THE MADISON
GROUP CONSULTANTS LLC¨
A Private
Practice in the Public Interestª
Dr. Douglas
B. King and Associates
Email: douglasking@madisongroup.us
Web:
madisongroup.us
Phone:
608.832.6455
About The
Madison Group
The Madison Group is a non-profit
consulting practice. The Madison
Group is a confederated consortium of licensed professionals from every
profession ranging from law and medicine to engineering and the
environment. Our associates are
accomplished individuals with distinguished careers and extensive expertise in
a wide range of disciplines and occupations. We work with the public and private sectors anonymously and
confidentially on behalf of our clients to facilitate outcomes, broker arrangements
and achieve understandings of mutual benefit in pursuit of noble social purposes.
Our mission is to assist ordinary
people with issues of public interest.
Our focus is on the prevention and repair of injustice. Think: ÒThe bigger they are the harder they fall.Ó Our associates donate their
services voluntarily without charge as their interests appear. Some represent legal firms and provide their
services on a pro-bono basis. Think
: ÒRobin Hood.Ó Associates who volunteer to provide
services to the Madison Group do so under nondisclosure agreement. Associates are not permitted to
disclose their affiliation with the Madison Group and agree to maintain
plausible deniability.
Associates are not indemnified. Breach of confidentiality and/or nondisclosure agreement
results in substantial stipulated financial forfeitures as compelled by sealed
reciprocal letters of escrow.
The Madison GroupÕs projects depend
on what piques the interest of its colleagues. The focus of The Madison GroupÕs projects is on
helping ordinary people level the playing field with big government, big business
and big money. Potential associates are pitched
projects to see if anyone will volunteer their time. Associates decide to affiliate with the group when they want
to make a difference in a particular public interest issue that they were or
are unable to effectively address while serving in their public and private
positions. These become the projects of the Madison
Group. The composition of the
Madison Group keeps changing depending upon the set of associates and the issues
involved at any point in time.
Once work is concluded, associates are bound by nondisclosure agreement
never to divulge any affiliation with the group or reveal any information obtained
during their tenure.
The Madison Group can be thought of
as a facilitator of outcomes. It
is a broker of arrangements and understandings. It serves as a matchmaker and exchange trader of favors among
advocates of various positions on behalf of clients when opportunities find competing
interests match up with the interests of the client. Think: Òif you
help someone on this, then someone will help you on that.Ó On occasion, the Madison Group openly
leverages the media access of its members to stimulate exposure of injustice,
wrongdoing and impropriety. On
rare occasions the Madison Group goes public with direct appeal in the media or
legislative testimony or appearances before boards of corporate governance.
The Madison Group leverages private
access to highly placed, influential public and private decision makers,
corporate and government whistle-blowers and the media. Such access comes directly from sources
themselves, and indirectly from sources who have access to classified and
redacted information from within their organizations. Sometimes information that is classified or not covered
under open records laws or the freedom of information act is obtained by
sources surreptitiously using creative techniques not revealed or discussed. Think: ÒDonÕt ask, donÕt tell.Ó Our sources are confidential and protected under
attorney-client and doctor-patient privilege and never revealed. The ÒThree ProhibitionsÓ of the
Madison Group are: no
politics; no publicity; no participation.
The anonymous sources include federal, state and local agencies, for-profit
and non-profit corporations, law firms and private organizations, and current
and former partners, executives, employees, family, friends and acquaintances
who have their own agendas for sharing information of benefit to clients.
Our best results are achieved quietly
and discreetly without litigation or publicity when no one is even aware the
Madison Group was ever involved. The
Madison Group does not acknowledge any association with its colleagues and our colleagues
do not acknowledge any association with us. However, associates have an affirmative duty to warn. Therefore, in some limited
circumstances, partners, attorneys and staff in law firms provide information
helpful in defeating the pleadings of their own plaintiffs and defendants in
court cases where public interests outweighs private gains from litigation. On rare occasions, such arrangements
have resulted in the exposure, arrest, indictment, prosecution, conviction,
fine and imprisonment of public and private executives. Think: ÒSunlight is the best disinfectant. LetÕs go public.Ó
Madison Group associates employ quiet
persuasion and fly under-the-radar to exert influence on outcomes. They are very good at what they
do. This combination of expertise
and access has proven to be a very potent and effective approach to securing
changes to laws, administrative rules and business policies and practices and
reaching private negotiated settlements and agreements without resorting to
litigation or publicity. As
a result, The Madison Group has never lost an engagement on behalf of a client.
The Madison Group has provided
assistance in a very wide range of areas that are sometimes unique or
unusual. Some of the engagements are
listed below.
Sampling of Engagements Successfully Completed by The Madison
Group Consultants
á Lobbying and
position paper development.
á Legislative
bill drafting.
