‘After-the-fact-Purchase’ Policy
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The “after-the-fact purchases and circumvention of purchasing procedures” by executive branch agencies, has prompted Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga to once again issue a memo to directors, reminding them about local laws and regulations governing such matters and urging...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Procurement Office will no longer “turn a blind eye” on transactions that circumvent the procurement process — all “after the fact” requisitions will no longer be accepted, says Chief Procurement Officer, Dr. Oreta M. Crichton in a July 24 letter to executive...

![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga in a photo from Tuesday, July 23, 2019 with Monsignor Viane Etuale of the Diocese of Samoa Pago Pago. [photo: Governor’s Office] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga in a photo from Tuesday, July 23, 2019 with Monsignor Viane Etuale](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lolo_n_viane_0.jpg?itok=H1wESckl)
![Chief Procurement Officer, Dr. Oreta M. Crichton [SN file photo] Chief Procurement Officer, Dr. Oreta M. Crichton](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/crichton_0226_0.jpg?itok=15DI8gBn)