OIA Archive Releases
2009
- Interior Grant to Assist U.S. Virgin Islands with Urgent Waste and Wastewater Needs (December 09,2009)
- Office Of Insular Affairs Awarded Grant For Marine Lab Project In The United States Virgin Islands (December 08,2009)
- Department Of The Interior Provides Grant To Protect Agat And Santa Rita (December 03,2009)
- Office Of Insular Affairs Releases Compact Grant Award To The Northern Mariana Islands (November 23,2009)
- Statement of Assistant Secretary Babauta on Authorizing the Use of Compact Impact Funds (November 20,2009)
- Close Up Foundation Announces $1 Million Interior Grant.
Insular Affairs Funds Provide Washington Civic Education Programs For Students And Teachers (November 13,2009)
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Department Of The Interior Releases Fiscal Year 2010 Public Infrastructure Grant Funding To The Federated States Of Micronesia (November 13,2009)
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Office Of Insular Affairs Releases Grant Award For Prior Service Trust Fund Administration (November 13,2009)
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- U.S. Embassy In Micronesia Honors All U.S. Military Veterans (November 13,2009)
Assistant Secretary Babauta Lends Assistance To The Marshalls Energy Company To Become Self Sustaining (November 10,2009)
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Assistant Secretary Babauta Releases Technical Assistance Grant To Marshall Islands For Four Atolls Health Care Program (November 10,2009)
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Junior Statement Foundation Announces Interior Grant
Insular Affairs grant provides summer program scholarships to
high school students in insular areas (November 09,2009)
- The Marshall Islands Inaugurates a New President (November 03,2009)
- U.S.Funded Election Observation Mission Presents Report On March Elections (October 14th-19th)
- Assistant Secretary Babauta Joins President Obama In Signing Ceremony For Asian Americans And Pacific Islander Americans (October 14, 2009)
- President Obama's Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Arrives in American Samoa (October 1, 2009)
- Nikolao Pula Delivers Keynote Address to the Executive
Leadership Development Program (ELDP) Graduating Class (September 18, 2009)
- The Office of Insular Affairs Joins Secretary Salazar in Lauding the Senate’s Confirmation of Tony Babauta as Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas (September 10, 2009)
- Pohnpeian Soldier Dies In Afghanistan (September 5, 2009)
- JEMFAC Meets in Honolulu, Approves FY2010 Compact Sector Grant Funding for the Marshall Islands (September 3, 2009)
- JEMCO Meets in Honolulu, Approves Fiscal Year 2010 Budget for
Compact Sector Grant Funding (September 1, 2009)
- New School Opens In American Samoa (August 7, 2009)
- CODEL welcomed to American Samoa (August 5, 2009)
- Secretary Salazar Receives Governor Togiola (July 29, 2009)
- U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen Visits Pohnpei, Micronesia (July 20, 2009)
- Pohnpei Hosts A Visit From USS Crommelin (June 25, 2009)
- Two Doctors Receive Special Awards for TB Work in Chuuk, the Pacific (June 18, 2009)
- U.S. Soldier Dies In Afghanistan, Honored In Palau,
Remembered In Hawaii And New York (June 15, 2009)
- Silver Lifesaving Citation Awarded to U.S. Coast Guardsman from Palau (June 10, 2009)
- Fiber Optic Cable Makes Landfall In American Samoa (July 7, 2009)
- OIA Serves Up Island Flavors (May 28, 2009)
- U.S. Coast Guard and Palau hold Sea Guardian Exercise (May 22, 2009)
- Mayor Of Enewetak And RMI Finance Minister Visit OIA (May 20, 2009)
- Statement of Nikolao I. Pula, Jr., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Of The Interior For Insular Affairs Before The Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Occeans And Wildlife Committee On Natural Resources.
U.S. House Of Representatives,
Regarding The Immigration Provisions In Public Law 110-229 That Affect The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands And Guam. (May 19,2009)
- Compact Funds Released to the Marshall Islands (April 23, 2009 )
- National Park Service Funds Two “HOT SHOTS” From American Samoa (April 17, 2009 )
- Conference on Business Opportunity in the Islands Concludes Successfully (April 15, 2009)
- Fallen U.S. Soldier Given Full Military Honors in Pohnpei, Micronesia (March 20, 2009)
- Interior and Commerce Departments Sign Agreement
for GDP Data Collection, Training in U.S. Territories
(March 19, 2009)
- Office Of Insular Affairs Welcomes President Toribiong And Recognizes Fifty Years Of Service By Haruo Willter (March 13, 2009)
- Secretary Salazar Meets with Palau President Toribiong (March 12, 2009)
- Over One Hundred Pacific Islander Students Visit Interior’s Office Of Insular Affairs through Close – Up Program (February
25, 2009)
- Secretary Convenes White House Interagency Group on Insular Affairs; U.S. Island Governors and Delegates Discuss Priorities (February
24, 2009)
- Micronesia Region Loses First Female Casualty In Operation Iraqi Freedom (February 19, 2009)
- University of the U.S. Virgin Islands Shows
Appreciation to Interior for Support of New Wellness Center (February
10, 2009)
- MHOTEP NHPI Scholarships available for
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Students! (January 23, 2009)

