Guam-based program director for the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions Doris Flores Brook visited Saipan last week on an advocacy and knowledge-sharing mission.
In the few past fiscal years, the Office of the Public Auditor has operated under the central government’s austerity measures and has reduced operational costs at all levels to help ease the financial burdens of the local government, according to temporary public auditor Dora I. Deleon Guerrero.
THE Office of the Public Auditor on Friday said the failure to unlock the Northern Islands early voting ballot box on election night was not a result of a malfunction.