Directors Told to Front Up at Budget Hearings

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With the Fono reconvening on Monday, the governor and budget director strongly advised directors to make themselves available when budget hearings start most likely in the following week.

Governor Lolo told the cabinet yesterday Fono leaders do not want to deal with a deputy director, that they are only expecting a face to face meeting with department directors when its their turn to testify on their Fiscal Year 2017 budget requests.

Budget Director Catherine Saelua said at yesterday’s cabinet meeting even though the administration has tried to save money by providing the budget electronically rather than in printed form, they’ve had to go to the printers for the proposed new year budget to meet lawmakers’ request.

She said they are back to printing the thick budget book because lawmakers prefer that to a CD.

Saelua said the budget books are on their way to the Fono already.

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