Section 28A. The said personnel administrator shall also, with advice and assistance from time to time from the principal appointing authorities of the commonwealth, organize or further develop, and generally direct, in every agency of the commonwealth so far as in his judgment feasible, programs for the training, encouragement and advancement of officers and employees serving in offices and positions required to be classified under section forty-five of chapter thirty.
The said personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary, shall also organize, develop and generally direct a program or programs of training for the managers of the commonwealth which shall include an incentive pay plan based on credits for approved management training courses conducted by the Institute for Governmental Services at the University of Massachusetts or for courses completed at any other accredited public or private institution of higher education. Such program or programs may provide for a manager to be released from work assignments during normal working hours and for the payment of tuition and costs of required course materials; provided, however, that subject to appropriation, such program or programs shall be available to managers in all agencies of the commonwealth. Said personnel administrator shall establish a pay incentive plan.
Said administrator may enter into agreements with mayors of cities or, in cities having city managers, with city managers, and with boards of selectmen in towns, for in-service training programs for engineering employees of such cities and towns; provided that such agreements shall require that at least fifty per cent of the cost of such training shall be paid for by each respective city or town.
Said administrator may enter into agreements with the supreme judicial court, the chief justice of the trial court, the court administrator of the trial court, or the chief justices of the several departments of the trial court for programs for the continuing education of judges and other court personnel.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Section 2 - Establishment of Office
Section 3 - Principal Agency of Executive Department; Purposes
Section 3d - Supervision of State Printing by State Purchasing Agent
Section 3e - Reports; Annual Printing; Electronic Form
Section 3f - Copies of Agency Publications; Retention; Electronic Availability
Section 4a - Departments and Divisions
Section 4d - Employees; Assistants and Technical Personnel
Section 4e - Production of Agency Records in Connection With Investigations
Section 4f1/2 - Commonwealth Performance, Accountability and Transparency Trust
Section 4g - Agencies Within Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Section 4h - Division of Administrative Law Appeals; Chief Administrative Magistrate
Section 4k - Municipal Personnel Advisory Board; Members; Election, etc.; Rules and Regulations
Section 4l - Operational Services Division; Duties
Section 4m - Veterans' Services Department; Commissioner; Duties
Section 4n - Commissioner's Expenses
Section 4o - Deputy Commissioner; Appointment
Section 4p - Extended Illness Leave Bank; Executive Branch Employees
Section 4q - Website Forms; Grant Program Applications
Section 5 - First Deputy Commissioner of Administration
Section 7 - Annual Report to Governor
Section 7a - Agreement for Fire Protection of Commonwealth's Institutions
Section 8 - Reports on Estimates by State Departments, Officers, etc., to Budget Director
Section 9 - Requested Special Examination on Matters of Management or Finances
Section 10 - Special Examinations and Reports on Matters Affecting Management or Finances
Section 14c - Development and Operation of Searchable Website; Contents
Section 15 - State Purchasing Agent; Examination of Printing Bills
Section 22a - Collective Purchasing by Commonwealth and Political Subdivisions
Section 22b - Collective Purchasing by Political Subdivisions
Section 22b1/2 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 22c to 22f
Section 22d - Purchase of Medical Supplies by State Agencies
Section 22e - Contracts Entered in Violation of Secs. 22c and 22d
Section 22f - Authorization to Promulgate Regulations
Section 22g - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 22h to 22m
Section 22h - Procurement of Goods or Services From Bidders or Offerors on Restricted Purchase List
Section 22i - Purchase of Medical Supplies by State Agencies
Section 22j - Restricted Purchase List; Persons Doing Business With Burma (Myanmar)
Section 22k - Promulgation of Regulations
Section 22m - Annual Report of Compliance
Section 22o - Preferential Procurement of Products or Services Within the Commonwealth
Section 23 - Removal; Noncompliance of Officers
Section 23a - Applicability of Approved Rules, Regulations or Orders
Section 23b - Preference for Products Grown in or Produced From Products Grown in Commonwealth
Section 25 - Advice to State Institutions Making Suitable Products for State Entities
Section 25a - Transfer of Supplies Between State Agencies; Approval of Amount Purchased
Section 26 - Advisory Standardization Board
Section 27 - Furnishing Paper to Reformatory by Purchasing Agent
Section 27a - Travel-Related Services; Purchase Coordination
Section 28 - Personnel Administration; Research; Technical Advisors; Rules and Regulations
Section 28b - Employee Assistance Program
Section 29 - Expenditures for Documents; Approval; Filing; Sales
Section 30 - Public Record of State Officials and Employees; Salaries; Publication
Section 31a - Suggestion Awards Board; Function; Prizes
Section 38a - American Indian Skeletal Remains; Preservation; Excavation; Analysis
Section 49 - Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission; Members; Executive Director
Section 50 - Commissioner of Public Employee Retirement; Powers and Duties; Investment Advisory Unit
Section 52 - Privatization Contracts; Need to Regulate
Section 53 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 52 to 55
Section 55 - Objection by State Auditor; Review
Section 57 - Statement of Policy Promoting Minority, Women and Veterans Businesses
Section 58 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 59 to 61
Section 58a - Supplier Diversity Office
Section 59 - Executive Director of Supplier Diversity Office