- Secretary Kempthorne and Acting Deputy Assistant
Secretary Doug Domenech Bid Farewell to Interior and OIA (January 14,
2009)
- American Samoa Governor Togiola "Blessed" for
a Second Term (January 9, 2009)
- U.S. Insular Areas And FAS Receive Historic
Preservation Grants (January 8, 2009)
- CNMI Governor And Member Of Congress Visit Office Of Insular Affairs (January 07, 2009)
- President Bush Creates Three New Pacific Marine Monuments in U.S. Pacific Insular Areas (January 06, 2009)
2008
- DoD Opens PTAC on Guam (December 19, 2008)
- U.S. Air Force Launches 57th Annual Operation
Christmas Drop in Pacific Islands of Micronesia – “Largest Ever” (December 13, 2008)
- U.S. Virgin Island’s Christensen Becomes First Delegate from Insular Areas to Serve on the House Energy and Commerce Panel (December 10, 2008)
- The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands To Transition to U.S. Immigration Law (December 8, 2008)
- The Marshall Islands Loses First In War On Terror ( December 4,2008)
- First Northern Marianas Member of the U.S. Congress Visits OIA (November 19, 2008)
- Enewetak receives U.S. Grant Assistance to support Food and Agriculture Maintenance (October 23, 2008)
- Seeking Applications for OIA Position - LABOR OMBUDSMAN - IN CNMI
- Secretary Kempthorne: Federal Partnership will Assist
Island Leaders in Strengthening Public Health Care Systems
(October 3, 2008)

- Secretary Kempthorne:
Federal Partnership will Assist Island Leaders in Strengthening Public Health
Care Systems
(September 26, 2008)

- Interior Secretary Kempthorne to Convene Pacific Islands Health Summit
(September 23, 2008)

- USNS Mercy Crew Treats over 10,000 in Chuuk (September 18, 2008)

- Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne Announces New Cabinet-level Historic Preservation Award;
Call for Applications Made (September 12, 2008)
- USNS Mercy Crew Treats over 2,000 in Yap (revised) (September 12, 2008)

- USNS Mercy Crew Treats over 3,500 in Pohnpei (September 09, 2008)

