The Connecticut Department of Public Works (DPW) is a defunct department of the American state of

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

. In 2013 it was transferred to the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services.

History

During the 1990s and early 2000s The DPW suffered under the corrupt eight-year leadership of Commissioner Theodore R. Anson. Anson was appointed Commissioner of the DPW by Governor

John G. Rowland John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24, 1957) is an American politician, author, and convicted felon who served as the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004. He served two nonconsecutive prison terms on various corruption charges. A Repu ...

in 1995 following a career in the private sector. Anson resigned in September 2003 after the

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reported that he had taken a bribe in the form of free design work from the architecture firm Kaestle Boos Associates. Governor Rowland subsequently appointed James T. Fleming to lead the Department. In July 2013 the department became part of the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services (DAS).

References

{{authority control State agencies of Connecticut