American Samoa Department Of Homeland Security

The American Samoa Department of Homeland Security, doing business as Office of The Governor, is a territorial government entity that serves as the primary recipient of federal grants for disaster preparedness, emergency management, and hazard mitigation activities in American Samoa. The department holds no federal contracts or contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards (97 total across the past two decades, $53.2 million obligated) as a direct prime recipient with no subrecipient or subcontractor role.

The department's capability portfolio centers on four concrete domains grounded in recent grant work. Tsunami preparedness and mitigation form the largest sustained activity: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awards under the Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development program (CFDA 11.467) fund community outreach, installation of tsunami evacuation maps in schools and villages, maintenance and repairs of the American Samoa siren warning system, and inundation modeling for coastal communities. Recent NOAA awards total $309,968 (September 2025–August 2026), $300,000 (September 2026–August 2027), and $1.132 million (September 2022–August 2023). Emergency management and preparedness infrastructure are supported through Federal Emergency Management Agency grants under the Homeland Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.067) and Emergency Management Performance Grants program (CFDA 97.042), with awards running $997,200 to $2.2 million and funding planning, training, equipment procurement, and interoperable communications systems. Cybersecurity enhancement initiatives are funded through FEMA's State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (CFDA 97.137), with awards ranging from $781,921 to $1.039 million and supporting cybersecurity governance, vulnerability assessments, security controls, and workforce training. Hazardous materials emergency preparedness is funded through the Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants program (CFDA 20.703), with a $150,000 award (October 2025–September 2028) supporting emergency response planning and training.

Customer concentration is narrow and entirely formula-grant driven. FEMA accounts for 67 of 97 awards (approximately 69% of the count), split between FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (34 awards) and FEMA proper (33 awards). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration holds 16 awards. The Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration holds 12 awards. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration holds 2 awards. No federal contracting offices or defense agencies appear in the award portfolio. Five awards have ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, carrying modest recompete risk in that window. The department operates as a territorial emergency management lead agency with internal placement (Territorial Emergency Management Coordination Office) responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness and managing response and recovery operations across American Samoa's geographic footprint in Pago Pago and subordinate coastal and village communities.