Massachusetts State Organization Directory

The Office of Municipal and School Technology (OMST) supports local government efforts to effectively serve their residents, students, and employees with the use of technology. It serves local government agencies, which include cities, towns, public school districts, public safety, municipal utility departments, counties, and planning commissions, across the Commonwealth. OMST provides guidance and technical assistance to position them and their communities with successful technology initiatives, and implementation, promoting state resources that may improve local government operations, and administering and providing information about available IT and security grant opportunities.

The Office of Private Occupational School Education licenses and oversees private career schools. It approves schools, programs, locations, and instructors to ensure students are properly trained for their careers, investigates complaints, inspects schools, keeps student records, and disciplines schools that violate the rules.

Promotes safety in design, construction, installation, inspection, operation, repair and alteration of elevators, buildings, amusement and tramway devices and includes oversight of Massachusetts Building Code.

Supporting Commonwealth end users and IT support personnel across the state, managing software, hardware, voice, and connectivity support.

The Office of Technical Assistance and Technology (OTA) is a non-regulatory agency within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. OTA provides free, confidential technical assistance with pollution prevention and resource conservation to Massachusetts manufacturers, businesses, and institutions.

The Attorney General is the chief lawyer and law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Investigates and evaluates complaints against lawyers.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner investigates the cause and manner of death for deaths that occur under violent, suspicious, or unexplained circumstances.

The Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) is an independent executive branch agency with oversight and ombudsperson responsibilities, established by the Massachusetts Legislature in 2008.

Oversees the Commonwealth’s financial systems, promoting integrity, mitigating risk, and providing accurate reporting and promoting transparency to illustrate the financial health of Massachusetts.