State workers could be moved from agency to agency at the whim of a high-level executive branch bureaucrat under Gov. Jim Doyle’s budget.
The proposal, tucked away in the 1,743-page bill, gives the power to permanently move state employees to the secretary of the Department of Administration. That person, currently Michael Morgan, is appointed by the governor.
The idea is all about being more efficient, said Department of Administration spokeswoman Linda Barth. In some cases, people in different state agencies do work in similar fields and should be consolidated into the same office, Barth said.