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2025 General Memorandums
-January-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 002-25	Interim Leadership During Transition	01/03/25
General Memorandum No. 003-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Public Health	01/06/25
General Memorandum No. 004-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Legal Affairs	01/06/25
General Memorandum No. 005-25	Delegation of Atuhority - Department of Search and Rescue	01/06/25
General Memorandum No. 006-25	Delegation og Authority - Department of Public Safety	01/06/25
General Memorandum No. 007-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Veterans Affairs	01/06/25
General Memorandum No. 008-25	Appointment of Faiivae Alexander Godinet as Secretary of Samoan Affairs	01/07/25
General Memorandum No. 009-25	Critical Cost Containment Measures	01/09/25
General Memorandum No. 010-25	Appointment of Peter Fuimaono as Insurance Commissioner	01/09/25
General Memorandum No. 011-25	Response to High Winds and Flooding	01/09/25
General Memorandum No. 012-25	Appointment of Acting Directors and Officials	01/10/25
General Memorandum No. 013-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Search and Rescue	01/10/25
General Memorandum No. 014-25	Appointment of Chief of Staff	01/13/25
General Memorandum No. 015-25	Appointment of Acting Commissioner, Department of Public Safety	01/14/25
General Memorandum No. 016-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Treasury	01/13/25
General Memorandum No. 018-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Procurement	01/16/25
General Memorandum No. 019-25	Appointment of Acting Governor	01/16/25
General Memorandum No. 020-25	Government Vehicle Use	01/17/25
General Memorandum No. 021-25	Holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025	01/17/25
General Memorandum No. 022-25	Appointment of Acting Director for American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency	01/23/25
General Memorandum No. 023-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Visitors Bureau	01/28/25
General Memorandum No. 024-25	Federal Pause in Grant Funding	01/28/25
General Memorandum No. 025-25	Update on Federal Pause in Grant Funding	01/29/25
General Memorandum No. 026-25	Department of the Interior Grant Application Deadline	01/31/25

-February-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 027-25	Appointment of the Director for the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency	02/05/25
General Memorandum No. 028-25	Appointment of Acting Attorney General of the Department of Legal Affairs	02/07/25
General Memorandum No. 029-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management	02/06/25
General Memorandum No. 030-25	Appointment of Director and Officials for the Office of Veterans Affairs	02/07/25
General Memorandum No. 031-25	Appointment of Ammon Fepuleai as Executive Director of the American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture, and the Humanities	02/06/25
General Memorandum No. 032-25	Appointment of American Rescue Plan Act Oversight Office, Executive Director	02/06/25
General Memorandum No. 033-25	Infrastructure and Improvement Project Emergency	02/06/25
General Memorandum No. 035-25	Appointment of Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei as Acting Chief Election Officer	02/07/25
General Memorandum No. 036-25	Appointment of Mr. Utumoe Alefosio as Acting Director of the Department of Search and Rescue	02/07/25
General Memorandum No. 037-25	Appointment of Dr. Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka as Executive Director of American Samoa Resilience Office (ASRO)	02/07/25
General Memorandum No. 038-25	Appointment of Mrs. Louise Kuaea as Director for the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency	02/10/25
General Memorandum No. 039-25	Appointment of Mr. Louis Solaita as Director for the American Samoa Sports Complex Management Office (SCM)	02/10/25
General Memorandum No. 040-25	Appointment of Ms. Adrian Vasai as Director for the American Samoa Office of Vocational Rehabilitation	02/11/25
General Memorandum No. 041-25	Appointment of Mrs. Epifania Suafo'a-Tauai as Director for the American Samoa Historic Preservation Office (ASHPO)	02/11/25
General Memorandum No. 044-25	Appointment of Acting Governor	02/14/25
General Memorandum No. 045-25	Department of the Interior Grant Application Deadline Extension	02/14/25
General Memorandum No. 046-25	Delegation of Authority - American Rescue Plan Act Oversight Office	02/14/25
General Memorandum No. 047-25	Appointment of Mr. Aitasi Mark Aumua as Director for the American Samoa Office of Property Management	02/19/25
General Memorandum No. 048-25	Response to Current Weather Conditions	02/19/25
General Memorandum No. 049-25	Delegation of Authority - Medicaid Office	02/19/25
General Memorandum No. 050-25	Appointment of Ms. Edna Noga as Director for the American Samoa Environment Protection Agency	02/25/25
General Memorandum No. 051-25	Appointment of Mrs. Natasha M. Tuato'o-Bartley as Acting Director for the Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources	02/26/25
General Memorandum No. 052-25	Appointment of Mrs. Sesula Fepulea'i McMoore-Tufele as Acting Director for the Office of Program Planning and Budget	02/26/25
General Memorandum No. 053-25	Appointment of Mr. Frederick Unasa Ledoux as Acting Chief Procurement Officer for the Office of Procurement	02/26/25
General Memorandum No. 054-25	Appointment of Mr. Tapusalaia Maneafaiga as Acting Director for the Department of PArks and Recreation	02/26/25
General Memorandum No. 055-25	Appointment of Ms. Musuai Pauulu as Director for the American Samoa Office-Hawaii	02/28/25

