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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has announced the appointment of Luis P. Salaveria as Deputy Director of the Department of Budget & Finance (B&F). “I’m really excited to be a part of the Abercrombie Administration, there are many challenges facing the state and I look forward to the opportunity to making a contribution,” Salaveria said. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Georgina Kawamura, state Budget and Finance Department director, issued the following statement in response to an Aug. 30 article published in a Honolulu newspaper:  The Advertiser’s Aug. 30 article on the state’s investments in auction rate securities (ARS) contained several inaccuracies, including misleading statements by Legislative Auditor Marion Higa and Rep. Karl Rhoads. […]

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