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A 2008 report by the Better Government Association and National Freedom of Information Coalition ranked Massachusetts 43rd out of the 50 US states in government transparency. It gave the state a grade of "F", based on the time, cost, and comprehensiveness of access to public records. [25]
The General Schedule (GS) is the predominant pay scale within the United States civil service. The GS includes the majority of white collar personnel (professional, technical, administrative, and clerical) positions. As of September 2004, 71 percent of federal civilian employees were paid under the GS. The GG pay rates are identical to ...
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency; Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs; Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection; Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
State and local government commissions in the United States (1 C, 4 P) Commission of Indian Affairs (6 P) State corrections departments of the United States (2 C, 107 P)
The government effectiveness index is a ranking of state capacity developed by the World Bank Group.It measures the quality of public services, civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government's commitment to improving or maintaining these aspects.
Historically Massachusetts has had numerous specially chartered quasi-public state agencies that operated outside of the executive branch of the state government. These organizations provide either statewide or regional services. They are created to provide a measure of flexibility for administration, avoiding many of the regulations that other ...
[1] [2] While the Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and through subsequent litigation often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to ...
Category:Local government in Massachusetts for state or local governments or for government in general. Category:Politics of Massachusetts, for the conduct and doctrines of Massachusetts politicians. Category:Massachusetts law for the official actions of these institutions.