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Article: Nation building - FSM.(Federated States of Micronesia's Office of Public Auditor)
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- Internal Auditor
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
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Not yet two decades old, the Federated States of Micronesia's Office of Public Auditor has already taken tremendous developmental leaps - and it's stretching for more.
With one auditor, one administrative staff person, borrowed office space, and two borrowed tables, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) established the Office of Public Auditor (OPA) on October 1, 1982.
From these modest origins, the OPA has grown to include 11 audit positions, in addition to Public Auditor Rensley Sigrah, and two administrative staff. This small group provides public-sector audit services to the entire nation, which comprises more than 600 islands, 270 square miles of ...