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Budget plan could pour sand back into licensing agency gears
The Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS), the agency responsible for licensing about 200 credentials, including in the trades, would face a 31% staff cut starting Oct. 1 under the budget Republicans advanced in committee last week.
Council on State Governments honors state DSPS secretary
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) Secretary-designee Dan Hereth learned Wednesday he had recorded a first for Wisconsin.
DSPS licensing times down, number of approvals up, Evers says
Gov. Tony Evers requested the Legislature to allow DSPS keep its improved staffing levels.
Contractors cite cost increases with new state building code, but HVAC engineers say it will save money
State officials are poised to adopt 2021 International Building Code. Wisconsin uses the 2015 international code.
Department of Safety and Professional Services adds designers of engineering systems, architects to occupational licensing app
The state agency will move more than 60 occupations to its cloud-based online platform LicensE for people applying for licenses or renewing them.
Wisconsin license delays improve, but agency needs more help
Wisconsin Republicans questioned the efforts of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration to fix lengthy delays in issuing professional licenses, even as an agency head said Thursday that wait times had improved.
Republicans order audit of licensing backlog (UPDATE)
Republican lawmakers were poised Tuesday to order an audit of a Wisconsin agency that has taken weeks to issue professional licenses, causing lengthy delays for thousands of workers across the state.
DSPS announces new tool to access plan submissions online
DSPS announced an online tool for project stakeholders to look up plan submissions and delays.
DSPS secretary announces contractors, engineers, renewables experts as members in sustainable buildings council
Construction professionals and renewables experts were among members appointed to the first Wisconsin Advisory Council on Building Sustainability meeting on Monday.
Crim stepping down as DSPS secretary, Hereth taking over
The head of the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, an agency charged with reviewing commercial-building plans and issuing various trades licenses, is stepping down.
Assembly committee advances bill to exempt projects from DSPS plan review
A state Assembly committee voted on Wednesday to advance a bill that would exempt certain construction projects from state plan-review requirements in hopes of preventing a backlog of reviews that surfaced in 2019 from returning.
DSPS launches task force to study mass-timber regulations
The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services has formed a task force to examine the use of mass timber in commercial buildings.
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