á Drafting of
local ordinances.
á Protection of
several wetlands.
á Cleanup of several
waterways.
á Re-routing of
several county highways.
á Securing broadband
Internet services for several rural towns.
á Facilitating
protection of and historic status designation for a historic church.
á Helping towns
and municipalities defend local Land Use Plans against development.
á Helping a
town develop a fundraising campaign to repay a loan taken for creation of a
park surrounding a national historic site to protect it from development.
á Helping
defeat frac sand mine in the Lower Wisconsin Riverway [Pattison Sand Inc, Town of Bridgeport, Crawford Co.]
á Obtaining a
change in pension plan practices on behalf of several groups of retired employees.
á Termination
of nuisance lighting on a telecommunications tower.
á Protection of
trout streams from development.
á Obtaining sewer
back-up mitigation and protection and financial settlement for a subdivision.
á Promoting
dark sky outdoor lighting to preserve the view of stars in the night sky.
á Obtaining senior
friendly redesign of product packaging on a national brand.
á Obtaining
product discounts for clients on major contracts.
á Changing radio
station programming on a regional radio station.
á Changing
local speed limits and signage at dangerous intersections.
á Changing a
deceptive banking practice.
á Facilitating
the prosecution, conviction, fine and imprisonment of a bond trader for securities
fraud.
á Securing the
convictions of executives in public agencies and private corporations for
wrongdoing.
á Arranging for
public exposure of white-collar crime and impropriety.
á Enforcing numerous
warranty claims on behalf of clients.
á Changing
store signage through secret shopping services.
á Changing
restaurant service practices for handicapped accessibility.
á Obtaining
settlements in consumer protection litigation.
á Redesigning
of multiple business information systems.
á Providing small
group counseling to resolve staff relationship issues.
á Reducing disaster
risk for several small businesses.
á Creating environmental
health and safety plans for public corporations.
á Performing business
system performance appraisal for a failing Division.
á Performing business
process re-engineering designs for major public agencies.
á Redesigning
of a telecommunications management business system.
á Redesigning
of several customer service operations.
á Recruiting,
interviewing and evaluating employees for a major business.
á Conducting mock
inspections of businesses for safety compliance.
á Providing secret
shopping services for regional businesses.
á Promoting audits,
appraisals, and assessments for several Fortune 500 corporations.
á Secured
funding approval for requests proposed by various state agencies.
á Secured
funding approval for grant applications from various county, city, village and
town governments.
á Secured
funding approval for grant applications from various non-profit businesses and
public interest organizations.
á Advocated
legislation and budget requests before Joint Finance Committee of the Legislature
and other legislative venues.
á Provided arts
marketing services.
á Promoted
silent sports.
á Promoted noise
control.
á Promoted dark
sky lighting and abatement of light pollution.
á Provided survey
and public opinion research services.
á Provided ghost
writing and publishing services.
á Provided
alternative business dispute mediation and resolution.
á Provided educational
facilities planning.
á Provided grants
writing and administration services.
á Provided technical
writing and editing services.
á Provided capital
budgeting services.
á Provided hazardous
materials management services.
á Provided risk
management and security services.
á Provided long
range, strategic, operational and tactical business systems planning services.
á Provided information
technology planning services.
á Procured
vendors through competitive bidding.
á Developed Requests
for Proposals (RFP), Requests for Bids (RFB), Requests for Information (RFI).
á Evaluated
RFPÕs and RFBÕs and RFIÕs.
á Provided consumer
protection complaint resolution.
á Provided career
counseling, life coaching, student mentoring and confidential executive
mentoring services.
á Assisted with
siting of wind turbines
á Assisted the transfer
of development rights
á Assisted with
plans of care for elderly residents of assisted living facilities
á Assisted
elderly people to remain living in their homes and obtain reimbursement for the
improvements made to them.
á Assisted in
the sale of real estate for retirement.
á Assisted
manufacturing facility to improve its manufacturing process for less defects.
á Secured
legislative approval and funding of the Wisconsin Floodplain-Shoreland
Protection Program.
á Secured
legislative approval and funding of the Wisconsin Wetland Protection Program.
á Secured
legislative approval and funding for the Wisconsin Riverway.
á Protected
public shoreline from private encroachment.
á Secured
legislative approval and funding of public access to Wisconsin waterways.
á Secured
legislative approval and funding for libraries on UW campuses.
á Secured legislative
approval and funding of Performing Art Centers on UW campuses.
á Secured
legislative approval and funding of the Wisconsin Synchronous Communication Optical
Network.
á Assisted the
design and development and funding of information technology plans for 60 state
agencies.
á Implemented
statewide data standards.
á Implemented
statewide land information standards.
á Secured
legislative approval and funding of land information plans in 72 counties.
á Enforced the
Open Records Law and the Freedom of Information Act.
