Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 4, 1 April 1986 — Trustees Approve "Management Audit" [ARTICLE]

Trustees Approve "Management Audit"

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of T rustees, meeting Mar. 21 at the Hoolehua Recreation Center on Molokai, unanimously approved a proposal to conduct a "management audit" of the organization's programs and operations. According to information presented to the board by the Committee on Budget and Finance, the purpose of an "Operations Audit" is to "assess the efficiency of management, examine how well agencies are organized and managed and

how efficiently they acquire and utilize resources. A "Program Audit" is designed to "examine the effectiveness of government programs. They assess whether the programs are attaining the results "expected." A third type of audit, "Financial Audits", "attest to the accuracy of the financial statements of agencies, examine the adequacy of accounting and internal controls and determine

the legality and propriety of expenditures."OHA has eommissioned a financial audit eaeh year of its existence and published it as part of the Annual Report. In other action, the Board unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the forthcoming New Zealand T rade Expo to be held in Honolulu at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel June 29-July 1.

The Expo, whieh marks the first such gathering of Maori businessmen, will feature a full display of the culture and eeonomie aspects of Maoridom and New Zeaiand. It will begin with traditional Hawaiian and Maori ceremonies of Weleome. The resolution points out that "in recent years the aboriginal peoples of Hawaii and New Zealand have reestablished historieal bonds of Polynesian affinity through a number of meaningful exchanges of culture, education, language. and eeo-

nomie development;" and that "these exchanges have successfully demonstrated and confirmed a depth and quality of kinship that is warmly enriching." In order to accommodate the large number of Molokai residents who wished to address the Board, the "Community Concerns" portion of the meeting was moved up on the agenda. Among the subjects brought to the attention of

Board members were the Molokai cattle situation; Molokai General Hospital; Pele litigation, Ualapue Fishpond; the Kupuna program; Hui Alaloa and the Kaluakoi Resort; the Molokai Academy of Knowledge; and Molokai's economy. Because of the lengthy agenda and shortness of time, it was not possible to consider all the remaining items originally scheduled to be discussed. Another meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, Apr. 2, in Honolulu.