Sam Walczak and Joseph Amegatcher (Palau, Ministry of Education, MOE) Sam and Joseph worked with the MOE on a few different projects this summer. They designed and implemented a locally-hosted PHP web application (developed as a REST API) using MySQL for the database, to aid the collection and analysis of energy data. With the Ministry moving towards performance-based budgeting which required more details on operational metrics, there was a need to track metrics such as energy and fuel consumption to calculate current performance and make adjustments, as needed. Based on prior work from the Ministry’s IT team, the consultants were able to create the application to accomplish this. The consul

Joshua Antonson and Laura Lodewyk (Palau, Financial Intelligence Unit, FIU) Joshua and Laura created a database for the FIU so they could move from a paper-based method of storing information to electronic storing. By previously having Cash Transactions Report, Suspicious Transaction Reports, and Cross Border Currency Reports all being submitted in paper format, issues would arise that would hinder the FIU’s ability to perform the required analysis critical to its functioning. Now the FIU is able to search and analyze data faster and there are no longer issues pertaining to physical storage space. In addition, the consultants created an informational website (palaufiu.org) to explain the mis