TRIP REPORT - MAJURO, KILI, JALUIT
new agreement.
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By the Hospital Administrator's own admission, the
medical records are so bad that it is virtually impossible to submit ,
an accurate claim, The only claims list available is one put together
by a defeated politician who was running from Utirik. All of us
agreed that this would not..be acceptable and the Marshalls Government .
once more agreed to send us a revised list based on good judgment
where medical records were inadequate.
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Recommendations
1.
DOE HIRE AND TRAIN A MARSHALLESE ON MAJURO
The "tarnished" image of DOE ‘in the Marshalls and the
mistrust of our motives and personnel should be squarely
addressed. The hiring of a Marshallese is certainly not the
complete answer but the right person could make a big
difference.
Now we have no one to answer questions on the
medical and environmental programs once DOE or contractor
personnel leave the island.
A competent person could take
over the administration of Rongelap/Utirik per diem claims
So as to prevent a mess as described above from recurring.
Support arrangements for our personnel could be handled
expeditiously.
(Bikini copra sat at Air Micronesia for
months because they were afraid to ship it without assurance
that it was not dangerous.)
The Marshallese could have a
Marshallese speaking focal point to convey problems either
real or imagined. NOTE:
This service would have to be provided
through contractual arrangements not through a Federal DOE employee.
Action:
If approved by NV/HQ the Chief Secretary could be
asked to gather a list of candidates to interview.
The person
could be hired, trained (PASO/NV/HQ/BNL/LLL) and established
in an office in Majuro.
The cost per year is estimated to be
about $20,000. This would include salary and fringes $12,000,
travel $1,000, office space, vehicle, supplies, misc. $9,000.
PASO to serve as administrative supervisor and focal point for
info, in and out.
2.
CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL CHANNEL ALL LOGISTIC SUPPORT REQUESTS
THROUGH PASO
_ BNL personnel in' many cases. write. directly to government officials
in the Marshalls requesting meetings, boats, maintenance of
equipment, etc. and then are disappointed if they get there and
the requests are not honored... This past trip revealed numerous
examples:
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