To Hike or not to Hike FY2017 Budget
A decision on the proposed FY 2017 budget for ASG is expected tomorrow. The big question is whether the Fono will add on to the original budget of $378.4. Million, $2 million which the ...Read more
A decision on the proposed FY 2017 budget for ASG is expected tomorrow. The big question is whether the Fono will add on to the original budget of $378.4. Million, $2 million which the ...Read more
The late introduction of an appropriation measure that Governor Lolo Moliga wants included in the Fiscal year 2017 budget is unprecedented. As we reported yesterday Lolo is asking the Fono to ...Read more
ASG’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017 goes up by $2 million if the Fono passes legislation that Governor Lolo submitted late Friday afternoon and was introduced in both chambers ...Read more
Some lawmakers are not even bothering with the FY2017 budget hearings because of the way that the joint chairmen are conducting the sessions. Early this week during review of the American Samoa ...Read more
Apart from reviewing the proposed FY2017 budget, administration bills submitted during this session are also going through the regular review in both chambers. The House of Representatives passed ...Read more
Commissioner of Public Safety, Save Liuato Tuitele maintains that the DPS budget is not enough to ensure that the territory is safe. The Commissioner, along with his deputy Vaimaga Maiava and ...Read more
In four years, ASG hasn’t filled the position of Territorial Auditor. The last auditor, Robert Dantini, left the island in late 2014 before his contract expired. The proposed Fiscal Year 2017 ...Read more
There were no questions during review of the Treasury and Budget Office’s proposed budget for FY 2017 because there was no time. Senator Tuaolo Fruean citing the same budget figures from 2016 ...Read more
Governor Lolo Moliga says plans by a group that’s expressed an interest in tourism and real estate development are preliminary and no where near finalization. The group he’s commenting on is ...Read more
Since funding for the new Office of Financial Institutions is not mentioned anywhere in the Treasury budget for Fiscal Year 2017, lawmakers were curious to find out how the newest agency in ASG ...Read more