BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)–Thinking she might briefly gain access to the powers of an acting governor, Auditor Diana DiZoglio drafted an executive order to ban state agencies from mandating non-disclosure agreements in settlements with employees, but while the order was drafted to be issued by an [ACTING] GOVERNOR, DiZoglio says she didn’t plan to issue it.
DiZoglio thought she was going to be serving as acting governor on Tuesday, with other constitutional officers out of state. Gov. Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Secretary of State William Galvin and Attorney General Andrea Campbell are delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and Treasurer Deb Goldberg is traveling for a wedding and away for the week.
DiZoglio scrutinizes MCCA use of non-disclosure agreement
DiZoglio’s office early on the morning on Day 2 of the convention called a press conference, and when she appeared before the media at 11 a.m. in her State House office, she said she did not plan to sign the order, even if she had been made acting governor, because the Healey administration has said they would work with her on issues of transparency.
“I do not feel that that would have been a way to make meaningful and positive change, positioning the administration to come home to a signed Executive Order,” she said. “It’s my intention to partner with this administration.”…