OIA Press Releases (2020 to Present)

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Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs Celebrates Completion of Colonia Wellness Center in Yap, Micronesia

11/23/2021

The Colonia Wellness Center in Nimar, Weloy, Yap is a one-story structure with approximately 2,865 square feet of floor area that houses a reception area, a lounge, a gym, an aerobics area, an administrative office, showers and locker rooms, training and conference rooms, storage, and other screening and evaluation areas. Planned and designed to help develop and grow a stronger community, the center serves as a location where people may participate in physical activity classes such as zumba or yoga; learn about nutrition and other health topics; receive health screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, and A1C; monitor personal health progress; and the like.

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Technical Assistance Grants for FY 2022 Now Open to Insular Areas

11/10/2021

The United States (U.S.) Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs is pleased to announce that the applications for fiscal year 2022 funding under the Technical Assistance Program can now be submitted to Grants.Gov. This funding is made available to support the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as the freely associated states – the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

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Interior Announces $34 Million in Compact Funding for FY 2022 Government Operations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

11/10/2021

The United States (U.S.) Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs today announced that $33,732,400 in Compact of Free Association (Compact) funding for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) was approved by the bilateral Joint Economic Management and Financial Accountability Committee (JEMFAC) earlier this year.

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Statement from the Deputy Assistant Secretary on the 35th anniversary

Statement from the Deputy Assistant Secretary on the Occasion of the 35th Anniversary the Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia

11/03/2021

Wishing the Federated States of Micronesia a very joyous celebration on the 35th anniversary of your independence and entry into free association with the United States under the Compact of Free Association. We look forward to many more years of celebrating with you and continuing our special relationship with the people of Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Yap, and Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia—our close friends in the Pacific.

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Statement from the Deputy Assistant Secretary on the 35th anniversary

Statement from the Deputy Assistant Secretary on the Occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the Compact of Free Association with the Republic of the Marshall Islands

10/21/2021

Wishing the Republic of the Marshall Islands a very joyous celebration on the 35th anniversary of your independence and entry into free association with the United States under the Compact of Free Association. We look forward to many more years of celebrating with you and continuing our special relationship with the people of the Marshall Islands—our close friends in the Pacific.

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