Pacific Partnership Meeting (PPM) 2023
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Pacific Partnership Meeting (PPM) 2023 brought together FEMA federal partners, the state of Hawaii and Pacific territories to meet, collaborate, discuss and receive information on programs, services, opportunities and resources available through the federal agency...

![Following the opening of the Homeland Security FEMA Region IX Pacific Partnership Meeting on August 8, 2023, Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga and members of the American Samoa delegation including Director of the American Samoa Department of Homeland Security, Samana S. Veavea (left seated next to governor) and director of the Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management, Lisa Tuatoo (opposite Samana) held a private meeting with FEMA Region IX Administrator Robert Fenton to discuss Am Samoa’s priority needs and projects. [ASG photo] STAFFERS WITH FEMA PERSONNEL](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_office_meeting_w_fema.jpg?itok=y9wO3j2i)