- Pacific Partnership 2008 Concludes Final Mission in Micronesia (FSM) - Renovates Schools, Treats More Than 17,000 (September 02, 2008)
- Yap Establishes Manta Ray Sanctuary (August 31, 2008)
- Secretary Kempthorne Announces Major Grants for Virgin Islands, Joins Gov. de Jongh and Del. Christiansen in Tours of Hospitals, Proposed School Site and Parklands (August 21, 2008)
- Guam Loses Another Son in Afghanistan (August 8, 2008)
- Palau Team in Beijing Led by an Olympic Qualifying Wrestler (August 8, 2008)
- Yap Cultural Preservation Efforts Receive 21K From US Ambassador Fund
(August 1, 2008)
- OIA Receives CNMI Officials (August 5, 2008)
- Junior Statesmen Foundation Students from Insular Areas Visit OIA (July 30, 2008)
- Palauan Soldier in Guam Army National Guard Seriously Injured in Afghanistan (July 21, 2008)
- Crash of B-52 bomber off Guam kills at least 3 (July 21, 2008)
- Micronesian Weightlifter Going to Beijing Olympics (July 18, 2008)
- Marshallese Athlete Makes History (July 2008)
- Secretary Kempthorne, Island Leaders Commemorate World War II Battle for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands (July 15, 2008)
- Two Guam soldiers killed, 1 seriously injured in Afghanistan (July 11, 2008)
- Territory mourns LtCol Max Galea'i 'best of the best' (July 10, 2008)
- At Fourth of July Celebrations, U.S. Ambassador Stresses Core Values and Compact Dialogue (July 7, 2008)

- U.S. Compact Grants to FSM in June 2008 (July 3, 2008)

- Twenty-Nine Recruits From Fsm Join The U.S. Army (June 27, 2008)
- Office of Insular Affairs announces the new
business development tool - Islands Business Link (June 26, 2008)
- U.S. Disburses Reform Assistance for Chuuk (June 10, 2008)

- Yosiwo P. George Presents Credentials to President George W. Bush as New FSM Ambassador to the United States (June 9, 2008.)
- Acting DAS Doug Domenech and Director Nik Pula Travel to Guam and CNMI with Janet Creighton of the White House (June 5, 2008.)
- Major Tuna Fishing Bans in Western Pacific Region (June 15, 2008.)
- U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Visits Guam: Pentagon will be sensitive to Guam's needs (May 31, 2008)
- RMI Government Receives May Compact Sector Grants (May 29, 2008)
- U.S.-FSM Shiprider Agreement Becomes Permanent (May 27, 2008)

- Pohnpei Reopens Airports to Flights (May 23, 2008)
- Governor Togiola Signs Absentee Military Voter
Bill (May 23, 2008)
- SFC Senetenari "Sene" Polu Awarded Purple Heart
and Combat Action Badge (May 20, 2008)
- CSM Savusa to move to Afghanistan (May 14, 2008)
- Ambassador Yosiwo George of the Federated
States of Micronesia presented credentials to Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker (May 13, 2008)
- Saipan “Cinderella” Band Takes Gold at Guam’s
2008 Tumon Bay Music Festival; Invited to Perform at 2008 Olympics in Beijing (May 13, 2008)
- Micronesian Poet Publishes Collection of Poems (May 12, 2008)
- Ebeye Receives Compact Money (May 9, 2008)
- Kempthorne Applauds President’s Signing of
Legislation Authorizing Northern Marianas Delegate, Extending U.S. Immigration
Laws (May 9, 2008)
- Doug Domenech Will Head Insular Affairs at Interior (May 9, 2008)
- Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, 2008 (May 8, 2008)
- Three Wyland Whaling Walls In The U.S.-Affiliated Insular Areas (May 8, 2008)
- U.S. Compact Grants to FSM in April 2008 (May 6, 2008)

- Marshall Island Government Receives Compact Funds (April 29, 2008)
- New Organization, Mije, Created To Support
Marshallese Serving In The U.S. Armed Forces (April 28, 2008)
- U.S. Funds
New Regional Transnational Crime Unit (April 25, 2008)

- Compact Trust Fund Reports for FY07 for RMI
and FSM Released (April 23,
2008)
- 2008 Island Fellows Announced; Will Visit
Islands, Help OIA Promote “Island
Business Link” (April 22, 2008)
- U.S.
Navy Admiral Takes FSM President to Sea (April 22, 2008)

