Former DHSS employee wins monetary compensation in discrimination lawsuit against ASG
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in Honolulu has approved the Consent Decree, which resolves and settles, the U.S Justice Department’s lawsuit against the American Samoa Governm



![Lynette Liu was awarded “Top Women’s Center Back” at the SoCal Championships, the longest running beach handball tournament in the USA. (Read story inside today’s Sports section for details of American Samoa Women’s Beach Handball Team’s participation in the championships.) [courtesy photo] Lynette Liu with award](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/center.jpg?itok=hzhO3jWs)
![This photo posted on the local Department of Homeland Security (ASDHS) Facebook page shows TEMCO’s tsunami outreach presentation last week at Pago Pago CCCAS. [photo: ASDHS Facebook] TEMCO’s tsunami outreach presentation](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asdhs_preparedness_.jpg?itok=AL2Vcxc6)

![ASG staffers man a donation location during the Humanitarian Relief fundraiser for the people of Lahaina, Maui that ended on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. The fundraising effort raised 1/2 a million dollars for Maui Relief, according to the government. [ASG photo] ASG staffers man a donation location](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/maui_fundraiser_.jpg?itok=npYBzqoe)



![LBJ Board Chairman Dr. Malouamaua Tuiolosega, CEO Dr. Akapusi Ledua (right) and CFO Sefanaiya Kaumaitotoya testifying at the joint hearing of the Fono’s Budget and Appropriation Committee. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau] LBJ Board Chairman Dr. Malouamaua Tuiolosega, CEO Dr. Akapusi Ledua (right) and CFO Sefanaiya Kaumaitotoya testifying at the joint hearing of the Fono’s Budget and Appropriation Committee. [photo: Asi A. Fa’asau]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_2009.jpg?itok=tfPS0v41)