Guam § 28501 - Legislative Intent.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 28501 — Legislative Intent., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 28501. Legislative Intent.
(a) The Organic Act of Guam and local law provides that
the government of Guam shall establish a career service based on
merit and adopt measures to promote morale, efficiency and
integrity in the government service. The development and
retention of a competent workforce in the supervisory and
managerial ranks of the public service is a primary concern of
the government. To attain this objective, it is necessary that
career government personnel be provided with opportunities for
professional academic growth and development. The purpose of
this Act is to establish a government-wide scholarship program
COL6/24/2021
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
in public administration and in other undergraduate degree
programs offered at the College of Business and Public
Administration, University of Guam, and the graduate M.P.A.
and M.B.A. Programs offered at the College of Business and
Public Administration, University of Guam. It shall be the aim of
this program to support qualified career employees of all
departments, agencies, offices, autonomous or semi-autonomous
instrumentalities of the Government of Guam and the Judiciary
who desire to take up undergraduate studies in public
administration or in other undergraduate degree programs
offered at the College of Business and Public Administration,
University of Guam and the graduate M.P.A. and M.B.A.
Programs offered at the College of Business and Public
Administration, University of Guam.
(b) No one person contributed more to the advancement of
education on our island than the late Honorable Pedro “Doc”
Sanchez. Senator Sanchez had a distinguished career as an
educator and as a public administrator along with his other
achievements in the private sector. The legislature finds it a
fitting memorial to him to name this scholarship program in his
honor as a continuing tribute to his numerous, noteworthy
contributions on this Territory.
2019 NOTE: Subsections designations added pursuant to the authority
of 1 GCA § 1606.
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Section 28501 ("Legislative Intent.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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