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ELDP Participants Learn to Navigate Leadership Roles in the Pacific Islands
Dec 28, 2022
Monique WedderburnThe Graduate School USA’s Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives held the first session of the 2023 Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) in Guam from December 6-13, 2022. The ELDP was commissioned by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs in 2008 and...
Read MoreExecutive Leadership Development Program | Interview by Buenas in the Morning
Dec 27, 2022
Ciara SantiagoWith funding support from the US Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, the Executive Leadership Development Program's 2023 cohort convened in Guam from December 6-13, 2022. The ELDP is comprised of emerging public sector leaders from the US-Affiliated Insular areas. Jason...
Read MoreInterior’s Office of Insular Affairs Welcomes 31 Public Servants from the Pacific and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the Executive Leadership Development Program
Dec 06, 2022
Monique WedderburnThe U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) welcomed 31 new participants to the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) for the Pacific and Caribbean insular areas this week. The 2023 Cohort is comprised of mid-level management public servants from American Samoa...
Read MoreIGFOA Summer 2022 Conference Report Now Available
Oct 03, 2022
Ciara SantiagoThe Island Government Finance Officers’ Association (IGFOA) has met at least annually every year since 1999 to participate in professional development and networking activities and to advance an agenda for financial management improvement. IGFOA Meetings also provide a forum for participants to...
Read MoreGovernment Lease Implementation in the CNMI and Guam
Sep 30, 2022
Monique WedderburnFrom September 7-16, 2022, the Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) offered on-site training to the Guam and CNMI governments to support the implementation of new lease accounting standards. The new GASB standards have altered the historical landscape of how lease...
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