Candidate for Massachusetts Auditor in 2022 Massachusetts General Election.
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Get StartedAn audit of state higher education should examine the true cost of college, whether on-campus or on-line, and expose those factors that drive up tuition and fees. The audit should answer the question: Are students and families are really getting what they are paying for? Learn more
As the father of two daughters – with one at UMass – Anthony believes it is time to stop talking about the cost of college and do something about it. Learn more
The Auditor’s Office can, and should, be playing a larger role revealing the cause of the exploding growth in costs at our state colleges and universities. Under Anthony, the Auditor’s Office will root out the wasteful spending that has led to ballooning tuition payments and target a reduced growth in higher education that remains in line with the growth of our state budget. Learn more
Finally, Anthony fully supports changing state law to allow the State Auditor to conduct audits of the Legislature. If the Legislature fails to pass these reforms, then Anthony has promised to support and campaign for a ballot question to make the Legislature subject to the public records laws, open meeting laws, and audits by the State Auditor. Learn more
One of the office’s first action items will be to eliminate its cumbersome and difficult-to-navigate process of posting audit findings on Mass.gov. A new, simplified website will allow residents to search by keywords or the name of a state agency and quickly uncover the findings and recommendations of previous audits. The Auditor’s Office will work closely with the Commonwealth’s Inspector General to model the new website on the IG’s groundbreaking work done with the CHTRU Payroll website, which allows residents to quickly uncover the salaries and spending habits of public employees and state agencies. Learn more
As an independent auditor, Anthony will take a hard look at spending and rooting out waste. The answer is not always to increase state funding because throwing more money at wasteful spending only buys you more waste. Learn more
Anthony will use the Office of the State Auditor to forcefully advocate that the Legislature and Governor’s Office conform with the habits of 49 other state governments and allow some or all of their records to be made available to the public. As Auditor, Anthony Amore will incorporate abuse of the public records laws into audits of the Governor’s Office, Legislature, or any state agency that is not acting in good faith. Learn more
As an independent auditor, Anthony will strongly advocate for increased transparency across state government while leading by example. Under Anthony’s leadership, the Auditor’s Office will adopt a “presumption of openness” policy similar to the federal policy enacted by U.S. Department of Justice. Learn more
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