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Governor Felix P. Camacho was recently notified that the government of Guam received a grant award in the amount of $10,300 from the U.S. Department of the Interior. According to a letter from Anthony M. Babauta, Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, the funding will used by the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) [...]

The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) submitted a favorable audit report earlier this month outlining the results of a recently completed review of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority (GHURA) capital funds administered under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
The report [...]

The Guam Fire Department recently received $28,300 in personal protective equipment as the result of a settlement reached by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with Shell Guam for allegedly failing to submit required toxic chemical reports, a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
The basic personal protective equipment or “Turn Out Gear” [...]

Governor Felix P. Camacho was recently notified that the government of Guam received a grant award in the amount of $709,829.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior. According to a letter from Anthony M. Babauta, Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, the funding will be provided to the Bureau of Information Technology (BIT), the Department [...]

Governor Felix P. Camacho announced today that the Government of Guam has received a total of $5,360,000 of grant funding from the Department of Interior.
Click here to view this press release in it’s entirety. (pdf format)
Ref: Communication’s Office 12/21/09

The Guam Economic Development Authority is putting together the final packet of the $103.5 million stimulus funds grant-loan application that the government of Guam has secured for landfill construction.
However, because the money is part of the stimulus funds, new forms were created which the government had to fill out. The packet is expected to be [...]

The U.S. House of Representatives approved the conference report on H.R. 3288, the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2010, which includes an appropriation of $737 million for military construction on Guam.
This is the full amount authorized by the Congress in Public Law 111-84, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. The legislation also [...]

Guam’s Coastal Zone Management and Coral Reef Conservation programs have been awarded $1,807,888 in federal grants from the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM). The acting director of the OCRM, Donna Wieting, notified Governor Felix P. Camacho of the awards in a letter received Wednesday.
“Our reefs are our first indicator of rising [...]

Governor Felix P. Camacho departed Guam to meet with the Federal Regional Council (FRC) in San Francisco. While in California, Gov. Camacho will also attend the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) Winter meeting in San Diego.
The FRC’s agenda is expected to include a presentation by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) on the Socioeconomic Impact Assessment [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo has announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has awarded the Government of Guam $250,000 in federal financial assistance to flood-proof the Chaligan Sewage Pump Station. Governor Felix Camacho was notified of the availability of funds today by Assistant Secretary Tony Babauta.
“The financial assistance awarded today from [...]

House approves funding for political status public education The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend technical assistance grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public education program on Guam.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would authorize the [...]

The House is scheduled to consider H.R. 3940, on Monday, December 7, 2009, under suspension of the rules, requiring a two-thirds majority vote for passage. H.R. 3940 was introduced on October 10, 2009, by Del. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, which held a mark-up and reported the bill, as [...]