The National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of State Governments (CSG) presented a webcast to provide insight into Minnesota and Wisconsin’s state-leading collaborated effort to share services and become more efficient by cooperating between their states. On March 31, 2009, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced the first steps of this new effort; Minnesota and Wisconsin will work together on more than 80 projects to save money and improve government operations.

View the archived webcast!

Presenters:

• Matt Kramer, Chief of Staff to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty
• Aaron Olver, Deputy Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Commerce

Moderator: Nikki Guilford, Director, NGA Office of Management Consulting and Training
Related Documents:

• PowerPoint Presentation for NGA (PDF): Wisconsin-Minnesota Collaboration (7/29/09)
• Wisconsin News Release: "Governors Doyle, Pawlenty Sign Groundbreaking Executive Orders to Explore Shared Services" (1/13/09)
• Executive Orders: Wisconsin, Minnesota (1/13/09)
• Minnesota News Release: "Governor Pawlenty & Governor Doyle Announce First Joint Minnesota-Wisconsin Efforts" (3/31/09)
• Wisconsin Minnesota Collaboration Report (3/ 31/09)