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Article: Northeast Bond-Watch.(Northeast)
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- The Bond Buyer
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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Byline: Michelle Kaske, Ted Phillips
MASSACHUSETTS
Budget Head Takes Off
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick last week announced the departure of Leslie Kirwan as secretary of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance. The current undersecretary, Jay Gonzalez, is set to take the post next month.
Kirwan is leaving the state's budget department to serve as dean of administration and finance for the faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University.
Under Kirwan, the state has passed three on-time budgets and reduced spending in fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2010 to reflect declining revenues. She has also overseen the spending ...