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Governor Felix P. Camacho met with U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar in Washington, D.C., to conclude a week of meetings centered on military expansion in the Western Pacific and efforts to expand renewable energy on Guahan. Secretary Salazar committed his agency’s senior leadership to ensure the Guam Military Buildup Program moves [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is granting $34.2 million in wastewater and drinking water infrastructure funding to Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
“This major increase in funding will allow Guam, American Samoa and CNMI to work on badly needed wastewater and drinking water infrastructure improvements,” said Jared Blumenfeld, regional administrator for [...]

Madam Chair and members of the House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, it is a privilege to appear before you today to present the President’s fiscal year 2011 budget request for the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA). OIA is responsible for overseeing, on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, the Federal Government’s [...]

The University of Guam fiscal year 2009 audit was released Tuesday by the Guam Office of Public Accountability. It was conducted by independent auditors Eide Bailly. It shows a $1.3 million increase in net assets, an increase of $3 million in grants and contracts, and the highest enrollment in ten years.
The auditors rendered an [...]

The Port Authority of Guam’s $206.9 million modernization plan took a serious setback yesterday after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) denied the port’s request for $50 million in national recovery grants for port projects.
The rejected grant request means the port can’t qualify for the $49.1 million low-interest loan it wants from the U.S. Department [...]

The government of Guam’s financial leaders said they would release enough money so federally funded public school system employees won’t have to skip work, said Department of Education Superintendent Nerissa Bretania Underwood.
Department of Administration acting Director John Camacho said his agency will release about $6.1 million to DOE, which is enough money to pay the [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo has announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the Government of Guam $1.6 million in federal financial assistance. The grant received today from HHS will assist the Government of Guam in facilitating health information exchange by advancing the adoption and meaningful use of health information [...]

More than 500 federally funded Guam DOE employees are once again facing the prospect of being laid off next week because the school system doesn’t have the money to pay them.
Superintendent Nerissa Underwood broke the news to those employees at a meeting at Tamuning Elementary Monday afternoon.
DOE needs close to $7 million dollars by Friday [...]

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The Hagatna Heritage Walking Trail, slated for completion in early March, will not only give tourists something to enjoy as a half-day destination on Guam, it may also serve as a teaching tool for local communities who want to learn about Chamorro history.
The 2.5-mile trail, which winds through 17 historic sites in Guam’s capital, is [...]

The Office of the Attorney General has released the findings of an investigation of a Port Authority of Guam contract paid through federally funded “Office of Economic Adjustment” funds. The amount of $350,000 is under local and federal review and was placed on hold for payment.
Click on the link to read the Attorney General’s [...]

Governor Felix P. Camacho broke ground for the Northern Sports Complex Recreation Pool and Fitness Trail on Feb. 4, 2010. Construction will begin in conjunction with the ongoing construction of four baseball fields.
“Building a new pool facility, a fitness trail, along with four baseball parks, will compliment the existing gymnasium and soccer fields in the [...]

The government will no longer be able to advance allotments for the Guam Department of Education due to low revenue collections. Dr. Nerissa Underwood Education superintendent Dr. Nerissa Underwood has received this notice from the Bureau of Budget and Management and George Bamba, the governor’s chief of staff.
The notice prompted Underwood to write to Phil [...]

A NOAA awarded to the University of Hawaii’s Marine Laboratory is aimed at helping protect coral reefs on Guam and elsewhere in the Pacific.
The $199,996 grant is meant to address the effects of land-based sources of pollution on coral reefs in the Pacific.
The money will fund the first year of a five-year, $1 million [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the University of Guam $50,000 in federal financial assistance through the agency’s Rural Business Enterprise Grants Program. The funding awarded today to the University of Guam is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. President Barack Obama signed [...]