á Supported the
employment retention of whistleblowers.
á Assisted
womenÕs health initiatives.
á Assisted
womenÕs sports initiatives.
á Assisted
womenÕs business initiatives.
á Secured
legislative approval and funding of Electronic Degree Programs at UW campuses.
á Assisted with
vetting and recruitment of public relations and marketing firms.
á Protected a
public shoreland hiking trail from development.
á Assisted the
removal of prayer cards from a national airline.
á Represented
families in successful claims against businesses and government agencies.
á Served as
whistleblower for employees disclosing confidential information.
á Served as deep
background facilitator of sourcing for media reporters.
Dr. Douglas King Biographical
Information
Dr. Douglas King is a retired CEO with
a 30-year career in public service.
He served three Governors of the State of Wisconsin, Lee Dreyfus, Anthony Earl and Tommy
Thompson; three Secretaries of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources,
Lester Voigt, Carroll Besadny, and Anthony Earl, and three Presidents of the
University of Wisconsin System, Robert OÕNeil, Kenneth Shaw, and Katharine
Lyall; and three Secretaries of the Wisconsin Department of Administration,
James Klauser, George Lightbourn, and Mark Bueher. He served as a
Senior Advisor and GovernorÕs Budget Briefer in the Wisconsin State Budget
Office, worked as a Career Executive Officer in Wisconsin State Government and was
appointed by Governor Tommy Thompson as the legislatively confirmed Executive
Director of the Wisconsin Land Information Board.
Positions and Appointments
Office of The
Governor, State of Wisconsin
á Executive
Director and Chief Executive Officer, State of Wisconsin Land Information Board
á GovernorÕs
Budget Briefer, Wisconsin State Budget Office, Department of Administration
á GovernorÕs
Budget Briefer, Joint Committee on Finance, Wisconsin State Legislature
á Chair of the
Wisconsin Land Council Information System Task Force, Office of the Governor
á Author of
GovernorÕs Executive Order on Management Information Technology
Wisconsin
Department of Administration
á Senior
Telecommunications Technology Consultant, Wisconsin Department of
Administration
á Senior
Information Technology Policy Advisor, Wisconsin State Budget Office, Wisconsin
Department of Administration
á Instructor,
Strategic Business and Information Systems, Wisconsin Department of
Administration
á Business
Systems Planning Officer, Wisconsin Department of Administration
á Strategic
Information Technology Officer, Wisconsin Department of Administration
University of
Wisconsin System Board of Regents
á Director of
Environmental Health and Safety, University of Wisconsin System Board of
Regents
á Director of
Risk Management, University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
á Director of
Hazardous Materials Management and Toxicology, University of Wisconsin System
Board of Regents
á Director of
Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Laboratory Safety, University of
Wisconsin System Board of Regents
á Director of
WorkerÕs Compensation and Medical Claims Management, University of Wisconsin
System Board of Regents
á Director of
Energy Management, University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
á Director of
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Control Systems, University of
Wisconsin Board of Regents
á Director of
Solid Waste Management, University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
á Director of
Recycling Programs, University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
á Director of
Air Pollution Control, University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
á Executive
Officer for Environmental Affairs, University of Wisconsin System Board of
Regents
á Executive
Officer for Real Estate, Property Management, and Land Acquisition, University
of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
á Executive
Officer for Capital Budgeting, University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
á Director of
Facilities and Space Management, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
á Director of
Computing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Aided Design and
Drafting (CADD), and Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM), University of
Wisconsin System Board of Regents
Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
á Agency
Information Systems Planner, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
á Departmental
Data Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
á Director,
Aerial Photography and Mapping Mission, Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
á Director of
State Wetlands Mapping, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
á Director of
State Shoreland Mapping, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
á Director of
Public Lands Inventory, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
á Director of
State Lake and Stream Inventory, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
á Agency
Representative, Wisconsin Coastal Zone Management Program
á Chief Water
Resources Planner, Bureau of Natural Resource Planning, Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources
á Director,
Records Management and Office Automation, Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
á Director,
Boat and Snowmobile Registration System Redesign, Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources
á Director,
Payroll and Personnel System Redesign, Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
á Assistant
Director, Information Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
University of
Wisconsin - Madison
á Lecturer,
University of Wisconsin Department of Urban and Regional Planning
á Guest
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin School of Business
University of
Wisconsin – Milwaukee
á Instructor in
Techniques and Methods of Planning and Analysis, University of Wisconsin
á Research
Associate in Urban Affairs, University of Wisconsin
State of Wisconsin Positions and Appointment
Oversight
á 60 state
agencies.
á 66,000
employees.
á Total
Budget: $100 million annual.
á Program
Budget Administered in State Budget Office: $24 billion biennial.
á Managed
Budget: $12 million annual.
á Signature
authority: $1 million annual.
