OIA Press Releases (2020 to Present)

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Update: Interior Assistant Secretary Domenech Cancels Participation in Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana 2020 Conference

03/09/2020

Assistant Secretary Domenech has cancelled plans to attend the Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana (PRiMO) 2020 Conference hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retired Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy NOAA Administrator, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director James Reilly will still attend.

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Secretary Bernhardt Announces $1,656,055 in FY 2020 Funding for Four Atoll Healthcare Program in the Marshall Islands

03/05/2020

Secretary Bernhardt has authorized $1,656,055 in funding to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Ministry of Health and Human Services under the Four Atoll Healthcare Program. This program is used to provide basic healthcare services for the people of the four nuclear-affected atolls in the RMI - Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap and Utrok. 

Interior Announces Pacific Executive Leadership Development Program for Public Sector Officials from the U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States

02/28/2020

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2020 - 2021 cohort of the Pacific Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) for candidates from the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and from the freely associated states of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Interior Announces $820,600 in FY 2020 for Prior Service Trust Fund Program

02/27/2020

Assistant Secretary Domenech has authorized $820,600 in FY 2020 funding for the Prior Service Trust Fund (PSTF) Administration, which distributes benefits to the more than 700 former employees of the post-World War II, U.S.-administered, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) in the Western Pacific.

Interior Secretary Bernhardt Convenes 2020 Interagency Group on Insular Areas and Presents $29.5 Million in Grant Funding to the Territories

02/12/2020

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Director Douglas Hoelscher co-chaired the 2020 Senior Plenary Session of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA) with territorial governors, lieutenant governors, and members of Congress.

President Trump Proposes $619 Million for the U.S. Territories and the Freely Associated States in the FY 2021 Budget

02/10/2020

President Trump today proposed $619 million for the Office of Insular Affairs fiscal year 2021 budget for the benefit of fellow Americans in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The proposal also includes funding for U.S. allies in the Pacific who have a Compact of Free Association with the United States – the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. 

Bureau of Reclamation Water Treatment Engineers to Assist Palau Public Utilities Corporation

02/05/2020

A team of water treatment engineers from the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) will be in the Republic of Palau for two weeks beginning February 7, 2020, to assist the Palau Public Utilities Corporation. Supported by funding from the Office of Insular Affairs, their work will include assessing the conditions at sixteen water treatment facilities throughout Palau.

Interior Assistant Secretary Releases 2019 Accomplishments for the Offices of Insular and International Affairs

01/23/2020

DOI Assistant Secretary Doug Domenech has released a list of significant 2019 accomplishments and events impacting 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 three freely associated states (FAS) of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau.

Interior and Census Partner for Census 2020 Outreach to Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities

01/22/2020

Assistant Secretary Douglas W. Domenech is pleased to announce an important partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, and together have planned a series of webinars for the public in an effort to spread the word about the upcoming United States decennial census that begins on April 1, 2020.

Interior Announces $4.4 Million Payment to U.S. Virgin Islands for Adjustment to FY 2019 Rum Excise Taxes

01/13/2020

Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Doug Domenech, announced that $4,466,642 will be forwarded this week to U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Albert Bryan, Jr., which represents an adjustment for rum excise tax payments for FY 2019.

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