- Dedicated American Samoan
Recognized for Conservation Work (April 21, 2008)
- Wyland Creates Commemorative Mural in American Samoa (April 15, 2008)
- Gov. Togiola dedicates Wyland Whaling Wall #96, ‘Ai o le Tai’ Mural (April 12, 2008)
- Top U.S. Pacific Military Commander Visits FSM (April 11, 2008)

- Wounded Samoan Soldier Recovering at Walter Reed (April 9, 2008)
- Marshallese Soldier Seriously Injured in Iraq Fighting (April 9, 2008)
- Keating Praises Micronesia’s Partnership in Promoting Stability (April 8, 2008)
- Sand To Surf (And Back Again)! -- Special
Feature -– (April 4, 2008)
- Guam Soldier Falls in Iraq (April 1, 2008)
- U.S.
Navy Team Clears Yap Harbor of Dangerous Mine (March 5, 2008)

- Federal Government Announces Stimulus Tax Payments for 2008 (March 5, 2008)
- American Samoan to Intern in Senator Inouye’s Office -
Governor Togiola asks Members of Congress for Internship Opportunities for Pacific Islanders (March 4, 2008)
- JEMCO Approves Reform Assistance For Chuuk (March 4, 2008)

- Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Meets with Palau President Tommy Remengesau
(February 25, 2008)
- CNMI’S Castro is a “First” in being promoted
to Lieutenant Colonel Washington D.C.(February 19, 2008)
- OIA FY2009 Budget Request (February 04, 2008)
- Secretary Kempthorne welcomes Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President,
Emanuel “Manny” Mori to the U.S. Department of the Interior (February
6, 2008)
- Samoan Siaosi Wins Us Army First Sergeant Of The Year Award (January 18, 2008)
- Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs meets with FSM and CNMI Leadership (January 17, 2008)
- Congressman Faleomavaega and Pacific Island Leaders return from Israel (January 17, 2008)
- Operation Santa’s Helpers Spreads Christmas
Cheer
to Hospitalized Children in Pohnpei (January 10, 2008)
- FY08 Compact Grants to FSM (January 4, 2008)
2007
- Deputy Assistant Secretary David Cohen Leaving Interior (December 18, 2007)
- US House Approves Measure to Extend Palau's Educational Grant (November 28, 2007)
- Coast Guard to Host Micronesian Patrol Boats (November 27, 2007)
- American Samoa Mourns the Passing of Judge Sagapolutele (November 27, 2007)
- USPS Delivers in the Pacific U.S. Domestic
Mailing and Shipping Prices Return for Two Pacific Island Nations (November 14, 2007)
- Another Samoan Son Dies in Support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom (November 8,
2007)
- Wallis Awaits Move to Elect New King (November 6, 2007)
- Pilot of Enola Gay dies at 92 (November
2, 2007)
- American Samoa Soldier Dies in War on Terror (October 31, 2007)
- Tinian Soldier Killed in Bahrain (October 23, 2007)
- U.S., Palauan Leaders Open "Road to the Future" (October 1, 2007)
- Secretary Kempthorne Meets with Marshalls' President Note (September 26, 2007)
- New U.S. Ambassador Presents Credentials in the FSM (September 18, 2007)
- Micronesian Weightlifter Sets New Record at South Pacific Games in Samoa (September 6, 2007)
- 11th Guam Soldier Dies in War on Terror (September 5, 2007)
- Palau Elected Vice President of the General Assembly;
Smallest Country Ever to Hold the Post (August 29, 2007)
- USS Peleliu Pacific Partnership 2007 Mission (August 28, 2007)
- American Samoa Calendar Wins Recognition (August 14, 2007)
- Twenty-Four New Recruits Sworn in to the U.S.
Army and U.S. Marine Corps from Palau and Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (August 7, 2007)
- Wreath Laying Ceremony to Commemorate the 63rd Anniversary of the Liberation (July 10, 2007)
- Twenty-One New Recruits from FSM Sworn In For U.S. Army Service (July 6, 2007)
