Overview of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance

This section describes the makeup and responsibilities of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance

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Overview

The Executive Office for Administration and Finance (EOAF), established by Chapter 7 of the Massachusetts General Laws, oversees fiscal planning and budgeting for the Commonwealth. It is headed by the Secretary of Administration and Finance, who reports directly to the Governor as a member of the Governor’s cabinet.

Section 3 of Chapter 7 of the General Laws identifies EOAF’s responsibilities, which include the following:

  1. Developing, co-ordinating, administering and controlling the financial policies and programs of the commonwealth;
  2. Supervising the organization and conduct of the business affairs of the departments, commissions, offices, boards, divisions, institutions and other agencies within the executive department of the government of the commonwealth;
  3. Developing new policies and programs which will improve the organization, structure, functions, economy, efficiency, procedures, services and administrative practices of all such departments, commissions, offices, boards, divisions, institutions and other agencies.

Through its various entities, EOAF is responsible for maintaining Commonwealth assets, collecting taxes, performing human-resource functions, and supervising other state fiscal and/or administrative matters. EOAF administers the following entities:

Appellate Tax Board

Bureau of the State House

Civil Service Commission

Department of Revenue

Division of Administrative Law Appeals

Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance

Group Insurance Commission

Human Resources Division

Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council

Massachusetts Office on Disability

Operational Services Division

State Library of Massachusetts

Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System

Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission

Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2017 established the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (EOTSS) as a cabinet-level executive office with a mandate to consolidate and centralize all of the state’s information technology (IT) functions, including its network and procurement. All secretariats, including EOAF, are required to appoint chief information officers to coordinate their organizations’ IT activities with EOTSS.

Date published: October 10, 2018

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