budget hearings
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The director of the Department of Search and Rescue (DSR), Save Liuato Tuitele told lawmakers in Monday’s budget hearings that funding from federal sources for functions now carried out by DSR remain with the entities that performed the functions before DSR was created...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senator Togiola TA Tulafono has cautioned the Senate President about pushing the “Legislature’s agenda”, by approving the government budget — bypassing standard procedures for budget hearings.
The former governor made the comments after the budget hearing Tuesday morning...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu and Talauega Administration have been “informed” the budget hearings for the new financial year 2022-2023 scheduled to start on Sept. 06, 2022 will proceed as planned.
Senate President, Tuaolo Manaia Fruean confirmed this during the Senate session on Friday....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the legislation introduced in the Fono last week is the ASG proposed final fiscal year 2022 budget totaling $552.78 million. At last Friday’s Senate session, Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee chairman Sen. Utu Sila Poasa announced that the committee is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While there is no specific budget item amount to pay a veterinarian, Agriculture director Sala Dr. Mataese Samuelu says the highest pay scale is around $50,000 and it’s included in the budget numbers for the Agriculture Department’s (DoA) fiscal year 2021 proposed budget...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has encouraged cabinet members to use the budget hearing process to tell lawmakers about funding problems and other issues faced by their respective agencies, so the Fono can create new appropriations to fund the government.
“Tell the Fono your...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono’s review of the government’s proposed budget of more than $439.58 million for FY 2019 begins next Monday, Aug. 20th, and it will be a joint hearing of both the Senate and House Budget and Appropriations Committees, held at the Senate’s current chambers — the...