Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands: Program Director for the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI), Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo, is spending a week in the Northern Mariana Islands providing in-person technical support to the staff at the territory’s public audit office.
Ms Palamo-Iosefo started work at the Capitol Hill-based office on 20 October, supporting it to develop strategic management systems and an overall audit plan for the fiscal year that started this month.
On the importance of overall audit planning, Ms Palamo-Iosefo said, “It enables audit offices to focus on key government priorities and matters of public interest, maximise their audit coverage, submit reports in a timely manner and conduct quality and impactful audits and investigations.”
A draft process for developing the office’s overall audit plan was prepared for it to finalise and adopt.
Ms Palamo-Iosefo is working with the Temporary Public Auditor, Dora I Deleon Guerrero, and her staff, to identify competency gaps to address with individual learning and professional development plans.
She has also reviewed the office’s human resources strategy and helped staff plan the implementation of related policies and practices.
“All the activities performed this week are part of our work to strengthen internal governance and build the capability of our member audit offices,” Ms Palamo-Iosefo said.
PASAI acknowledges the support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
PASAI Program Director, Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo (far right), Temporary Public Auditor, Dora I Deleon Guerrero (second from left) and some of her staff from the Office of the Public Auditor for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
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Contact information:
Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo, Program Director PASAI
E: sina.iosefo@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275
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