Acknowledgments
Economic Report: The Minimum Wage in American Samoa, May 2003, was prepared under the direction of Nancy M. Flynn, Director of the Office of Planning and Analysis in the Wage and Hour Division. Kim Dillivan of the School of Business Administration, University of Tennessee analyzed survey data, conducted principal research and writing and developed the accompanying graphs and tables. Mario Distasio of the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP) provided invaluable comments and suggestions for revisions. Ford Newman of the DOL Office of the Solicitor, Arthur Kerschner, Jr., David Minsky and Alfred B. Robinson, Jr. of the Wage and Hour Division, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Dana Barbieri and James Jones of OASP provided useful comments and suggestions. Wage and Hour Investigators Steve Beaudry, Harry Hu and Ronan Byrne conducted the November 2002 wage survey of American Samoa employers under the supervision of San Francisco District Director John Glyder and Honolulu Assistant District Director Terrence Trotter. Crystal Dixon of the Office of Planning and Analysis provided valuable assistance in preparation of the manuscript.
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