Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Section 28a - Training and Educational Programs; Officers and Employees; Managers; Judges and Court Personnel; Agreements

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

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 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Establishment of Office

Section 3 - Principal Agency of Executive Department; Purposes

Section 3b - Determination of Charges and Fees for State Personnel or Agency Services, Private Use of State-Owned Property, Meals Served in State Institutions and Other Public Functions

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 4 - Secretary of Administration and Finance; Appointment; Salary; Powers and Duties; Budget Director

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 4i - Civil Service Commission; Members; Chairman; Appointment; Tenure; Political Party Restriction; Compensation

Section 4j - Divisions Within the Human Resources Division; Commissioners, Directors, etc.; Duties and Functions; Tenure

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 4r - Caseload and Economic Forecasting Office; Functions; Advisory Board; Data Collection and Analysis; Required Caseload Forecasts; Reporting

Section 5 - First Deputy Commissioner of Administration

Section 6f - Coordinator of Flexible Hours Employment Within Human Resources Division; Plans or Programs; Report

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 9a - State Passenger Vehicles and Light Duty Pickup Trucks; Regulations Governing Use; Report; Personal Use Prohibited; Purchase of Hybrid or Alternative Fuel Vehicles; Acquisition; Annual Report

Section 10 - Special Examinations and Reports on Matters Affecting Management or Finances

Section 11 - Hearings on Management or Finances; Witnesses; Production of Records, Depositions, etc.; Penalties

Section 14c - Development and Operation of Searchable Website; Contents

Section 15 - State Purchasing Agent; Examination of Printing Bills

Section 22 - Purchase of Supplies and Equipment; Rules and Regulations; Duties of State Purchasing Agent

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 22c - Procurement by State of Goods or Services From Persons With an Office or Facility in Northern Ireland; Certification; Bids

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 22l - Void Contracts

Section 22m - Annual Report of Compliance

Section 22n - Bureau of Purchased Services; Responsibilities; Pricing Methods; Appeals; Audits; Rules and Regulations

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 28a - Training and Educational Programs; Officers and Employees; Managers; Judges and Court Personnel; Agreements

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 54 - Statement of Services; Wage Rates; Health Insurance; Hiring of Former Agency Employees; Cost Estimate; Bids; Certification to State Auditor

Section 55 - Objection by State Auditor; Review

Section 56 - Payments by State in Support of or in Opposition to an Employee Organization; Prohibition

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

Section 61 - Powers and Duties of Supplier Diversity Office

Section 62 - Annual Report on Capital Projects; Contents