- Another Son of Micronesia Falls In Iraq (June 27, 2007)
- Palau Loses another Son in Iraq (May 16, 2007)
- Vimoto a Son of American Samoa Dies In Afghanistan (June 11, 2007)
- Another Son of Micronesia Falls In Iraq (May 24, 2007)
- Secretary Kempthorne Hosts Island Day at the Department of Interior During Asian-Pacific Islander American Heritage Month (May 16, 2007)
- At Pacific Night 2007, Secretary Kempthorne Announces Visits to Pacific Islands, Sets Date for Conference on Business Opportunities in the Islands (May 10, 2007)
- Guam Soldier Dies in Action (May 7, 2007)
- American Samoa Loses 12th Son In Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (April 17, 2007)
- Hokule’a 2007 Voyage to Micronesia Bearing Gift for Mau Piailug
Ku Holo Mau – Sail On, Sail Always, Sail Forever (April 11, 2007)
- U.S. Provides Emergency Assistance to the Solomon Islands (April 5, 2007)
- Students from Insular Areas Visit Washington (April 5, 2007)
- Son of American Samoa Falls in Iraq (March 22, 2007)
- Lieutenant Governor of Guam Visits Interior (March 16, 2007)
- Guam Mourns Loss of Two Guardsmen (March 8, 2007)
- Interagency Group on Insular Areas Meets for 2007 Plenary Session at Interior (March 1, 2007)
- In Two Weeks CNMI Loses Yet another Son, the Fifth (February 13, 2007)
- Young Samoan Medic Loses Life in Iraq (February 7, 2007)
- Office of Insular Affairs Announces FY 2008 Budget Request (February 5, 2007)
- Northern Mariana Islands Lose a Marine in Iraq (January 31, 2007)
- House Insular Delegates Granted Vote in the Committee on the Whole (January 25, 2007)
- Two USVI National Guardsmen Killed in Iraq (January 25, 2007)
- New Travel Requirements for International Travel (January 23, 2007)
- Remarks of David B. Cohen
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs
Saipan Chamber of Commerce Annual Installation Dinner. (January 5, 2007)
2006
- Guam Soldier Dies in Iraq (December 13, 2006)
- Secretary Kempthorne Hosts 2006 Business Conference (December 1, 2006)
- First of Samoan Ancestry to Serve in Hawaii Legislature (November 30, 2006)
- Former CNMI Governor Guerrero Passes Away (October 13, 2006)
- The FSM Wins First Ever Medal in World Competition (October 11, 2006)
- Two FSM Soldiers Die - One in Iraq and One at Fort Hood (October 10, 2006)
- Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
Office of Insular Affairs - OMIP Grant Awardees (September 05, 2006)
- Opening statement delivered by Chairman David B. Cohen at both the annual meetings of the Marshall Islands-U.S. JEMFAC and the Federated States of Micronesia-U.S. JEMCO, held in Honolulu on (August 30 & 31. (September 01, 2006)
- American Samoa Makes Another Sacrifice for Iraq War
(August 22, 2006)
- Northern Marianas Little League Team Goes International
(August 20, 2006)
- First Micronesian Plays in Major League Baseball
(August 18, 2006)
- President Proposes $ 426.3 Million In Fy 2007 For Assistance To U.S. Territories, Freely Associated States
(February 7, 2006)
- V.I. Officials Disappointed with New EDC Residency Regulations
(February 1, 2006)
2005
- 2 NMI Soldiers Killed
(November 2, 2005)
- CNMI to Receive Grant from Office of Insular Affairs for New Incinerator at Saipan Airport
(August 3, 2005)
- On Farthest U.S. Shores, Iraq Is a Way to a Dream
(July 31, 2005)
- 6th American Samoan Soldier Killed
(July 19, 2005)
- Pacific Education Speech
(July 12, 2005)
- OIA Declares American Samoa High-Risk
Notwithstanding "Significant and Commendable Progress"
(June 9, 2005)
- OIA Director of Technical Assistance, James
Johnson, Retiring
(May 27, 2005)
