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Lawmakers press DRT and DOA on procurement, staffing and GFMIS integration after outage

Committee on Finance and Government Operations, 38th Guam Legislature · March 30, 2026
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Summary

Committee urged DRT and DOA to accelerate GFMIS integration, strengthen procurement monitoring and create an implementation team to avoid future vendor holdouts; DOA said revenue-module unification could be accomplished by year-end with available funding for this fiscal year.

During an extended March 30 oversight hearing, legislators urged the Department of Revenue and Taxation to strengthen procurement oversight, centralize contract monitoring and accelerate integration with the governments Financial Management Information System (GFMIS).

Procurement and budget constraints: Management analyst Mikuel Spiritu and Director Marie Lzama described a procurement timeline that allowed a maintenance arrangement to lapse at the end of the fiscal year while vendor renewal proposals arrived with significantly higher…

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