Gov. Jim Doyle touted on Monday a new system of purchasing goods and services that he said will save the state of Wisconsin as much as $200 million over the next four years.
The savings will result from bidding contracts as an entire state, instead of by having individual agencies buy their own goods and services. Other improvements, according to Doyle, are consolidating human resources and procurement staffing levels in the Department of Administration, improving facility management and strengthening the state’s information technology infrastructure.