Audit  Audit of the Essex County District Attorney's Office

In accordance with Section 12 of Chapter 11 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Office of the State Auditor has conducted a performance audit of the Essex County District Attorney’s Office (EDAO) for the period January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020. In this performance audit, we examined EDAO’s compliance with Section 5 of Chapter 258B of the General Laws (see Appendix) for the Victim Witness Assistance Program, as well as its administration of the Youthful Diversion Program (YDP). There are no regulatory requirements for EDAO to operate YDP, so our examination focused on existing EDAO policies.

Our audit revealed no significant instances of noncompliance by EDAO that must be reported under generally accepted government auditing standards.

The OSA acknowledges that a current staff member, who is not an auditor and did not contribute in any way to the audit, is the spouse of Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett. The OSA adheres to all Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) independence requirements.

A PDF copy of the Audit of Essex County District Attorney's Office is available here.