PITI-VITI News

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...

32nd Annual APIPA Conference Reaches Nearly 700 Accountability Professionals
Sep 03, 2021
The Association of Pacific Islands Public Auditors (APIPA) completed its 32nd annual conference, held virtually from August 23 to September 3, 2021. American Samoa hosted the virtual conference. Participants were given the opportunity to receive up to 40 hours of continuing professional education...

In Memoriam: Ivan Alafanso Blanco (Our beloved Jimbo)
Jul 24, 2021
Remembering ELDP alumnus Ivan Alafanso Blanco (affectionately known as "Jimbo"), who died yesterday at 45 years old.

FY19 Performeters Released for Insular Areas
May 04, 2021
The Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) program has released Performeter Reports based on the FY19 financial statements for the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as the Freely Associated States, which...

The Road to Recovery: Further Updating the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Strategies for Mitigation in the Republic of Palau
Feb 28, 2021
The Graduate School USA’s Economic Monitoring and Analysis Program (EconMAP), with funding support from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs and the Asian Development Bank, has published a new Technical Note, The Road to Recovery: Further Updating the Economic Impact...