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The Government Accountability Office released a report on the U.S. insular areas and opportunities that exist to improve the Department of the Interior’s grant oversight and to reduce the potential for mismanagement. The GAO report reviewed the U.S. insular areas of American Samoa, CNMI, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam and how they’ve been spending [...]

The Guam Fire Department has received federal funds to help purchase some new equipment and vehicles. GFD Spokesperson Joey San Nicolas says the department was recently awarded two grants totaling $1.7 million. He adds that they are waiting for more money from the feds to help them equip all fire stations throughout the island.
“We also [...]

One of Guam’s potential niche markets could be developed into a major source of revenue for the island as a result of the nearly half a million dollars of grant research money recently awarded to several University of Guam scientists.
Western Pacific Tropical Research Center (WPTRC) director Greg Wiecko said that the $445,000 in Tropical and [...]

Three University of Guam, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center (WPTRC) scientists were recently awarded $445K in T-STAR grant
funds from USDA. T-STAR (Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture Research) is a special grant program explicitly for research that enhances the development of sound tropical and subtropical agricultural practices.
These funded projects will serve farmers and consumers in the region [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded the Guam International Airport Authority three separate grants totaling more than $7.7 million. Two grants totaling $5.5 million were awarded for the design and extension of runway 06L/24R. The Guam International Airport Authority will be extending the runway by 1,000 feet [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded $141,000 to the University of Guam (UOG) for the Sea Grant Extension Program. Congresswoman Bordallo supported an increased appropriation of $58 million to the National Sea Grant College Program in the Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $403,112 to Guam for the management of pests and diseases and disaster prevention. A total of $45 million has been allocated for projects nationwide through Section 10201 of the 2008 Farm Bill. These projects will support the enhancement of [...]

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 [...]