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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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Going into the New Year, the Guam Department of Education is looking forward to receiving $70 million in stimulus package funds that will be used for much needed capital improvement projects and bringing local schools into the age of information technology, said acting Superintendent Taling Taitano.
“One of the things that’s really exciting on the horizon [...]

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 Department of Education has received the USDOE’s amended special conditions letter, which identifies Superintendent Dr. Nerissa Underwood and GDOE internal auditor Lester Kuykendall as the point of contacts who will provide assurances to federal agency that the conditions for drawing down funds are complied with.
Under this condition, Underwood and Kuykendall will have to [...]

A federal loan and grant to help the government of Guam build a new landfill has received final approval, and now it’s a matter of getting the documents in place to close the deal, according to USDA Rural Development Office area director Joe Diego, who said the loan could be closed in about 30 days.
The [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the Guam Power Authority $16,603,507 in federal financial assistance. The grant received today is part of the DOE’s Smart Grid Investment Grant and is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In total, the Government of Guam is [...]

The Port Authority of Guam has submitted a TIGER Grant application by the September 15, 2009 deadline. The Port has applied for $49.7 million for the Port Modernization Program. Awards are anticipated to be announced between late December 2009 and February 2010. This funding, if approved will be combined with USDA financing in the amount [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the Judiciary of Guam has been awarded $993,037 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The recovery funds are administered by the BJA under The Assistance to Rural Law Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs Program, which helps rural states and areas prevent and combat [...]

Three additional ARRA TIGER Discretionary Grants with a total value of $74 million were submitted by Governor Felix P. Camacho and the Department of Public Works Tuesday.
Grant applications were submitted for the following three projects:
Route 10A Intermodal Highway Project - $33.5 million in grant funds (96% of the total project costs) were requested [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy has released $8 million for Guam’s energy efficiency programs.
The money is part of the estimated $20 million in energy grants that the government of Guam expects to receive from the U.S. Department of Energy under President Obama’s economic stimulus package.
According to a news release from the office of Guam Delegate [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the U.S. Department of Energy has released a total of $8,000,000 to the Government of Guam as part of the agency’s Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program. The financial assistance received today is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by Congress and signed into law [...]

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