{"id":622,"date":"2025-09-17T22:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/?p=622"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:35:46","slug":"the-american-samoa-office-of-procurement-joins-naspo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"American Samoa Office of Procurement joins NASPO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT JOINS NASPO <strong>(<em>NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA &#8211; September 08, 2025 &#8211; The American Samoa Office of Procurement is proud to announce that it has officially&nbsp;activated its membership with the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO), effective August 19, 2025.&nbsp; With this milestone, American Samoa becomes the final U.S. Territory to join the NASPO community, uniting all states and territories under a single&nbsp;professional procurement network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASPO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit association dedicated to advancing public procurement through leadership, excellence, and integrity.&nbsp; Membership provides access to professional development resources, networking opportunities, and the latest insights into trends and issues shaping the procurement profession.&nbsp; NASPO also supports members annually through funding for professional development, technology modernization, and cooperative contract outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Samoa is honored to become part of this national community of procurement professionals.&nbsp; Our membership will strengthen our ability to adopt best practices, enhance procurement efficiency and deliver exceptional service to our government and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American Samoa Office of Procurement will be represented at the NASPO Annual Conference, scheduled for September 28 &#8211; October 1, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois, where members will convene to share knowledge, explore innovative solutions, and further professional growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT JOINS NASPO (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS) PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA &#8211; September 08, 2025 &#8211; The American Samoa Office of Procurement is proud to announce that it has officially&nbsp;activated its membership with the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO), effective August 19, 2025.&nbsp; With this milestone, American Samoa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/procurement.as.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}