CPO saddened he was left in the dark over ASG’s $10 million investment of ARPA interest funds
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), Frederick Ledoux, told the Senate Government Operations Committee, last week, that he played no role in negoti




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![Chief Procurement Officer Frederick Ledoux appearing before the Senate Government Operations Committee told senators that the agreement that led to the investment of $10.1 million in ARPA interest funds circumvented Procurement protocols and was done without his knowledge. Testimony by the Governor's Executive Advisor for Finance Brett Butler last Friday, noted that the agreement was for an investment, not a procurement of service & goods, and therefore not under the purview of the CPO. [photo: AF] Chief Procurement Officer Frederick Ledoux](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_7345.jpg?itok=uLRs9grR)




