Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 10306

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
e following information must be posted, at a minimum, on each official website or homepage required pursuant to Section 10305 above.

(a) Notice of all meetings, hearings and public events as required by public law and for such duration as required by public law and containing such information as is required by public law.

(b) The official name of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation in both English and Chamorro, the email address, public phone numbers, mailing address and physical location of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation.

(c) The names and titles of the Director, Deputy Director or official in charge of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, as appropriate, as well as the names and titles of the administrators of each and all offices, programs, services, units or divisions under its purview, and the names of all board members of every board or commission associated with or appurtenant thereto, and an organizational chart demonstrating the relationships between all, as relevant.

(d) A list of all fees charged for any services.
(e) All rules and regulations in force as promulgated by the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, or links thereto, as well as all proposed rules and regulations, or amendments thereto, as are progressing through the administrative adjudication process as detailed in the Administrative Adjudication Act.

(f) The budget for the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation as is in force and approved by I Liheslaturan Guåhan or the governing board as appropriate, as well as the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and in such form as is submitted to or approved by I Liheslaturan Guåhan or the governing board as appropriate, and all expenditures of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, such entries to be updated on a quarterly basis.

(g) The awardee, amount, duration and a general description of all contracts of any nature as entered into by the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, such entries to be updated on a quarterly basis.

(h) The amount of and a general description of all grants received by the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation.

(i) The hours of operation of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, and all programs, units or services under its purview.

(j) A general description of the areas of responsibility of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, and all offices, programs, services, units or divisions under its purview, as well as any public reports, studies and publications as the public might expect access to under Guam law.

(k) The results of audits, or links thereto, of the department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation, or any component or service of same.

(l) In the case of a department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation that generates its own income
through fees for services or other fees, an annual statement detailing collection and income derived from such fees.

(m) All blank applications and other forms for services, licenses, government benefits, etc., of all agencies, autonomous agencies, public corporations and instrumentalities of the government of Guam. In the event that the nature of a form or application prevents it from being posted (such as carbon copy forms), the agency shall state on its website the reasons that such form cannot be posted. To the extent possible and practical, the agencies shall make the forms available in fill-able/savable/printable Adobe portable document format (PDF). Notwithstanding the requirements, supra, of this Subsection; the Unified Judiciary shall within its rule-making authority determine which documents shall be posted on its website and the form and manner in which such documents are to be posted.

Nothing in this Section shall be construed as limiting the information that a department, agency, autonomous agency or public corporation may provide to the general public via a home page or website.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-301:2 (Dec. 18, 1998). Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 28-057:3 (June 30, 2005). Amended by P.L. 30-222:1 (Dec. 30, 2010).

NOTE: Pursuant to the authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606, numbers and/or letters were altered to adhere to the Compiler’s alpha-numeric scheme.