Inspector General Reports

(1) Annual and Interim Reports on the Activity of the Office (a) In accordance with M.G.L. c. 12A, § 12, the Office of the Inspector General shall file an annualreport. The Inspector General may, in addition, issue interim reports on the activities ofthe Office, significant problems encountered and recommendations for change. (b) Annual and interim reports shall be forwarded to the Governor, President of the Senate, speaker ofthe House of Representatives, Chairman of the House and Senate Committees on ways and means, the Executive Directors of the Legislative Post-audit Committees and the Secretary of Administration and Finance and shall be made available to the public. (c) The Inspector General may issue special reports relating to the prevention or detection of fraud, waste and abuse in programs and operations within the jurisdiction of the Office. Such special reports shall be disseminated to the public and, in addition, to the responsible official or governing body of any public body which is the subject of such report. In the case of a state agency, a copy of a special report shall be forwarded to the appropriate state secretariat. Such special reports may include specific recommendations of the Inspector General for policies and practices which will assist in the prevention or detection of fraud, waste and abuse. (d) Ifanyannual, interim or special report of the Office of the Inspector Generalcontains findings critical of the practices, policies or procedures of any public body related to the prevention or detection of fraud, waste or abuse, the Inspector Generalmayrequest a written response to such critical findings. The head or governing body of a public bodyfromwhom the Inspector General requests a response shall have 30 days from the date of issuance of the report to submit such a written response. The response shall be forwarded to those officials to whom a copy of the original report was disseminated. (e) If any annual, interim or special report of the Office of the Inspector General makes specific recommendations for the elimination, modification, or implementation of the practices, policies or procedures of any public body related to the prevention or detection of fraud, waste and abuse, the Inspector General may require a periodic reportingfromthe affected public body as to action taken in response to such recommendations.