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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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 Guam Fire Department will be eligible to apply for additional federal funds after the U.S. House passed the “Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009.”
Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo announced that eligibility after House passage of H.R. 3791.
H.R. 3791 authorizes a total of $2.2 billion a year in competitive grants to upgrade equipment and maintain [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Governor Felix P. Camacho has submitted the application to the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. DOE) for initial funding under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund program (SFSF).
The SFSF is a component of expanded education and public service funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) signed by President Barack Obama in [...]

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled a new feature on Grants.gov to help users find and apply for The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant opportunities. Grants.gov contains information about finding and applying for all federal grant programs.
The launch of this Recovery Act feature on the homepage of Grants.gov will direct users to [...]

Acting Gov. Mike Cruz announced that the government of Guam has been awarded a $440,000 grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs for capital improvement projects.
The grant award will be designated to the following: $140,000 for community improvements in Mangilao, $150,000 for Guam Police Department motorcycle procurement, and $150,000 [...]

The Department of Education is finalizing a list of capital improvement projects in order to receive millions of dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Superintendent Dr. Nerissa Bretania Underwood says DOE will be forwarding its list to the governor’s office tomorrow. The list includes the implementation of a financial management system, and the [...]

Poor usability and mismanagement plague Grants.gov, which gives access to $500 billion in annual grants, Government Accountability Office survey finds.
Grants.gov, a federal government Website designed to give citizens access to $500 billion in annual government grants, is mismanaged and difficult to use, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released this week.
The [...]

Acting Gov. Mike Cruz announced that in fiscal year 2010, the Government of Guam will receive US$2.6 million more annually in Compact impact grant funding. The increase brings the annual funding amount from US$14.2 million received in years past to US$16.8 million.
Thomas Bassanich, Budget and Grants Management Division director of the Department of the [...]

 
 
State Fiscal Stabilization Program Stimulus Funding
Guam will receive about $108 million of State Fiscal Stabilization funding for the U.S. Department of Education. The money will be distributed to:
 
 
Guam Public School System: $62 million
University of Guam: $17 million
Guam Community College: $9 million
Governor’s discretionary funding: $19 million
UOG SPENDING
The University of Guam plans to spend it’s share of [...]

The General Services Administration’s Public Building Service will receive $5.5 billion in federal public building projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Of the amount that the building service stands to receive, $750 million will be used to renovate and construct new federal offices and courthouses. However, Guam will not be receiving any [...]