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Money & Politics: State agency spending on outside service contracts continues to rise
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Each year, as a state law requires, the Wisconsin Department of Administration produces a "Contractual Services Purchasing Report." It tracks spending by state agencies and the University of Wisconsin to outsource tasks ranging from information technology to janitorial work. State workers have long argued that they could be doing many of these jobs for less.