OIA Press Releases (2020 to Present)

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Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs Announces $2,959,283 in Grants to American Samoa for Fiscal Year 2022

07/21/2022

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has announced $2,959,283 in fiscal year 2022 (FY2022) Technical Assistance Program and Maintenance Assistance Program grant funding to the Government of American Samoa and other non-governmental or subsidiary organizations. The funding will be used to help the government update various administrative regulations and pay grade classifications, modernize environmental regulations, bolster the soil research program, procure emergency generators for telecommunications, and purchase needed equipment.

Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs Announces $2,973,247 in FY2022 Grants to the U.S. Virgin Islands

07/20/2022

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has announced $2,973,247 in fiscal year 2022 (FY2022) Technical Assistance Program and Maintenance Assistance Program grant funding for the support of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). Funding provided to both government, non-profit, and semi-autonomous organizations will be used to support goals such as streamlining business processes across government agencies, empowering former inmates for successful reintegration into the community, strengthening telehealth capacity, providing training in power maintenance and distribution, and more.

Island Government Finance Officers Association Summer 2022 participants and organizers photo

Training Starts Again In-Person for Insular Area Government Finance Officers

07/15/2022

Funded through the Office of Insular Affairs’ Technical Assistance Program, the IGFOA is a community of practice comprised of insular government finance officers who work to build the local capacity through biannual meetings that provide technical training and strategic support in public finance and accounting.

OIA Funds WICHE Membership Fees for Insular Areas (Revised)

07/15/2022

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs announced a payment of $174,900 in Technical Assistance Program (TAP) fiscal year 2022 grant funding to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) for membership fees for the benefit of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Office of Insular Affairs Announces $555,765 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments to Revegetate and Restore Man-Made Landscape Disturbances in the Territories

07/14/2022

Applications Sought for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments in Territories - Applications due August 1!

Teams discuss economic assistance, federal programs photo

Continuing Compact Negotiations Between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia in San Francisco

06/30/2022

A United States Government team led by Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations (SPECN) Ambassador Joseph Yun met in San Francisco this week with a team from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) led by Chief Negotiator Leo A. Falcam, Jr., to continue negotiations on economic assistance, federal programs, and other matters related to the Compact of Free Association, as amended, and subsidiary agreements between the United States and the FSM.

OIA Announces Announces $3,001,886 in Grants to Guam for Fiscal Year 2022

06/28/2022

The U.S. The Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has announced $3,001,886 in Technical Assistance Program (TAP) and Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP) grant funding to the Government of Guam for fiscal year 2022. The funding will support various government needs that include grants management training, streamlining business processes across government agencies, improving public safety surveillance, upgrading IT infrastructure for better public access, including equipment, and critical support for the port and the VA cemetery. Funds will also aid in the development of a local marine science program at the University of Guam and assist vulnerable Micronesian communities on Guam.

OIA Announces $653,000 to Support Underserved Pacific Islander Communities in the United States

06/15/2022

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has announced $652,970 in fiscal year 2022 Technical Assistance Program funds to support three one-stop centers that provide assistance to underserved Pacific Islander communities in Arkansas and Hawai’i, including those who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

OIA Provides $431,805 to Support Air Transportation Services in the Western Pacific

06/13/2022

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has announced $431,805 in fiscal year 2022 Technical Assistance Program funding to maintain and update small aircraft engine avionics and engines used for air transportation services between Guam, the Republic of Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia, especially to the smaller islands where no regular air or sea transportation is available. The funding will also purchase spare parts and equipment for emergency patient transport.

OIA Announces Funding Support for 9th Circuit Judicial Training Program for Pacific Insular Areas

06/03/2022

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has approved its annual agreement with the Ninth Judicial Circuit to provide legal training and oversight responsibilities for the judiciaries in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Republic of Palau. OIA is providing $428,967 in fiscal year (FY) 2022 Technical Assistance Program (TAP) funds to continue this judicial program. Compact of Free Association grant funding in the amount of $377,000 in FY 2022 provides the same judicial training in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

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