Audit

Audit  Audit of the Department of Telecommunications and Cable

The audit examined DTC’s oversight of the State 911 Department’s Enhanced 911 Fund. Specifically, the audit determined whether DTC adequately adopted rules for funding prudently incurred expenses associated with enhanced 911 services and programs of the State 911 Department.

Organization: Office of the State Auditor
Date published: May 3, 2022

Executive Summary

In accordance with Section 12 of Chapter 11 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Office of the State Auditor has conducted a performance audit of the Department of Telecommunications and Cable (DTC) for the period January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020. In this performance audit, we examined DTC’s oversight of the State 911 Department’s Enhanced 911 Fund. Specifically, we determined whether DTC adequately adopted rules for funding prudently incurred expenses associated with enhanced 911 services1 and programs of the State 911 Department. We also determined whether DTC conducted State 911 Department budgetary proceedings in accordance with the Code of Massachusetts Regulations and the General Laws (see “Appendix”).

Our audit revealed no significant instances of noncompliance by DTC that must be reported under generally accepted government auditing standards.

A PDF copy of the audit of the Department of Telecommunications and Cable is available here.

1.    According to Section 18A of Chapter 6A of the General Laws, an enhanced 911 service is “a service consisting of communication network, database and equipment features provided for subscribers or end users of communication services enabling such subscribers or end users to reach a [public safety answering point] by dialing the digits 911, or by other means approved by the [State 911] department, that directs calls to appropriate [public safety answering points] based on selective routing and provides the capability for automatic number identification and automatic location identification.”

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