OIA Press Releases (2020 to Present)

Interior’s Insular Affairs Director Pula Meets with Governor Torres, Other Leaders in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

06/18/2019

U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Director Nik Pula met today with Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Governor Ralph Torres in the territory where they discussed challenges in disaster recovery efforts, Medicaid funding shortfalls, and labor issues affecting the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

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Interior Supports Marshallese Community in Arkansas with Grant to Marshallese Resource and Educational Center

06/11/2019

U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Doug Domenech and the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) this week announced $217,594 in fiscal year (FY) 2019 funding support to the Marshallese Education Initiative for the Marshallese Resource and Educational Center (MREC) in Springdale, Arkansas, home to the largest concentration of Marshallese residents outside of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). 

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Interior Assistant Secretary Domenech Meets with Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. in the U.S. Virgin Islands

06/05/2019

U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Doug Domenech met today with U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. and presented him $3,416,806 in FY 2019 grant funding assistance for the benefit of the U.S. territory. Funds are provided through the Capital Improvement Project (CIP) program, the Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP), and the Technical Assistance Program (TAP).

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Interior Assistant Secretary Domenech and National Park Service Deputy Director Smith to Visit U.S. Virgin Islands

05/31/2019

DOI Assistant Secretary Doug Domenech and National Park Service Deputy Director P. Daniel Smith will travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands next week to meet with Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. and other U.S.V.I. officials including U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert. Discussions are expected to cover a range of issues such as disaster recovery efforts, projects funded by the Office of Insular Affairs, and issues impacting the National Parks in the territory.

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Interior Secretary Bernhardt Applauds President Trump for Historic Meeting with Presidents of Palau, Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia

05/21/2019

Today at the White House, President Donald J. Trump held a historic meeting with the Presidents of the freely associated states (FAS) in the Western Pacific: President Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr, of the Republic of Palau; President Hilda C. Heine of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI); and President David W. Panuelo of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).

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