Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 7, § 4F 1/2

There shall be established and set up a separate account, to be known as the Commonwealth Performance, Accountability and Transparency Trust, in this section called the trust.  The secretary of administration and finance shall expend funds in the trust without further appropriation to support activities related to the promotion of accountability and transparency as set forth in subsection (e) of section 4A, and to support any performance management programs that the office of the governor may develop.  The comptroller shall annually transfer to the trust, from the indirect costs charged under section 5D of chapter 29, an amount determined by the secretary for these purposes, not exceeding $500,000 plus the one-time costs of any technology as determined by the secretary.