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The Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI), is a program managed by the Graduate School USA and funded by the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs. PITI-VITI supports the insular governments of American Samoa, Guam, CNMI, FSM, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. Find out more about the PITI-VITI program on the About PITI-VITI page.

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Congratulations ELDP 2025 Cohort!

Check out the 28 participants selected to be part of the ELDP 2025 Pacific Cohort!

August 2025

APIPA Conference 2025

The 36th annual APIPA Conference will be held September 8 - September 12, 2025 in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.

September 8 - 12, 2025

IGFOA 2025 Fall Meeting

The IGFOA Fall Meeting will be held virtually on Friday, September 26, 2025 (Guam).

September 26, 2025

IGFOA 2025 Winter Meetings

The IGFOA Winter Meeting will be held in early December 2025. Please check back later for more details.

December 2025

PITI-VITI Training & Events

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Opening Plenary: The Nuts and Bolts of Prosecuting Procurement Fraud

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September

09 - 09, 2025

Eric S. O'Malley

4 CPE

Auditing Grants

Understand the full grants management process, the current regulatory requirements (OMB Revised 2022 Guidance) governing grants and the role of auditors in developing strategies for assessing compliance and performance. Learn to develop audit objectives and procedures to identify issues and recommendations for constructive feedback, corrective action and accountability. Learn the stages of effective grants management from award, monitoring, audit and close-out. Become skillful at implementing strategies for auditing, application of cost principles performance measurement and reporting through each of the grant stages by applying those strategies in case studies

September

09 - 10, 2025

Robert Adachi

12 CPE

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28 Leaders Graduate from the Executive Leadership Development Program, Expanding Pacific Alumni Network to 239

Aug 08, 2025

Jason

Twenty-eight leaders from across the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands graduated from the 2025 Executive Leadership Development Program in Koror, Palau, expanding the alumni network to 239 and strengthening leadership capacity across the region.

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Island Governments Address Audit and Workforce Challenges at IGFOA 2024 Winter Meeting

Dec 19, 2024

Monique

The Island Government Finance Officers Association (IGFOA) convened its annual winter meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, from December 10-12, 2024. The conference brought together public sector finance leaders and their staff from across the insular jurisdictions, including the Commonwealth of the...

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IGFOA Summer 2025 Agenda

Posted Jun 10, 2025 | version 5

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PITI-VITI 2024 Annual Report

Posted Jun 15, 2025

The PITI-VITI 2024 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of the Pacific & Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) program's activities and achievements. Program highlights include annual training and consultative act ...

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Photo Gallery

Photos from recent activities hosted by the Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) in support of conferences, training and leadership development, are available below.

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