLICY SOLUTION: Direct electoral ...
Madison, Wis. — Chris Reader, former senior director of workforce and employment policy at Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, has joined the Institute for Reforming Government as its new executive vice president. As IRG senior leadership, Chris will oversee efforts to generate policy solutions and execute the organization’s vision of ...
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