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"A portion of the fees motorists pay when they register or renew their vehicles each year has not been properly accounted for or used efficiently to help rid Guam of abandoned vehicles, old appliances and other recyclables, according to a public auditor’s report released Wednesday."
https://www.guampdn.com/news/opa-funds-for-junk-car-removals-inefficiently-used-leading-to-weakened-accountability/article_fee08007-5a23-4fe8-aa65-5a046b455fb7.html

Guam Office of Public Accountability 🇬🇺

We are in Tonga this week training 18 Pacific Island senior staff from the government audit offices of Chuuk State (in 🇫🇲), the Cook Islands 🇨🇰, Nauru 🇳🇷, Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬, Tonga 🇹🇴, Tuvalu 🇹🇻 and Vanuatu 🇻🇺 to deliver high-quality compliance audits of government payroll frameworks. Two of our program directors are co-facilitating the workshop with senior staff from The Audit Office, New Zealand and the Intosai Development Initiative - IDI. More details in our media release: https://www.pasai.org/news-blog/2026/5/26/pasai-gathers-compliance-auditors-in-tonga-for-cooperative-audit-on-government-payroll-frameworks

"The Office of the National Public Auditor has found that the FSM National Postal Services has made some progress in addressing long-standing operational weaknesses identified in a 2021 performance audit, but many recommendations remain only partially implemented or unresolved."
See page 3 of The Kaselehlie Press for coverage of the latest follow-up performance audit out of the FSM Public Auditor: kpress.fm/issues/KPress-Vol26-Iss12-20May26-WEB.pdf

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In a bonus blog post for the month, Jonathan Keate from The Audit Office, New Zealand 🇳🇿 shares what's ahead for environmental auditing in the Pacific over the next 3 years: https://www.pasai.org/blog/2026/5/20/strengthening-environmental-auditing-in-the-pacific-whats-ahead-in-20262028

After 30 years at the SAI, he will soon leave. We really appreciate the passion he has brought to the region and wish him the best for the future!