-March-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 056-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Education	03/03/25
General Memorandum No. 057-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Homeland Security	03/03/25
General Memorandum No. 059-25	Designation of Governor's Authorized Representative (GAR) and Alternate GAR	03/03/25
General Memorandum No. 060-25	Island Wide Clean-up on Friday, March 28, 2025	03/05/25
General Memorandum No. 061-25	ASG Employee Participation in Flag Day League Sports	03/06/25
General Memorandum No. 063-25	Acting Territorial Librarian	03/07/25
General Memorandum No. 064-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency	03/07/25
General Memorandum No. 065-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Port Administration	03/11/25
General Memorandum No. 066-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Department of Corrections	03/11/25
General Memorandum No. 067-25	Appointment of Tuasivi John R. Marsh as the Commissioner of the Office of Financial Institutions	03/12/25
General Memorandum No. 068-25	Appointment of Acting Governor	03/17/25
General Memorandum No. 069-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Education	03/13/25
General Memorandum No. 070-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Telecommunication Authority	03/13/25
General Memorandum No. 071-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Search and Resuce	03/13/25
General Memorandum No. 072-25	Delegation of Authority - Governor's Resilience Office	03/14/25
General Memorandum No. 073-25	Advisory Council for the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)Program	03/19/25
General Memorandum No. 074-25	Protection and Advocacy of Individuals with Development Disabilities (PADD)	03/19/25
General Memorandum No. 075-25	Acting Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation	03/20/25
General Memorandum No. 076-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Visitors Burearu	03/21/25
General Memorandum No. 078-25	Appointment of Mr. Aokuso Satia as Acting Director for the Office of Program Planning and Budget	03/25/25
General Memorandum No. 079-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management	03/28/25
General Memorandum No. 080-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation	03/31/25
General Memorandum No. 081-25	Delegation of Authority - Medicaid Office	03/31/25

-April-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 082-25	Island Wide Clean-Up & Beautification - Flag Day	04/01/25
General Memorandum No. 083-25	125th American Samoa Flag Day & Good Friday Holiday Observance	04/03/25
General Memorandum No. 084-25	Flag Day Participation	04/04/25
General Memorandum No. 085-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Protection and Advocacy for the Disabled	04/03/25
General Memorandum No. 087-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Legal Affairs	04/03/25
General Memorandum No. 088-25	Delegation of Authority - Sports Complex Management Office	04/03/25
General Memorandum No. 089-25	Department Vehicles for Flag Day 2025	04/07/25
General Memorandum No. 090-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Homeland Security	04/07/25
General Memorandum No. 091-25	American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA)	04/07/25
General Memorandum No. 092-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Public Health	04/11/25
General Memorandum No. 097-25	Call for ASG Vehicles	04/14/25
General Memorandum No. 100-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Procurement	04/21/25
General Memorandum No. 101-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Port Administration	04/21/25
General Memorandum No. 102-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Human Resources	04/21/25
General Memorandum No. 102-25	Flying of Flags at Half-Staff Monday, April 21, 2025 in Honor of Pope Francis	04/21/25
General Memorandum No. 103-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Managemnet	04/22/25
General Memorandum No. 104-25	Delegation of Authority - Election Office	04/22/25

-May-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 117-25	Appointment of Deputy Chief of Staff	05/02/25
General Memorandum No. 115-25	Appointment of Acting Governor	05/05/25
General Memorandum No. 111-25	Appointment of Chief od Staff	05/02/25
General Memorandum No. 109-25	Holiday - Swain Island 100th Anniversary 2025	05/02/25

-June-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 141-25	Delegation of Authority - Medicaid Office	06/04/2025
General Memorandum No. 143-25	Appointment of Workmen's Compensation Commission	06/05/2025
General Memorandum No. 144-25	Appointment of Tax Exemption Board	06/05/2025
General Memorandum No. 145-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency	06/04/2025
General Memorandum No. 146-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Samoan Affairs	06/09/2025
General Memorandum No. 147-25	Holiday - Juneteenth Day 2025	06/16/2025
General Memorandum No. 148-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Agriculture	06/16/2025
General Memorandum No. 149-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Human and Social Services	06/16/2025
General Memorandum No. 150-25	Appointment of Mr. Tapusalaia Maneafaiga as Acting Director for the Department of Parks and Recreation	06/17/2025
General Memorandum No. 151-25	Appointment of American Samoa State Rehabilitation Council	06/17/2025
General Memorandum No. 152-25	Official Leave Support for ASG Participants in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games	06/23/2025
General Memorandum No. 153-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Procurement	06/23/2025
General Memorandum No. 154-25	Delegation of Authority - Medicaid Office	06/23/2025
General Memorandum No. 155-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Education	06/23/2025
General Memorandum No. 156-25	Island Wide Clean-up on Friday, June 27, 2025	06/25/2025

