[lg policy] Saipan: Administration yet to finalize transfer of 3 DCCA offices

[Harold Schiffman]

Administration yet to finalize transfer of 3 DCCA offices

By Clarissa David
Reporter

The Fitial administration is still finalizing the transfer of three
offices under the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs to the
Indigenous Affairs Office, according to press secretary Angel A.
Demapan.

The merger of the Historic Preservation Office, the Commonwealth
Council for Arts and Culture, and the Language Policy Commission with
the Indigenous Affairs Office under the supervision of the Office of
the Governor was among the recommendations of a desk audit done by the
Virginia-based Management Analysis, Inc. last year.

Demapan said the administration “heeded” the recommendation “in an
effort to achieve greater efficiency in the overall organization
structure of the CNMI government.”

The transfer was originally scheduled to become effective on Oct. 1,
the start of fiscal year 2012.

Since the transfer process is still being finalized, Demapan told
Saipan Tribune that the appropriations for the affected offices under
the new fiscal year 2012 budget “are structured so that it can easily
be lifted out of the DCCA budget” and moved under the Indigenous
Affairs Office.

“When the time comes to effectuate theses organizational changes, the
administration does not anticipate any problems with the budget for
the respective offices,” added Demapan.

http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=113416

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