Food Of American Samoa
CIA - The World Factbook -- American Samoa
unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior ... election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - independents 18 ... bicameral Fono or Legislative Assembly consists of the House of Representatives (21 seats - 20 of which are elected by popular vote and 1 is an appointed, nonvoting delegate from Swains Island; members serve two-year terms) and the Senate (18 seats; members are elected from local chiefs and serve four-year terms) ... [Read More]
ECONOMIC CENSUS OF AMERICAN SAMOA
The census will cover the following sectors (as defined by NAICS): Mining, Utilities, Construction, Manufacturing; Wholesale and Retail Trades, Transportation and Warehousing, Information; Finance and Insurance; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services; Educational Services; Health Care and Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; Accommodation and Food Services; and Other Services (except Public Administration). This scope is equivalent to that of the stateside economic census. CONTENT ... [Read More]
Samoa MARINE & WILDLIFE TOPICS
It is dangerous for animals to specialize too much on any one food, especially on remote islands like American Samoa. This can be shown with an example from business. While a store that sells only antique cuckoo-clocks might do fine in New York, Los Angeles, or another big market, it would certainly fail very quickly in American Samoa. There isn't enough business here for such a specialized service. Similarly, an island animal that concentrates on only one kind of food may find itself in trouble when that food supply fails. An animal that lives on a continent can move in search of the food it needs, but island animals have nowhere else to go. On larger islands like Upolu, Savai'i or Viti Levu, manuma may be able to travel long distances to get the food they like the best. This may be difficult on small islands like those of American Samoa, and means that animals can only specialize on very reliable food trees such as banyan trees ( aoa) . ... [Read More]
US FDA/CFSAN - Real Progress in Food Code Adoptions
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), under contract to the Food and DrugAdministration, is gathering data on the progress of FDA Food Code adoptions by States,Territories, Local and Tribal Nation agencies. Adoption of the Food Code represents asuccessful federal/state/local partnership in improving food safety. FDA and AFDO's goal isthe prevention and reduction of foodborne illness and death from food produced at the retaillevel. Adoption of the Food Code by all food safety agencies at the federal, state, local andtribal levels establishes a sound regulatory foundation and legal framework for uniformity inachieving such a reduction. ... [Read More]
CIA - The World Factbook -- American Samoa
bicameral Fono or Legislative Assembly consists of the House of Representatives (21 seats - 20 of which are elected by popular vote and 1 is an appointed, nonvoting delegate from Swains Island; members serve two-year terms) and the Senate (18 seats; members are elected from local chiefs and serve four-year terms) ... election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - independents 18 ... [Read More]
Gus Hanneman The Rock
HONOLULU (AP) - Fifteen tons of food bound for cyclone - ravaged Samoa left>Oahu on Monday.The shipment includes pallets of rice, Spam, corned beef and cooking oil forthose affected by Heta, the first tropical cyclone of the season, whichplowed through American Samoa and neighboring Samoa on Jan. 4 with winds upto 200 mph. ... The food was partly funded by a $10,000 donation from actor Dwayne "TheRock" Johnson, a Hawaii native whose grandmother lives in a Samoan village.Gus Hannemann, the organizer of the local relief effort, said Johnson'sdonation was key to the food drive's success."You know the old adage, 'It takes a village to raise a child,"' he said."In this case, it takes one child to feed a village." ... [Read More]
Congressman Eni F. H. Faleomavaega - American Samoa - Press Releases
Statement Of The Honorable Eni F.H. Faleomavaega Before Special Industry Committee No. 25 U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Regarding The Minimum Wage In American Samoa (June 16, 2003) ... Samoan Chief Warrant Officer Punimata Receives General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award and Lays Wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (May 25, 2001) ... Washington, D.C.—Faleomavaega to Serve as Senior Member of House Committee on International Relations; Also to Serve on Western Hemisphere and as Ranking Member of Asia and Pacific Subcommittee (February 2, 2005) ... [Read More]
Faleomavaega (AS00) - Washington, D.C.—Faleomavaega Supports Minimum Wage Increase in American Samoa
“This letter, dated May 27, 2005 and received in my office on June 15, 2005 , is unsigned and was copied to Governor Togiola, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice and Samoa News . The letter is addressed to me. While I cannot and will not act on an unsigned letter, I will take steps to forward this letter to the proper officials at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. I have also included this letter as an attachment to the testimony I submitted to Special Industry Committee No. 26 and I remain hopeful that both canneries will deny any knowledge of a plan to reduce ... [Read More]
Samoa (11/04)
The collapse of taro exports in 1994 has had the unintended effect of modestly diversifying Samoa's export products and markets. Prior to the taro leaf blight, Samoa's exports consisted of taro ($1.1 million), coconut cream ($540,000), and "other" ($350,000). Ninety percent of exports went to the Pacific region, and only 1% went to Europe. Forced to look for alternatives to taro, Samoa's exporters have dramatically increased the production of copra, coconut oil, and fish. These three products, which combined to produce export revenue of less than $100,000 in 1993, now account for over $3.8 million. There also has been a relative shift from Pacific markets to European ones, which now receive nearly 15% of Samoa's exports. Samoa's exports are still concentrated in coconut products ($2.36 million worth of copra, copra meal, coconut oil, and coconut cream) and fish ($1.51 million) but are at least somewhat more diverse than before. ... [Read More]
ORA/DFSR Directory of State Officials
Click HERE for a downloadable version of the Directory of State Officials ... DIRECTORYOF STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ... (all of the states combined into one PDF document) ... [Read More]
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