{"id":354653,"date":"2021-10-27T06:06:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T20:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=354653"},"modified":"2021-10-27T06:06:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T20:06:39","slug":"torres-wants-any-new-post-thats-funded-by-arpa-to-require-his-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/torres-wants-any-new-post-thats-funded-by-arpa-to-require-his-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"Torres wants any new post that\u2019s funded by ARPA to require his OK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Effective immediately, any new position that will be funded using American Rescue Plan Act money will require the approval of Gov. Ralph DLG Torres.<\/p>\n<p>This, Torres said in a memorandum to all department and activity heads yesterday, is intended \u201cto prevent abuse and waste of ARPA funds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the memorandum, Torres said he finds it necessary to take this measure to control the expenditure of ARPA funds \u201cto ensure that the funds are used efficiently and effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the memorandum, copy of which was obtained by Saipan Tribune, the governor also requires that all requests for employment of individuals for ARPA-funded positions shall be pre-approved by him, or if designated by him, by the special assistant for administration.<\/p>\n<p>Torres said ARPA is providing the CNMI significant aid in overcoming its weak economy and shortfall in government revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, Finance Secretary David DLG Atalig presented details of how the CNMI government plans to spend over $512 million in ARPA funding. <\/p>\n<p>With $175 million from ARPA and the $103.3 million from the general fund, the government will have its disposal a total of $278.38 million for government operations in the new fiscal year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective immediately, any new position that will be funded using American Rescue Plan Act money&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":348117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[309],"class_list":["post-354653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-ok"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}