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MSOE’s Business Excellence Consortium (BEC) is offering a series of free Business Community Outreach Events to provide insights into issues affecting organizations. On Tuesday, April 19, Dr. Ian Wedgewood will give a presentation on improved health care delivery. Following the presentation, leaders in health care quality will lead interactive discussion groups on Lean and Lean Six Sigma for...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that on March 21, 2011, former Madison resident Joshua Burlin was found guilty of one count of identity theft and one count of false swearing, both felonies, following his entry of a guilty plea before Dane Circuit Judge Nicholas...

MILWAUKEE – The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is seeking feedback about the five finalists for the position of chancellor. Added to the Chancellor Search Committee website – http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/Chancellor – is a Feedback Link that leads to a comment form for each candidate. Submissions will be accepted until noon, Monday, April 4. The five finalists for the position are: * David Belcher, Provost...

Contact: Katie Steiger-Meister, (612) 713-5317, katie_steiger-meister@fws.gov The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will publish a final rule in the Federal Register on March 22, officially adding the bighead carp to the federal injurious wildlife list. The final rule codifies the Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act (S. 1421), signed into law by President Obama on December 14, 2010. ...

Recognition Showcases Exceptional Enrollment Growth MILWAUKEE – March 21, 2011 – Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin (Anthem) announced today that it has received a Brand Excellence Award from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA). The annual awards honor Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies that excel in developing and enhancing the overall Blue Cross...

CONTACT: Joanne Brockman (608) 243-4476 Madison College will be offering two International Traffic Arms Regulation (ITAR) classes. The training class is designed for manufacturers to provide an understanding of ITAR. Whether a business is a prime or subcontractor, compliance has to be maintained at all levels. Learn to navigate ITAR regulations, procedures, policies and administration. Sample forms and procedures will...

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle M. Friedman (262) 754-2877 MADISON, WI — The Madison and Metropolitan Milwaukee based law firm of DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. today announced that Bradley W. Raaths, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, has been appointed President and Managing Partner effective July 1, 2011. Raaths will succeed Stephen A. DiTullio who has served as the firm’s...

Leading facilities-based Internet, data, and voice provider headquartered in Austin, TX successfully deploys CustomCall's billing and OSS suite Madison, WI - March 21st, 2011 - CustomCall Data Systems announced today that Tel West Network Services Corporation has successfully implemented CustomCall's billing, OSS, and customer acquisition solutions. Tel West, a leading local telecommunications service provider in Texas, uses CustomCall's hosted Webtop...

Contact: Dan Veroff, (608) 265-9545, dlveroff@wisc.edu MADISON - With a few quick, deft movements of mouse and keyboard, Jim Beaudoin reorganized voting in Columbia County. He collapsed 31 supervisory districts into two big ones, then grabbed a city block here, a rural block there, dragging them from one district to the other to balance the populations. Finally, he zoomed in to...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Keith Reopelle, senior policy director of Clean Wisconsin, has seen a lot of environmental politics over the years and thought he had prepared himself for GOP Gov. Scott Walker's budget. But Reopelle says he was blindsided by the environmental roll-backs Walker included in his two-year budget plan unveiled on March 1. Walker proposed an end to...