á Direct Staff
Supervision: 10 positions.
á Field Staff
Supervision: 72 positions.
University of Wisconsin Positions and Appointment
Oversight
á 26 campuses;
12-4 year, 13-2 year, 1-doctoral.
á 18,000 campus
acres.
á 1,800
buildings.
á 50,000,000 gross
square feet.
á $6.5 billion
building value.
á $4.3 billion
contents value.
á Line staff
reporting: 20 positions.
á Field staff
reporting: 130 positions.
á Operating
budget: $3.5 billion annual.
á Capital
budget: $500 million biennium.
á Managed
Budget: $1 million per month.
á Signature
authority: $10 million.
á Faculty: 6,700 people.
á Staff: 28,000 people.
á 160,000
Headcount students.
á 135,000 Full
Time Equivalent students.
á Teaching
contacts: UW Extension – 1,
040,000 people.
á Public
Radio/TV contacts: 1,200,000 people.
á Distance
Education contacts: 100,000
people.
á Degrees per
year: Bachelors – 21,000;
Advanced&Professional 6,400.
á Federal,
state, institutional financial aid:
$550 million annual.
Education
á PhD, Public
Administration and Computer Science
á MS, Urban and
Regional Planning
á MS, Water and
Land Resources Management
á BS, Sociology
Certificates, Licenses and
Registrations
á Certificate
in City Management
á Certificate
in Business Process Reengineering
á Registered
Facilities Manager
á Certified
Computer Systems Engineering Professional
á Certificate
in Performance, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
Awards
á International
Social Science Honor Society
á Delta Tau
Kappa for Academic Achievement, University of Wisconsin
á United States
Department of Interior Fellow
á Eugene Craven
Memorial Nominee
á DeanÕs List
University of Wisconsin
á PresidentÕs
Award, Wisconsin Land Information Association
á Outstanding
Achievement Award, Wisconsin Land Information Association
á Editor in
Chief of the University of Wisconsin Newspaper VIATOR
á GovernorÕs
Commendation, Governor Tommy Thompson
á Legislative
Commendation, Wisconsin State Legislature
á PresidentÕs
Award, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
á SecretaryÕs
Award, Wisconsin Department of Administration
á SecretaryÕs
Award, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Affiliations
á American
Management Association
á American
Society of Training and Development
á American
Institute for Certification of Computer Professions
á International
Facilities Management Association Council on Higher Education
á Wisconsin
State Bar Association
á American
Institute of Planners
á League of
Wisconsin Municipalities
á Association
of Wisconsin Newspaper Editors
á Governing
Inc.
á Association
of Planning Officials
á American
Planning Association
á Association
of Wisconsin Planners
á University of
Wisconsin Alumni Association
á Association
for Computing Machinery
á World Future
Society
á Harvard
Business Association
á Planning
Executives Institute
á Conservation
Foundation
á Green Peace
á National
Wildlife Federation
á IBM Executive
Systems Institute
á HospiceCare
of Wisconsin
á Sierra Club
á Isaac Walton
League
á Wilderness
Society
á National
Geographic Society
á Nature
Conservancy
á American
Civil Liberties Union
á The Hemlock
Society
á The Rape
Crisis Center
á Concealed
Carry Association
á The Dharma
Center for Buddhism
á Save The Manatee
Foundation
á KIVA Micro
Loans Inc.
á FINCA Micro
Loans Inc.
á Earth First
á Earth
Liberation Front
á Ad Busters
á The Ruckus
Society
á Anonymous
á Wiki Leaks
á The National
Whistleblowers Center
á Nature
Conservancy
á Native
American Foundation
á Amnesty
International
á Global View
Buddhist Dharma Healing Center
á Deer Park
Buddhist Center
á National
Wildlife Federation
á International
Certified Computer Professionals Association
á International
Facilities Management Association
á Wisconsin
Land Information Association
á Society of
College and University Planners
á Higher
Education Facilities Management Association
á Urban/Regional
Information Systems Association
á Data
Processing Management Association
á Automated
Mapping/Facilities Management International
á Association
for Image Management
á Quality
Improvement Network
á Deming
Management Method Association
á International
Standards Organization
á Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
á National
States Geographic Information Consortium
Avocation
á Author and
Columnist. Dr. King is the author
of numerous public interest publications, articles and newspaper columns.
á Presenter. Dr. King is a presenter of seminars,
guest lectures, a keynote speaker and a provider of testimony at legislative
hearings and an expert witness in litigation.
á Dr. King is
President of Mindworm Records, where he performs and produces original keyboard
music, which has been published worldwide on CDBaby and iTunes.
á Dr. King is
President of the Douglas King Studio, which builds handmade keyboard
instruments as art forms.
á Dr. King is
President of the Woolly Bear Press, which authors and publishes books and
articles.