Raffaele M.J. Sgambelluri

01 Open checkbook

Will you vote for legislation requiring a searchable online database of all government of Guam expenditures, and for the appropriations to build it?

02 Procurement sunlight

Will you vote to make online posting of solicitations, bid abstracts, award decisions, contracts, and amendments above $25,000 a statutory condition of payment under the Guam Procurement Law?

03 Sole-source accountability

Will you support a public quarterly report listing every sole-source and emergency procurement, the justification invoked, and the approving official, by name of office?

04 FOIA performance

Will you support penalties for agencies that fail to file the annual reports the Sunshine Reform Act already requires?

Penalties should encourage compliance without disrupting essential government operations. Agencies should have an opportunity to cure deficiencies when delays result from circumstances beyond their control, while repeated or willful noncompliance should carry meaningful consequences.

05 Auditor independence

Will you commit to funding the Office of Public Accountability at no less than its own requested budget, and oppose any appropriation that reduces OPA funding below the prior fiscal year?

I strongly support an independent and adequately funded Office of Public Accountability. Budget decisions, however, must remain part of the Legislature's overall constitutional responsibility to balance competing priorities based on Guam's fiscal condition.

06 Audit findings have deadlines

Will you commit to holding an oversight hearing on any agency with audit findings open for more than one year?

07 Merit in hiring

Will you support legislation requiring that disclosure government-wide?

I support transparency in appointments, including publishing position descriptions, minimum qualifications, and the selected candidate's qualifications. Any requirement to publish the basis of selection should protect confidential personnel information, privacy rights, and the integrity of the hiring process while ensuring decisions remain merit based.

08 Open meetings

Will you require every board and commission within your authority to post agendas, minutes, and recordings as the Open Government Law contemplates — and support real consequences for bodies that do not?