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PITI-VITI Returns to On-Site Training in the Pacific
Dec 07, 2021
Jason AubuchonIn 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...
Read More32nd Annual APIPA Conference Reaches Nearly 700 Accountability Professionals
Sep 03, 2021
Jason AubuchonThe 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...
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Ivan Alafanso Blanco (Our beloved Jimbo)
Jul 24, 2021
Jason AubuchonRemembering ELDP alumnus Ivan Alafanso Blanco (affectionately known as "Jimbo"), who died yesterday at 45 years old.
Read MoreFY19 Performeters Released for Insular Areas
May 04, 2021
Jason AubuchonThe 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...
Read MoreIGFOA Concludes Virtual Meeting, Discusses Emerging Regional Finance Issues
Apr 17, 2021
Jason AubuchonThe 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...
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