Pandemic Funding Oversight Quarter 4 Report, 2025
This report details the OIG's Pandemic Funding Oversight work in investigations, guidance and training in Quarter 4 of 2025.
Read the ReportPandemic Funding Oversight Quarter 4 Report, 2024
In 2024, Quarter 4, the OIG continued to deliver training and guidance to help Massachusetts public entities properly manage the large influx of federal awards that often accompanies emergencies.
Read the ReportIG 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 ReportRecent Action to Reclaim Tax Incentives
IG Shapiro applauded steps the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to hold businesses accountable for not meeting agreed-upon hiring levels which were tied to
tax incentives.
Brockton Public Schools FY23 $18 Million Budget Deficit
The OIG detailed its findings based on a review of the financial practices and oversight controls of the city of Brockton and Brockton Public Schools to identify lapses that may have contributed to BPS’s unprecedented $18 million deficit in Fiscal Year 2023.
Read the LetterPandemic Funding Oversight Quarter 3 Report, 2025
The Pandemic Funding Oversight 2025 Q3 report details the OIG's continued efforts to deliver training and guidance to help Massachusetts public entities properly manage the large influx of federal awards that often accompanies emergencies.
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 ReleaseHighway Service Plazas Lease and Concessions Agreement – Key Aspects for Final Agreement
The OIG provided guidance to MassDOT on key lease provisions as it prepared to negotiate the Highway Service Plazas 35-year lease with the apparent successful bidder.
Read the LetterDept. of Family and Medical Leave re: Unpaid Seven-Day Wait Periods
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review of the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave’s (DFML) policies regarding Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) for applicants who split their leave to bond with a child.
Read the LetterTestimony of Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro Regarding House 16
IG Shapiro commented in support of House 16, An Act Relative to County Land Disposition before the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government.
Read the TestimonyFailure to Collect Prorated and Provisional License Fees- Cannabis Control Commission
IG Shapiro sent a letter for the findings regarding an egregious operational breakdown that occurred at the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC). Specifically, the OIG has determined that the CCC failed to collect approximately $550,000 in prorated fees for license extensions during the period from August 20221 to August 2024. The OIG also found that the CCC did not collect provisional license fees during this period, which at one point was invoiced at $1.2 million.
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