OIG 2018 Reports and Recommendations

The Office of the Inspector General reviewed a $117,743 payment the Board of Trustees of the Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy made to its former executive director when she retired. The OIG found that the Board overpaid the former executive director nearly $100,000.

The Office of the Inspector General reviewed certain change orders and contract overruns for the design and final phase of construction of the Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Taunton River.

The Inspector General opposed the creation of a new tax credit. As proposed, the tax credit would not benefit the Massachusetts economy and contains insufficient safeguards.

The Inspector General recommends further evaluation of the public retiree return-to-work allowance before the cap is raised.

The IG wrote to the Board of Trustees about their vote on whether to remove former Middlesex Community College President Evan Dobelle’s name from the library in the F. Bradford Morse Building on MCC’s Lowell campus.

The Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General Internal Special Audit Unit (ISAU) issued its 2017 Annual Report on March 15, 2018. The ISAU reviewed the Greenway Conservancy's use of public funds, an MBTA billboard contract and disability placard legislation.

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) examined claims for hospice and end-of-life care for MassHealth members and Health Safety Net users.