Or they've simply refused to show up to meetings to discuss audit plans.
In a letter last week to the Speaker of the Marshall Islands Parliament, Auditor General Junior Patrick said his office had to resort to issuing subpoenas to obtain routine financial records or in one case to force a local government mayor to show up for an audit meeting.
In delivering his semi-annual report, he told the speaker that the problem of government officials not cooperating with financial accountability requirements is still ongoing.
