Issue Position: Restoring Integrity to the Office

Issue Position

Since taking office, Morrisey has completely transformed how the Office of Attorney General operates. First, Morrisey increased transparency by reforming how the state hires outside counsel, which has saved taxpayers more than $4.3 million. Morrisey has also drawn from his private sector experience to implement new policies and procedures that increase efficiency and save taxpayer dollars. To date, the Office has voluntarily returned over $33 million to the state's general fund in part due to these quality-driven practices.
Eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse has been a top priority for Morrisey, as he continues to push aggressively to reform state government. In late 2015, he worked with the Social Security Administration to form a federal-state Collaborative Disability Unit to take on disability fraud, the first such agreement in West Virginia history. In 2014, he called on the West Virginia Legislature to audit and review the performance of all state agencies in order to identify and eliminate any abuse of taxpayer dollars.

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