PITI-VITI News

H.E. Surangel S. Whipps, Jr., President of the Republic of Palau, surprises the 2021 Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) class.
Feb 01, 2022
Quarter 4 of the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) commenced Monday, January 24, 2022. The twenty-three ELDP participants are in the final stretch of completing the program, which is supported by the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs and administered by the...

American Public Education, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Graduate School USA
Jan 05, 2022
American Public Education, Inc. today announced that it has completed its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Graduate School USA (“GSUSA”), effective January 1, 2022. GSUSA is a leading training provider to the federal workforce, with an extensive portfolio of government agency...

PITI-VITI Returns to On-Site Training in the Pacific
Dec 07, 2021
In the first live, on-site auditing course offered by GSUSA's Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives in the Pacific Islands since the pandemic began, fifteen public accountability professionals from three island audit offices met in Guam on December 2-3 for in-person audit training on...

Guam Office of Public Accountability Completes Peer Review
Dec 10, 2021
Guam's Office of Public Accountability (OPA) passed its current external quality control review on December 10, 2021, with support from PITI-VITI. The review included a week of on-site assessment and analysis by a team of audit professionals representing the Association of Pacific Island Public...

IGFOA Concludes Virtual Meeting, Discusses Emerging Regional Finance Issues
Apr 17, 2021
The Island Government Finance Officers’ Association (IGFOA) met virtually on March 24, 2021 and March 25, 2021 (a day earlier in American Samoa, Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands) to review the FY2019 audits, the Audit Improvement Update, and to present the FY2019 Performeter scores. The goals...