-July-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 157-25	Executive Director of ARPA Oversight Office	07/01/2025
General Memorandum No. 160-25	Appointment to teh Health Services Regulatory Board	07/11/2025
General Memorandum No. 161-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Education	07/07/2025
General Memorandum No. 162-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Disaster Assitance and Petroleum Management	07/07/2025
General Memorandum No. 163-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Samoan Affairs	07/07/2025
General Memorandum No. 164-25	Appointment of Mr. Nathan Ilaoa as Director for Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources	07/08/2025
General Memorandum No. 165-25	Holiday-Manu'a Cession Day 2025	07/10/2025
General Memorandum No. 166-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Human and Social Services	07/14/2025
General Memorandum No. 167-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation	07/14/2025
General Memorandum No. 168-25	Manu'a Cession Day Participation	07/14/2025
General Memorandum No. 169-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency	07/15/2025
General Memorandum No. 170-25	Delegatio of Authority - Office of the Workmen's Compensation Commission	07/17/2025
General Memorandum No. 171-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Education	07/17/2025
General Memorandum No. 172-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Agriculture	07/17/2025
General Memorandum No. 173-25	Appointment of Acting Governor	07/21/2025
General Memorandum No. 174-25	Delegation of authority - Office of Governor	07/21/2025
General Memorandum No. 175-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Youth and women's Affairs	07/21/2025
General Memorandum No. 176-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Property Management	07/22/2025
General Memorandum No. 177-25	Island Wide Clean-up on Friday, July 25, 2025	07/23/2025
General Memorandum No. 179-25	Response to Record Rainfall, High Surf, Flooding, and High Winds	07/28/2025
General Memorandum No. 180-25	Appointment of Mr. David Godinet as Acting Director for the Department of Parks and Recreation	07/30/2025
General Memorandum No. 181-25	American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) - Board of Directors	07/31/2025

-August-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 182-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources	08/04/2025
General Memorandum No. 183-25	Delegation of Authority - American samoa Department of Corrections	08/05/2025
General Memorandum No. 184-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of veterans & Military Affairs	08/07/2025
General Memorandum No. 185-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Public Works	08/07/2025
General Memorandum No. 186-25	Offices Impacted by construction at A.P. Lutali EOB, Utulei	08/08/2025
General Memorandum No. 187-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Public Safety	08/11/2025
General Memorandum No. 188-25	ASG Scrap Metal/Bulky Waste Collection Drive, Friday, August 15, 2025	08/12/2025
General Memorandum No. 189-25	Delegation of Authority - Sports Complex Management Office	08/12/2025
General Memorandum No. 190-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Program Planning and Budget	08/12/2025
General Memorandum No. 191-25	Delegation of Authority - Medicaid Office	08/12/2025
General Memorandum No. 193-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Public Safety	08/22/2025
General Memorandum No. 195-25	Delegation of Authority - Territorial Energy Office	08/20/2025
General Memorandum No. 196-25	Delegation of Authority - Correctional Facility Assessment Task Force	08/21/2025
General Memorandum No. 197-25	ASG Scarp Metal/Bulky Waste Collection Drive	08/22/2025
General Memorandum No. 199-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency	08/28/2025
General Memorandum No. 200-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources	08/26/2025
General Memorandum No. 201-25	Appointment of Mr. Andrew A. Pelesasa as Acting Director for the Department of Parks and REcreation	08/26/2025
General Memorandum No. 202-25	ASG Scrap Metal/Bulky Waste Collection Drive	08/26/2025
General Memorandum No. 203-25	Re-Appointment of American Samoa Parole Board	08/27/2025
General Memorandum No. 204-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Treasury	08/27/2025
General Memorandum No. 204-25	Speical education Advisory Council	08/27/2025
General Memorandum No. 205-25	Flag to be Flown at Half - Staff	08/27/2025
General Memorandum No. 206-25	Appointment of Acting Governor	08/28/2025
General Memorandum No. 207-25	Recess Appointments to the American Samoa Medical Center Board of Directors	08/27/2025
General Memorandum No. 208-25	Observance of Labor Day Holiday	08/29/2025
General Memorandum No. 210-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation	08/28/2025

