Audit Determines In-house Printing is Cheaper

Outsourcing state printing work is officially a waste of money in Wisconsin. That was the result of an audit of the Wisconsin Department of Administration, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last month.

The Legislative Audit Bureau determined that the state was wrong when it insisted it could save money by outsourcing printing. In reality, according to the audit, the state could save up to $616,500 by hiring 35 state workers instead.