Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Director of the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala said that the only personnel change made in the department after the file containing documents related to the non profit organization with which he’s involved was leaked to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After defending his stance that his position as head of the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) and serving as the Director for the Center for Families of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities” (CFIDD) is not a conflict of interest, Muavaefaatasi John...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Director for the Department of Human & Social Services (DHSS), Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala has confirmed to Samoa News that he is the director for the non profit organization called “Center for Families of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities” (CFIDD...

![Director for the Department of Human and Social Services, Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala said that the action that he took last week Tuesday to reassign the employee from routing payroll and procurement paperwork to covering at the front desk was definitely not personal in nature — nor illegal. [photo by AF] Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dhss_director_muavaefaatasi_5760_1.jpg?itok=4On2pfM7)
![Director of the Department of Human & Social Services (DHSS) Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala, who confirmed to Samoa News that he’s also the director for the non profit organization called “Center for Families of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities” (CFIDD). [photo by AF] Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/muavaefaatasi_suisala_0187.jpg?itok=GA4KHucL)
![The old government building in the Tafuna area that used to house the CFIDD office. Questions persist about CFIDD, whether it delivered services for which it received funding and whether a conflict of interest exists between its incorporator, Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala, who is also the DHSS director, one of the grantors funding CFIDD. [photo by AF] The old government building in the Tafuna area that used to house the CFIDD office](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cfidd_-wic_bldg_0456.jpg?itok=kSTgjOlU)