- In Memoriam - First Lady Nora Stewart Coleman
(May 20, 2005)
- American Samoa Receives Grants from Office Of
Insular Affairs for Audits/Financial Management
(May 4, 2005)
- Guam Receives Two Grants from Office Of
Insular Affairs for Financial Management Improvement
(April 19, 2005)
- Virgin Islands Deployed 700
Guardsmen in Support of the War
(March 22, 2005)
- CNMI Receives Over $12 Million from Office of
Insular Affairs for Capital Improvement Projects
(February 28, 2005)
- CNMI Receives Over $5 Million from Office of
Insular Affairs for Compact Impact
(February 28, 2005)
- FEMA Responds to Tropical Cyclone Olaf in American Samoa
(February 21, 2005)
- Hawaii Receives $195,000 from Office of
Insular Affairs for Brown Treesnake Control and Research
(February 18, 2005)
- CNMI Stateless Persons Now U.S.
Citizens
(February 15, 2005)
- Virgin Islands Receives Over $4 Million
from Office of Insular Affairs for Wastewater Projects
(February 14, 2005)
- Guam Revenue and Taxation to Receive Grant from Office of Insular
Affairs to Improve Assessments and Collections
(February 8, 2005)
- CNMI Receives $60,000 from Office of Insular
Affairs to Improve Water, Wastewater Operations
(February 8, 2005)
- President Proposes $392 Million in FY 2006 for
Assistance to U.S. Territories, Freely Associated States
(February 7, 2005)
- Guam Receives $100,000 from Office of Insular Affairs
to Improve Government Accounting and Financial Reporting
(January 31, 2005)
- Guam Receives $250,000 from Office of Insular Affairs for
Brown Treesnake Control and Research
(January 31, 2005)
- EPA, OIA Convene meeting on Island Infrastructure
Issues
(January 27, 2005)
2004
- Dave
Heggestad, Director of Budget and Grants Management to Retire
(December 30, 2004)
- Guam War Claims Commission presents report to Secretary Norton (June 9, 2004)
- Tinitali Joins Insular Affairs to
Promote Accountability
(May 23, 2004)
- In Memorium - Fred Monroe Zeder II
(March 3, 2004)
- CNMI, US Initial Section 702 Funding Agreement
(February 9, 2004)
- Secretary Norton Visits Hilario Bermanis at Walter Reed
(January 29, 2004)
- Secretary Norton Signs $14.2 Million Compact Impact Grant for Guam
(January 17, 2004)
- Secretary Norton Signs $5.1 Million Compact Impact Grant for CNMI
(January 16, 2004)
2003
- Office of Insular Affairs, ADB Team Up
to Support FSM Compact Transition
(November 6, 2003)
- Office of Insular Affairs Announces Opening of Hawaii Office to Monitor Federal Assistance to the Freely Associated States
(October 31, 2003)
- Candace Le'i Moving to Department of the Interior's Solicitor's Office
(October 3, 2003)
- Guam War Claims Review Commission Holds Organizational Meeting
(October 3, 2003)
- OIA Awards Guam Grant to Improve Fiscal Management
(September 12, 2003)
- CNMI, U.S. Sign Agreement to Cooperate on
Immigration, Preservation of Human Trafficking
(September 12, 2003)
- Secretary of the Interior Names War Claims Commissioners
(September 11, 2003)
- Governors, Delegates Address Interagency Group for Territories
(September 10, 2003)
- Investment Development Conference
(September 8, 2003)
- The Office of Insular Affairs Announces the Wharton-Island Fellowship Program
(May 27, 2003)
- President Bush Establishes Interagency Group on Insular Areas
(May 8, 2003)
- Interior, Other Federal Agencies Agree to Review Typhoon Infrastructure Priorities
for Guam, CNMI
(April 24, 2003)
- Ramona Jones Named Special Advisor For Economic Policy For The Insular Areas
(February 26, 2003)
- Administration Proposes FY 2004 Budget For Islands
(February 3, 2003)
2002
2001
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