Legislative Oversight Mechanisms

Ongoing oversight by legislative committee(s) or commission(s); legislative program reviews or performance audits; reporting requirements; legislative requests for information. The secretaries of state agencies are required to submit to the governor and to the Legislature a report on the performance and operations of the agency during the preceding biennium, and its goals and objectives for the program budget report (Wis. Stat. Ann. §15.04). Occasionally, the Legislature will establish special committees to review special topics, such as the Joint Committee on Transportation Needs and Financing in 2006.

Legislative Program Evaluation Office

Program Evaluation Division, Legislative Audit Bureau. WisDOT is subject to annual financial audits and periodic programmatic audits by the Program Evaluation Division; the division is not, however, required to conduct regular programmatic audits of WisDOT.

Sunset Review

Sunset clauses have been enacted only for selected programs or legislation, not for WisDOT per se.