page_title: Suzanne M. Bump
section_title: Auditor
hierarchical_section_title: Suzanne M. Bump / Auditor
caption_attribution_description: English: Suzanne M. Bump official photo
context_page_description: Suzanne M. Bump is the current Massachusetts State Auditor, the first woman elected to this role in the state's history. She is a former State Representative and state Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.
context_section_description: She resigned from Patrick's cabinet in order to enter the race for the position of auditor being vacated by longtime Auditor A. Joseph DeNucci. She won the primary and the general election and was sworn in as the State Auditor of Massachusetts on January 19, 2011.
  Shortly after taking office, Auditor Bump led sweeping reforms following an independent review of the auditor's office.  The review found the office had workers without college level degrees, inadequate training systems, and unspecified job skills. As part of the reform, 27 employees were terminated and 14 were reassigned, and other employers with proper qualifications were given raises on par with national standards.
  When Auditor Bump took over, the office was failing the National State Auditor's Association peer review standards. In two subsequent reviews, it passed with the highest rating. Her audits, investigations, innovations, and studies have identified over $1.3 billion in misused and wasted spending.
caption: Bump's 2014 portrait
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