(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has received the final report of the independent investigation he commissioned regarding the use of state-owned motor vehicles assigned to the Office of the Governor. The investigation was conducted by Shipman & Goodwin LLP.
“I asked for an investigation to be conducted by an independent firm because I believe the people of Connecticut deserve transparency and accountability from their government, and I remind my team every day that we need to lead by example,” Governor Lamont said. “To correct this issue and ensure better accountability, my office immediately adopted internal controls and policies around acceptable use of state vehicles and returned pooled vehicles to DAS.”
Late last year around the same time that he commissioned the investigation, the governor mandated that all staff who use vehicles assigned to the office take a training course on the proper use of state-owned motor vehicles.
Last month, a decision was made to return the two motor vehicles assigned to the office back to the fleet maintained by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services. Accordingly, the Office of the Governor no longer has any motor vehicles assigned to it and staff are no longer using them.
**Download: Final report of independent investigation conducted by Shipman & Goodwin LLP