At the Office of the Public Auditor (OPA), we work hard to ensure responsibility throughout our government, instilling confidence and trust, and promoting accountability at every level.

December 2006 marked the end of my first six-year term at OPA. Serving as Public Auditor these past seven years has been challenging at times, but always gratifying. It has been, and continues to be, an honor and a privilege to serve as Public Auditor.

Over the last seven years, OPA tracked over 1,100 requests for audits, investigations, and advice. We closed 461 of these requests, more than 80 of which were made public in the form of audit reports, procurement decisions, reviews, and compilations covering virtually every office in the CNMI Government.

You find in this report highlights of many of our reports issued in the last three years. Information regarding our finances, human resources, key relationships we have developed with
other Federal and international offices, and the tremendous success we have had in recruiting and developing resident professionals at OPA are also featured.

For more information regarding the office and the activities that keep us busy every day, please visit our website at www.opacnmi.com, or visit us at 1236 Yap Drive on Capitol Hill.

Michael S. Sablan, CPA
Public Auditor

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