Former CEO of Worcester Regional Retirement System Abused Public Funds
The OIG investigation found that, despite verbal assurances to the contrary, the former CEO of the Worcester Regional Retirement System (WRRS) continued to operate and in fact grew his private law practice while serving as the full-time CEO of the WRRS.
Read the ReportOIG Finds Former Retirement Board CEO Abused Public Funds
The OIG found that a former CEO of the Worcester Regional Retirement System (WRRS) expanded his private law practice while being paid to work full-time for the retirement board.
Read the Press ReleaseOIG’s Health Safety Net 2026 Annual Report
During the past year, the OIG has been working on three reviews pursuant to Section 127 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2025. The three reviews cover different areas in health safety net spending: supplemental funding; fee-for-service program administered by a third-party; and utilization review based on a specific diagnosis code for MassHealth members.
Read the ReportA Preliminary Review of Sheriffs’ Budgets and Expenditures
The OIG’s review, pursuant to Section 164 of Chapter 73 of the Acts of 2025, finds that the flawed budget process for sheriffs’ can be attributed, in part, to numerous unclear and outdated laws that define sheriffs’ responsibilities and authority. It is apparent that the role of the sheriffs’ offices may not be as narrow as some legislative leaders expect, nor as expansive as some sheriffs believe.
Read the ReviewOIG Issues Preliminary Report On Sheriffs’ Budgets
OIG Finds That Sheriffs Budget Process is Opaque, Chaotic, and Deeply Flawed
Read the Press ReleaseIG Shapiro Calls Steamship Authority’s Website Project A “Cascade of Failures”
OIG Investigation finds that Steamship Authority’s website project was misguided, mismanaged and wasteful.
Read the Press ReleaseThe Steamship Authority’s Website Development Project
An OIG investigation into a website development project by the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (SSA) found that the project was ill-conceived, poorly executed, and a waste of public funds. The investigation also found that the project’s breakdown was rooted in the failure of the SSA general manager and the SSA Board of Governors (Board) to fully and properly exercise their respective duties and responsibilities.
Read the ReportOIG Finds DCR and New Bedford Port Authority Grossly Mismanaged Pope’s Island Marina for Decades
New Bedford, MA —The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that the agreement the Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) has with the New Bedford Port Authority (NBPA) to operate and maintain the Pope’s Island Marina, which was authorized by the Legislature in 1992, was and is grossly mismanaged.
Read the Press ReleaseOIG Releases 2024 Annual Report
The Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) 2024 Annual Report summarizes the office’s work to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse of public resources on the state and municipal level across the Commonwealth.
Read the Press ReleaseGeorgetown Conservation Agent Timekeeping, Supervision, and Reimbursement Documentation
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) detailed its findings from a complaint in April 2023 alleging that a former conservation agent for the town of Georgetown’s (town) Conservation Commission was committing payroll fraud by leaving work early and not tracking hours or work performed in the field.
Read the LetterOIG Bulletin, November 2024
This issue of the OIG Bulletin includes news regarding recent OIG investigations, including the release of the Star Store Report about a state-funded lease that the OIG found to have wasted public funds.
Read the BulletinOIG’s Star Store Report: State Funded Lease Was Wasteful
Section 79 of Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2023 (Section 79) required the OIG to review the costs associated with the UMass Dartmouth’s use of the Star Store from September 7, 2021 to August 31, 2023. Using its authority under M.G.L. Chapter 12A, the OIG reviewed the entire 20-year lease.
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