Audit  Audit of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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 certain activities of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (SOC) for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024.

The purpose of our audit was to determine the following:

• Did SOC administer its Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) in accordance with Section 130.04 of Title 950 of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR)?
• Did SOC process exemption requests received from state/local entities seeking access to ACP participants’ actual addresses in accordance with 950 CMR 130.08?

Our audit revealed no significant issues related to our objectives that must be reported under generally accepted government auditing standards. However, during the course of our audit, we identified an issue not specifically addressed by our objectives regarding SOC’s administration of its Domestic Violence Service Provider Grant Program. See Other Matters for more information.