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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Department of Public Works

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority | Agency History |
Published histories/articles
| State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Special Note:  In 1937, there was a Department of Public Works established by the Public Acts, 1937, chpt. 126.  Robert A. Hurley was the Commissioner from 1937-1941. George L. Burke was Commissioner 1941-1943.   The Dept. was abolished effective March 5, 1943 per section 464g of the 1943 Supplement to the Connecticut General Statutes. 

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
CGS Chpts. 59 and 60,4b-1 et seq.

Agency History :

1951, Jan. 3, Public Works Dept. established by P.A. no. 4 of Public Acts of the Special Session of the General Assembly, March 1950.
1977, October 1, Public Works Dept. becomes the Bureau of Public Works in the Dept. of Administrative Services
1987, July 1, an independent Dept. of Public Works is reestablished by P.A. 87-496.

Published Histories/Articles :
Not available

Archived Department of Public Works Web site, as harvested on 2007-04-13, by the Connecticut State Library, Connecticut Digital Archive.

Agency Documents and Records in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Connecticut. Public Works Dept.
Connecticut. Bureau of Public Works.
Connecticut. Dept. of Public Works.

Annual Reports are located in :

Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d], and 2002-, the online version

State Archives Record Group : RG 181

List of Heads :

 Name

Years of Service

Commissioner  
Ralph G. Macy 1951-1954
Timothy J. Murphy, Jr. 1955
Charles I. Sweeney (Deputy Commissioner) 1956-1958
Timothy J. Murphy 1959-1967
Charles I. Sweeney 1968-1970
Edward J. Kozlowski 1971-1972
Paul J. Manafort 1973-1974
Robert A. Weinerman 1975-1977
Deputy Commissioner  
C. Thomas Foley 1978-1979
Norman E. Cutts 1980-1982
Donald Cassin 1983-1986
Commissioner  
Donald Cassin 1987-1990
Bruce L. Morris 1991-1994
T.R. Anson 1995-2003
James T. Fleming September 2003-Sept. 2007
Raeanne V. Curtis Sept. 2007-Present

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit,  page revised 8/2008.