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TAO Performance Audit
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Performance Audit of the American Samoa Visitors Bureau by the Territorial Audit Office for three fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 2022, provided an inside summary of the work by the Bureau and the impact of the local tourism industry in the midst of COVID-19.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Audit Office’s Performance Audit of the American Samoa Visitors Bureau for three fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 2022 revealed “several areas that require the Bureau’s attention due to the lack of policies and procedures,” according to TAO audit report, to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Audit Office’s (TAO) performance audit for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 2022 of the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency identified several issues of concern over the agency’s various timekeeping, personnel, and payroll practices.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency — referred to as the ASG Medicaid Office — “lacks an adequate fixed asset register and does not regularly inventory fixed assets,” according the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) in one of it’s findings following a performance audit...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Audit Office (TAO) Performance Audit of the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency found that the Agency “has not documented transfers of cell phones and laptops to other ASG departments” and recommends the need to “better document and justify” transfers of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency “lacks a documented policy to control and manage the use of the electronic signatures, e-signatures,” says the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) in one of its findings following a Performance Audit for the Medicaid Agency, for fiscal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency “needs additional policies and procedures” to be put in place as it currently “does not have an established policy review process,” according the agency’s Performance Audit report following an audit of fiscal years ending Sept. 30...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency “is using direct payment vouchers beyond their authorized use” — is one of the findings cited by the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) following its Performance Audit of the Medicaid Agency for the three fiscal years ending September...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Documentation not always being completed for employee personnel files at the Health Department, is another issue of concern raised by the Territorial Audit Office during its Performance Audit report of the more than $14 million in federal CARES Act funding awarded to DoH...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several employees of the Health Department were underpaid during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Territorial Audit Office has called on DoH to maintain complete and “accurate employees[‘] pays and their rates.”
This is one of the issues listed under “Other Matters” that...