Check out this gem from the UW System new personnel system.
Most unfortunately the classified were way more prominent in the feedback category, they had a lot of anger towards faculty and staff, and this can be used against all of us most unfortunately in the future. And there’s a lot of transfer between UW System personnel system and Madison personnel system. So just because this is System and not Madison is not a reason to ignore what System is doing.

Like a rule against being “discourteous”. This is extremely subjective and further subject to discrimination. It is well known that women for example are held to different expectations of conduct than men. What a man could get away with saying a woman could get dismissed for saying.

http://web.uwsa.edu/assets/sites/personnel_structures/docs/proposed%20implementation%20docs/EE%205-Work%20Place%20Expectations.pdf
II. Regulations – Prohibited Conduct
A. Failure or refusal to carry out assignments or instructions.
B. Loafing, loitering, sleeping or engaging in unauthorized personal business.
C. Unauthorized disclosure of confidential information or records.
D. Failure to provide accurate and complete information whenever such information is required by an authorized person or entity.
E. Failure to comply with health, safety and sanitation requirements, rules and regulations.
F. Unexcused or excessive absenteeism.
G. Unauthorized or improper use of University property or equipment including vehicles, telephone, university keys or mail service.
H. Unauthorized possession or removal of University or another person’s private property.
I. Unauthorized posting or removing of notices or signs from bulletin boards.
J. Threatening or doing bodily harm, intimidating, interfering with, or using abusive language towards others.
K. Unauthorized possession of weapons.
L. Making false or malicious statements concerning other employees, students or the University.
M. Use or reporting to work under the influence of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs.
N. Unauthorized solicitation for any purpose.
O. Failure to exercise good judgment, or being discourteous, in dealing with fellow employees, students or the general public.

This page lists expenses to date: http://siftingandwinnowing.org/expenses-and-donations/

“Scott Walker, right-wing think tanks creating another crisis in public employee pensions”

http://bdgrdemocracy.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/report-scott-walker-right-wing-think-tanks-creating-another-crisis-public-employee-pensions/

“Taxpayers deserve to have the best and hardest working employees working for them. The state employee workforce of the 21st Century may be more attentive to the portability of benefits and freedom offered by other retirement options.”

I don’t think we’re out of the woods. My read is, these guys still REALLY want to get their hands on the WRS.

“The report released today confirms that both taxpayers and pensioners are getting a great deal with the WRS. Compared to other states, Wisconsin consistently rates among the best performing public pension systems in the country.

“Both the State of Wisconsin and WRS must be fiscally sustainable moving forward to ensure that we can meet our outstanding benefit obligations, which I am confident we can do. The long term structural changes we made last year will help ensure that the state iis able to fulfill the commitment it has made to pensioners.

“I want to be very clear: I am currently not planning to make any substantial changes to the WRS. However, I will continue to work to ensure that the WRS is fiscally sustainable for both taxpayers and retirees.”

1) No more than 50 employees of any government agency may attend an international conference on foreign soil unless deemed in the national interest by the Secretary of State;

2) Total conference travel expenses paid by any agency in each of the fiscal years 2012-2016 may not exceed 80% of that paid in fiscal year 2010.

3) All conference materials, recordings, etc., presented by government conference-goers must be posted online in searchable form.

Here’s a link to the amendment: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r112:1:./temp/~r112Q7qMxG:e86309: