The eight questions
The pledge
Eight yes-or-no transparency questions, each anchored to a law Guam has already passed, sent to every certified candidate. Answers are published verbatim — and so is every silence.
Each question links to the statute it builds on, in the Guam Compiler of Laws. Executive and legislative candidates receive the version matching the powers of their office.
01 Open checkbook
Builds on the public-records right, Sunshine Reform Act of 1999, 5 GCA Ch. 10 · archived copy
- Executive
- Will you publish, within your first year, a searchable online database of all government of Guam expenditures — vendor, amount, agency, and date — updated at least monthly?
- Legislative
- 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
Guam Procurement Law, 5 GCA Ch. 5 · archived copy
- Executive
- Will you require every solicitation, bid abstract, award decision, contract, and contract amendment above $25,000 to be posted online within 15 days of execution?
- Legislative
- Will you vote to make that online posting a statutory condition of payment under the Guam Procurement Law?
03 Sole-source accountability
Sole-source and emergency procurement, 5 GCA §§ 5214–5215 · archived copy
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
Sunshine Reform Act response deadlines, 5 GCA § 10103(e); annual agency reports, § 10107 · archived copy
- Executive
- Will you direct every agency under your authority to meet the response deadlines of the Sunshine Reform Act of 1999, and publish each agency's annual response-time performance?
- Legislative
- Will you support penalties for agencies that fail to file the annual reports the Sunshine Reform Act already requires?
05 Auditor independence
Office of Public Accountability
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?
06 Audit findings have deadlines
- Executive
- Will you require every agency to publish a corrective-action plan, with named owners and dates, within 90 days of any OPA audit finding — and report publicly on completion?
- Legislative
- Will you commit to holding an oversight hearing on any agency with audit findings open for more than one year?
07 Merit in hiring
Appointed (unclassified) positions
- Executive
- Will you publish the position description, minimum qualifications, and basis of selection for every appointed position in your administration?
- Legislative
- Will you support legislation requiring that disclosure government-wide?
08 Open meetings
Open Government Law, 5 GCA Ch. 8 · archived copy
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?