Guam State Clearinghouse - “Latest News”

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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

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 [...]