The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office launched a “Federal Accountability Dashboard” on the state’s website on Tuesday — a year to the day since President Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term.
The purpose of the new mass.gov webpage is to highlight the actions Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office has taken “to fight back against the Trump Administration’s unprecedented attacks on Massachusetts’ economy and residents’ rights,” the attorney general’s office said in a press release.
“Since President Trump took office one year ago, his Administration has attacked vulnerable communities, the rule of law, and put more than $3.30 billion dollars in federal funding for Massachusetts at risk,” Campbell said in the release.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday afternoon.
The dashboard’s landing page includes a table of contents that allows users to jump to one of 16 sections, such as “Lawsuit Highlights,” “Good Government” and “Protecting your wallet & Massachusetts’s economy.” Each section summarizes actions taken by Campbell’s office to counter initiatives by the Trump administration in the last year, including the 47 lawsuits it has filed to date.
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office also introduced a “Federal Action Story Collection Form” on Tuesday. The webform is meant to be “a reporting portal for Massachusetts residents to archive stories detailing how they’ve been affected by the actions of the federal administration.”
The mass.gov webform asks users to share their name, contact information and a summary of how the Trump administration’s initiatives and policies have impacted their lives. The page lists examples of topics these stories might touch on, such as “ICE, tariffs, health insurance costs and access to medical care.”
“Behind every policy change are real people feeling the consequences of the Trump Administration’s reckless actions,” Campbell said in the press release.
The webpage notes that submitting a story via the webform will not generate a complaint or lawsuit. It also states that all information shared through the form will be considered public record, and that it may be used by the attorney general’s office in “public materials.”
“Hearing from Massachusetts residents about their experiences — whether it’s from a parent whose SNAP benefits were delayed, a small business owner feeling the weight of tariffs, or a researcher whose research grant was terminated — will assist the AGO in identifying emerging trends and urgent needs across the Commonwealth and can inform its legal response to certain federal actions,” the press release reads.