-September-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 211-25	Assistance and Cooperation with Records per Executive Order No.:005-25	09/08/2025
General Memorandum No. 212-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Homeland Security	09/09/2025
General Memorandum No. 213-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources	09/11/2025
General Memorandum No. 214-25	Flying of Flags at Half-Staff on Thursday, September 11, 2025 in Honor of Patriot Day	09/11/2025
General Memorandum No. 215-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of the Oublic Defender	09/11/2025
General Memorandum No. 216-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Agriculture	09/11/2025
General Memorandum No. 217-25	ASG SCRAP METAL/BULKY WASTE COLLECTION DRIVE	09/12/2025
General Memorandum No. 218-25	Flying of Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of Charlie Kirk	09/12/2025
General Memorandum No. 219-25	Apointment of Mr. Brett Butler as Acting Treasurer for the Department of Treasury	09/12/2025
General Memorandum No. 220-25	Appointment of Acting Governor	09/14/2025
General Memorandum No. 221-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Administrative Services	09/18/2025
General Memorandum No. 222-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Procurement	09/24/2025
General Memorandum No. 223-25	Island Wide Clean-up on Friday, September 26, 2025	09/23/2025
General Memorandum No. 226-25	Flying of Flags at half-staff on September 29, 2025 to honor the 34 victims of the 2009 Tsunami	09/26/2025
General Memorandum No. 227-25	Delegaiton of Authority - Department of Human Resources	09/29/2025

-October-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 224-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Vocational Rehabilitation	10/06/2025
General Memorandum No. 228-25	Agencies and Departments affected by tje U.S. Government Shutdown	10/06/2025
General Memorandum No. 229-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Public Works	10/03/2025
General Memorandum No. 230-25	Delegation of Authority - Feleti Barstow Public Library	10/06/2025
General Memorandum No. 231-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Legal Affairs	10/06/2025
General Memorandum No. 232-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Treasury	10/07/2025
General Memorandum No. 233-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Commerce	10/10/2025
General Memorandum No. 234-25	Delegation of Authority -Office of Program Planning and Budget	10/10/2025
General Memorandum No. 235-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources	10/10/2025
General Memorandum No. 236-25	Holiday - Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day 2025	10/10/2025
General Memorandum No. 237-25	Designation of Mrs. Sherri Uiagalelei as Administrator, Office of the Administrative Law Judge	10/09/2025
General Memorandum No. 238-25	ASG Internal Inventory	10/10/2025
General Memorandum No. 239-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Department of Corrections	10/15/2025
General Memorandum No. 241-25	Delegation of Authority - Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management	10/20/2025
General Memorandum No. 242-25	Delegation of Authority - Medicaid Office	10/20/2025
General Memorandum No. 243-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Education	10/24/2025
General Memorandum No. 246-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Public Safety	10/24/2025
General Memorandum No. 247-25	Island Wide Clean-up on Friday, October 31, 2025	10/28/2025
General Memorandum No. 248-25	Appointment of Mr. Jansen Poyer to the American Samoa Power Authority Board of Directors	10/29/2025
General Memorandum No. 249-25	Appointment of Ted Le'iato as Chairman of the American Samoa Power Authority Board of Directors	10/29/2025
General Memorandum No. 250-25	Recess Appointment to the American Samoa Medical Center Board - Mr. Maaelopa Bob Tuiasosopo	10/09/2025
General Memorandum No. 251-25	Delegation of Authority - Department of Homeland Security	10/30/2025

-November-

General Memorandum	Subject	Date
General Memorandum No. 252-25	RECESS APPOINTMENTS to the Board of the American Samoa Economic Development Authority (ASEDA)	11/03/2025
General Memorandum No. 253-25	Appointment of Simamao Tuato'o Health Services Regulatory Board (HSRB)	11/04/2025
General Memorandum No. 254-25	Flying of Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney	11/04/2025
General Memorandum No. 255-25	RECESS APPOINTMENTS to the Board of the American Samoa Economic Development Authority (ASEDA)	11/05/2025
General Memorandum No. 256-25	Holiday - Veterans Day 2025	11/06/2025
General Memorandum No. 257-25	Reconstitute Membership of the WIOA State Workforce Development Board	11/07/2025
General Memorandum No. 259-25	Holiday Music Festival - ASG Christmas Caroling	11/12/2025
General Memorandum No. 260-25	Appointment of Ms. Tumau Lokeni - Territorial Historic Preservation Officer for the American Samoa Government	11/07/2025
General Memorandum No. 261-25	Delegation of Authority - American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture and Humanities	11/07/2025
General Memorandum No. 262-25	Delegation of Authority - Medicaid Office	11/14/2025
General Memorandum No. 263-25	Appointment of Acting Governor	11/17/2025
General Memorandum No. 264-25	Flying of Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of High Talking Chief Fofo Iosefa Fiti Sunia	11/19/2025
General Memorandum No. 265-25	Island Wide Clean-up on Friday, November 21, 2025	11/19/2025

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