Giving UW-Madison greater flexibility in hiring and purchasing seems reasonable, but the state?s building program is a different thing. The university says the DOA adds bureaucracy to the process, but it could be said instead that DOA?s architects and engineers provide services to manage and maintain university facilities so the university doesn?t have to. This allows the university to focus its resources on its central mission ? education. Over the years the university has sought autonomy, and Republican and Democratic administrations alike have determined that state-level oversight is in the taxpayers? best interests.
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