Guam State Clearinghouse - “Latest News”

Fiscal mismanagement at the Guam Environmental Protection Agency has hurt the agency’s ability to protect human health and the environment, according to the U.S. EPA’s 2009 End of Year Program Review Summary released April 28.
The 23-page review focuses on Guam EPA’s financial difficulties that it has been experiencing over the last two years and [...]

With over $145 million in federal grants awarded to the Guam Department of Education this fiscal year, the department’s federal programs division is hosting a two-day overview of the grants received by key stakeholders.
The first of the two-day event will be held today from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hilton Guam Resort [...]

A contract to manage the $200 million Port Authority of Guam modernization project was awarded to EA Engineering, Science and Technology by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration.
The awarding of this contract is necessary for Congress to authorize the Defense Department’s request for $50 million for port improvement projects, according to Guam Delegate Madeleine [...]

Because of the large sum of federal funds flowing into Guam, the Guam State Clearinghouse has sought the Bureau of Budget Management and Research’s assistance in making sure the local government is in compliance with federal regulations governing these grants.
“The Guam State Clearinghouse in the last fiscal year has reviewed over $300 million in [...]

The Guam International Airport Authority received positive feedback from the Federal Aviation Administration this week. Airport General Manager Carlos Salas says this was the FAA’s annual visit to ensure the airport is in compliance with its grant standards.
Ref: KUAM 3/17/10

The Government Accountability Office released a report on the U.S. insular areas and opportunities that exist to improve the Department of the Interior’s grant oversight and to reduce the potential for mismanagement. The GAO report reviewed the U.S. insular areas of American Samoa, CNMI, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam and how they’ve been spending [...]

The University of Guam fiscal year 2009 audit was released Tuesday by the Guam Office of Public Accountability. It was conducted by independent auditors Eide Bailly. It shows a $1.3 million increase in net assets, an increase of $3 million in grants and contracts, and the highest enrollment in ten years.
The auditors rendered an [...]

More than 500 federally funded Guam DOE employees are once again facing the prospect of being laid off next week because the school system doesn’t have the money to pay them.
Superintendent Nerissa Underwood broke the news to those employees at a meeting at Tamuning Elementary Monday afternoon.
DOE needs close to $7 million dollars by Friday [...]

The Office of the Attorney General has released the findings of an investigation of a Port Authority of Guam contract paid through federally funded “Office of Economic Adjustment” funds. The amount of $350,000 is under local and federal review and was placed on hold for payment.
Click on the link to read the Attorney General’s [...]

The government will no longer be able to advance allotments for the Guam Department of Education due to low revenue collections. Dr. Nerissa Underwood Education superintendent Dr. Nerissa Underwood has received this notice from the Bureau of Budget and Management and George Bamba, the governor’s chief of staff.
The notice prompted Underwood to write to Phil [...]

Over 40 early childhood stakeholders from the Guam Early Learning Council and Project Tinituhon Strategic Management Focus Area Groups participated in the 2009 Early Childhood Summit facilitated by Project staff on November 30th at the Guam Marriott Hotel. Focus Area facilitators from Guam CEDDERS provided participants with activity updates across the four areas of focus, [...]

The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) submitted a favorable audit report earlier this month outlining the results of a recently completed review of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority (GHURA) capital funds administered under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
The report [...]

The Guam Department of Education has received the USDOE’s amended special conditions letter, which identifies Superintendent Dr. Nerissa Underwood and GDOE internal auditor Lester Kuykendall as the point of contacts who will provide assurances to federal agency that the conditions for drawing down funds are complied with.
Under this condition, Underwood and Kuykendall will have to [...]

PBS Guam, formerly KGTF-TV12, will upgrade to a fully digital broadcast facility with funds from a grant awarded on Sept. 22, 2009, by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) grant will provide the full $199,500 needed for the station’s master control room upgrade. “The existing master control unit is [...]

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