M.G.L. c. 11, § 12

Governs the Massachusetts State Auditor's office, including its authority to audit state agencies, authorities, programs, vendors, and state-funded local activities and to require records and written responses.

Plain-English summary, AI-generated from how this law is cited in the audits. Confirm against the official text below.

153 audits cite this authority in their findings.

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Advocates, Inc. Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
Audit of Bristol Community College
Audit of Cybersecurity Awareness Training Compliance Across Multiple State Agencies - Civil Service Commission (November 8, 2024)
Audit of Cybersecurity Awareness Training Compliance Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Labor Standards - Division of Apprentice Standards (November 8, 2024)
Audit of Cybersecurity Awareness Training Compliance Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Public Health (November 8, 2024)
Audit of Cybersecurity Awareness Training Compliance Across Multiple State Agencies - Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Audit of Cybersecurity Awareness Training Compliance Across Multiple State Agencies - Nantucket Regional Transit Authority
Audit of Fitchburg State University (FSU)
Audit of Holyoke Community College (HCC)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Civil Service Commission (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Agricultural Resources (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Career Services (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Children and Families (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Conservation and Recreation (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Correction (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Developmental Services
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Early Education and Care (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Economic Research (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Energy Resources (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Environmental Protection (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Family and Medical Leave (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Fish and Game (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Higher Education (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Industrial Accidents (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Labor Relations (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Labor Standards - Division of Apprentice Standards (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Mental Health (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Public Health (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Public Utilities (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Revenue (includes 62F Tax Review) (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of State Police (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Telecommunications and Cable (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Transitional Assistance (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Unemployment Assistance (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Department of Youth Services (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Division of Administrative Law Appeals (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Division of Banks (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Division Of Occupational Licensure (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Division of Standards (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Executive Office for Administration and Finance (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Executive Office of Economic Development (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Executive Office of Education (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Executive Office of Elder Affairs (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Executive Office of Health and Human Services (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Executive Office of Technology Services and Security (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Executive Office of Veterans' Services (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies (January 28, 2025)
Audit of Settlement Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses Across Multiple State Agencies - Tranche 2 (January 16, 2026)
Audit of the Appeals Court (August 6, 2025)
Audit of the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office
Audit of the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office (September 30, 2024)
Audit of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority (December 23, 2024)
Audit of the Executive Office of the Trial Court (August 6, 2025)
Audit of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
Audit of the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office
Audit of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Audit of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Audit of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (December 19, 2025)
Audit of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation - Millbury Roadway Reconstruction and Related Work (Contract 86774)
Audit of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (November 3, 2025)
Audit of the Nantucket County Sheriff’s Department
Audit of the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office
Audit of the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office
Audit of the Office of Medicaid (MassHealth) - Review of Claims Paid for Services Provided by Cozy Corner Adult Day Health
Audit of the Office of Medicaid (MassHealth) - Review of Claims Submitted by Dr. Joseph O’Connor
Audit of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (December 19, 2024)
Audit of the Office of the State Treasurer and Receiver General (December 18, 2025)
Audit of the Operational Services Division
Audit of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department
Audit of the University of Massachusetts Lowell ( April 19, 2024)
Audit of the Veterans Home at Holyoke (January 14, 2026)
Audit of the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (February 5, 2024)
Barry L. Price Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Adminstration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
Bourne Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds
Cambridge Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds
Cape Cod Community College Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Carver Housing Authority
Center for Health Information and Analysis-Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Centro Las Americas Inc.
Civil Service Commission Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Clinton Housing Authority's Use Of American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Funds
Delta Projects, Inc. and Affiliates Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
Dennis Housing Authority
Department of Energy Resources Examination of Internal Control Questionnaire
Department of Environmental Protection
Department of Fire Services-Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Department of Fish and Game Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Department of the State Police's Use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds
Division of Professional Licensure
Division of Standards Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court Probation Department's Indigency Determination Process for State-Sponsored Legal Services
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Executive Order No. 510 Compliance Review for Consolidation of IT Systems within Executive Departments
Fidelity House Inc., Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
Geriatric Authority of Holyoke
Gloucester Community Arts Charter School
Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center, Inc.
Horace Mann Educational Associates, Inc. Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
Hudson Public School District
Information Technology Controls Pertaining to Business Continuity Planning for the Office of the State Treasurer and Receiver General
IT-Related Controls at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Marlborough Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds
Marshfield Housing Authority
Marshfield Public School District's use of Certain ARRA Funds
Martha's Vineyard Regional Transit Authority
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct-Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Massachusetts Cultural Council-Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council - Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Massachusetts Military Division Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Massachusetts Office on Disability
MassVentures
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
New Bedford District Court Probation Department's Indigency Determination Process for State-Sponsored Legal Services
North Shore Community College
Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulations - Examiniation of Annual Internal Control Questionnaires
Office of Medicaid (MassHealth) Review of Controls over Pharmacy Claims
Office of Medicaid (MassHealth) - Review of Dental Periapical Radiograph Claims Submitted by Our Dentist
Office of Medicaid (MassHealth) - Review of Dental Periapical Radiograph Claims Submitted by Sawan & Sawan, DMD
Office of Medicaid (MassHealth) - Review of Hospice Care Billing: Good Shepherd Community Care
Office of Medicaid (MassHealth)-Review of MassHealth's Progress to Implement Alternative Payment Methodologies
Office of the Governor-Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Office of the Inspector General - Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Oxford Public School District
Plymouth County District Attorney's Office
Plymouth Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds
Quinsigamond Community College's use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Funds
Randolph Public School District's Use of Certain American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds
Review of Claims Submitted to MassHealth by the Office of Dr. Doreen Chong, DDS
Review of Mandated Reports of Children Born with a Physical Dependence on an Addictive Drug at Lowell General Hospital
Review of the Commonwealth’s Firearms License Permitting Process
AuditReview of the Commonwealth's Recycling Practices - Bridgewater State University
Rockland Housing Authority
Seven Hills Family Services, Inc. Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke
Southern Worcester County Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
State Election Campaign Fund Office of Campaign and Political Finance
State Ethics Commission-Examination of Annual Internal Control Questionnaire
Stoneham Housing Authority
The Department of Transportation's Office of Information Technology's Activities Relating to the Registry of Motor Vehicles
The Edinburg Center, Inc. Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
The Examination Of Information Technology Controls At The Sex Offender Registry Board
The May Institute, Inc. Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
Toward Independent Living & Learning, Inc. Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
University of Massachusetts Medical School's Data Center Relocation
Vinfen Corporation Administration of Limited Unit Rate Service Agreements
Westfield State University
Westport Housing Authority