Status of Affirmative Action Plan Goals for State Agencies in Our Sample, as of June 30, 2021*
| State Agency | Total Number of Goals Set | Number of Goals Fully Met | Percent of Goals Fully Met | Did Agency Make Good Faith Efforts?‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs | 4 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Massachusetts Department of Transportation | 4 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Executive Office of Health and Human Services | 7 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development | 4 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Executive Office for Administration and Finance** | 2 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Conservation and Recreation | 4 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Fish and Game | 4 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Public Utilities | 3 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Mental Health | 3 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Housing and Community Development | 2 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Children and Families | 3 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation† | 4 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Office for Refugees and Immigrants | 2 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Revenue | 4 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Energy Resources | 3 | 1 | 33% | Yes |
| Department of Environmental Protection | 4 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Developmental Services | 2 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Criminal Justice Information Services | 1 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Massachusetts National Guard | 3 | 0 | 0% | Yes |
| Department of Veterans’ Services | 4 | 0 | 0% | Partially§ |
* Over the two-year period of fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the Human Resources Division (HRD) tracked annual progress reports for affirmative action plans, which were due each year.
** The information populating the entries for the Executive Office for Administration and Finance includes the annual progress reports for affirmative action plans for the following state agencies: the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council, the Appellate Tax Board, the Civil Service Commission, the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, the State Library of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Office on Disability, and the Supplier Diversity Office.
† The information populating the entries for the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation includes the annual progress reports for affirmative action plans for the following state agencies: the Department of Telecommunications and Cable, the Division of Banks, the Division of Insurance, the Division of Professional Licensure, and the Division of Standards.
‡ HRD determines that a state agency has made a good faith effort when that state agency has exhausted all reasonable means to comply with its affirmative action hiring goals.
§ The Department of Veterans’ Services documented the good faith efforts it made toward three out of four of its goals. (See Finding 3.)
Status of Diversity Plan Goals for State Agencies in Our Sample, as of June 30, 2021*
| State Agency | Total Number of Goals Set | Number of Goals Fully Met | Number of Goals Partially Met | Percent of Goals Fully and Partially Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Office for Administration and Finance | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs | 4 | 1 | 2 | 75.0% |
| Massachusetts Department of Transportation** | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Department of Conservation and Recreation | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Department of Fish and Game | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Department of Public Utilities | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Department of Children and Families | 4 | 1 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | 4 | 0 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Department of Mental Health | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Massachusetts National Guard | 3 | 0 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Department of Youth Services | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Massachusetts Parole Board | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Municipal Police Training Committee | 3 | 2 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | 4 | 3 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Department of Revenue | 3 | 1 | 1 | 66.7% |
| Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Massachusetts Office on Disability | 3 | 2 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Appellate Tax Board | unknown† | unknown† | unknown† | unknown† |
| Department of Environmental Protection | unknown† | unknown† | unknown† | unknown† |
* Over the two-year period of fiscal years 2020 and 2021, HRD tracked annual progress reports for diversity plans, which were due each year.
** HRD provided us with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s fiscal year 2021 annual progress report for its diversity plan (for the progress this state agency made toward its goals during year 2 of the plan for the period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021), but the report was incomplete. Therefore, we used the information from this state agency’s fiscal year 2020 annual progress report for its diversity plan (for the progress this state agency made toward its goals during year 1 of the plan for the period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021) to populate this state agency’s table entries.
† HRD originally provided us with documentation that indicated that HRD reviewed the state agency’s annual progress report. However, the annual progress report provided to us was blank. In an email dated November 3, 2023, HRD officials explained that this was because of a temporary malfunction in the web-based workflow tracking tool that deleted the data from the state agency’s annual progress report. HRD did not ask the state agency to resubmit its report.
| Date published: | July 5, 2024 |
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