Records from the Governor's Executive Office within the Deval Patrick administration.

Massachusetts. Governor's Legal Office (Deval Patrick, 2007-2015)

Records from the Office of Boards and Commissions department within the Deval Patrick administration.

Under the administration of Deval Patrick, this unit coordinated the activities of the governor's cabinet of executive offices. Series is in two file units: (1) subject files (digital) (2) policy formation files (hard copy). Subject file topics include disaster responses, education, energy and environment (including climate change), health and human services, labor, reforms, and transportation.

Records from the Office of Communications and Public Relations department within the Deval Patrick administration.

Records from the Office of Communications and Public Relations department within the Deval Patrick administration.

Under the administration of Deval Patrick, this office maintained communication with individual citizens and constituency groups. Series includes chronologically arranged gubernatorial citations to persons or organizations in recognition of outstanding service or deeds, for retirements, for birthdays of sixty-five or more years, and for wedding anniversaries of fifty or more years. Series documents formation of the citation from a request form (name, occasion, date, mailing address, requestor--e.g. state legislator) and in some cases correspondence, to a photocopy of the citation itself, signed by the governor. For previous gubernatorial files see: Massachusetts. Governor's External Relations Office. Citation files (GO5/2415).

Under the administration of Deval Patrick, the Office of Constituent Services maintained communication with individual citizens and constituency groups, fulfilling the functions previously assigned to: Massachusetts. Governor's Correspondence Office (later Governor's External Relations and then External Affairs Office, GO5) and: Massachusetts. Governor's Office of Constituency Services (GO34).

Under the administration of Deval Patrick, this office maintained communication with individual citizens and constituency groups. Series includes gubernatorial proclamations for observances for the most part mandated by statute (MGLA c 6, ss 12-15), for recognition of significant persons, events, professions, or other socioeconomic phenomena, or for publicizing actions of the state government. Special proclamations are also issued for unofficial observances. Series documents formation of the proclamation from initial correspondence, governor's correspondence routing form, background material, and proclamation draft, which may be an amended version of a past proclamation, to a photocopy of the proclamation itself, signed and sealed by the governor and state secretary. For previous gubernatorial files see: Massachusetts. Governor's External Relations Office. Proclamation files (GO5/2414). For official copies of proclamations through 1996 see: Massachusetts. Governor's Office of Constituency Services. Proclamations (GO34/235X).

During the administration of Deval Patrick, the Office of Federal-State Relations, based in Boston and Washington, D.C., reported on federal legislation, lobbied for legislation favorable to Massachusetts, and prepared materials for gubernatorial attendance at national and regional events. For records from previous administrations see: Massachusetts. Office of Federal-State Relations (GO12).

During the administration of Deval Patrick, this office handled matters relating to gubernatorial staffing, as well as coordinating with the Office of Boards and Commissions regarding formal gubernatorial appointments. For records from previous administrations see: Massachusetts. Governor's Personnel Office (GO3).