OIA Press Releases (2020 to Present)

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Trump Administration Awards $4,516,535 in Maintenance Assistance Grants to U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States

08/28/2020

The Trump Administration announced $4,516,535 in fiscal year 2020 grant funding provided through the Office of Insular Affairs’ Maintenance Assistance Program to support the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the freely associated states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau.

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Interior Announces New Guam Field Representative

08/14/2020

DOI Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W. Domenech has announced that a long-vacant, federal position on Guam – the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Guam Field Representative – has now been filled. 

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Bureau of Reclamation Engineers Complete Water Treatment Assessment Report for Palau Public Utilities Corporation

08/06/2020

The Bureau of Reclamation has completed a preliminary water assessment report to help improve water treatment facilities in the Republic of Palau. The team prepared a work plan and budget to develop alternatives for process and equipment modifications needed to comply with drinking water standards and to address other issues, such as capacity and aging infrastructure. 

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