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Two federal grant programs available at the Guam Community College provide more funding for work-study and scholarships for students who need it the most, according to a press release.
As of July 1, GCC President Dr. Mary Okada received word from the U.S. Department of Education that GCC’s application for the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership and [...]

Governor Felix P. Camacho received official notification that the Guam Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamps Program, has been recognized for exceptional nutrition services and awarded as one of the nation’s “Most Improved Payment Accuracy Rate” for Fiscal Year 2009. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of External and Intergovernmental [...]

The face of Guam Community College is changing rapidly, with the groundbreaking this morning of the college’s long-awaited new Student Center – the third new building to be constructed on the GCC campus within a two-year span. The Anthony A. Leon Guerrero Allied Health Center opened in December 2009, and the college’s new Learning Resource [...]

The Department of Public Health and Social Services has announced an increase in grant funding for the Guam Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Guam Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs. The total grant for both programs is $641,357, an increase of $85,779.
The Guam Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program will continue to provide free [...]

Guam Homeland Security and the Office of Civil Defense in coordination with the Offices of the Governor and lieutenant Governor yesterday presented several of the island’s response agencies with 800 MHz handheld radios at a ceremony at the Emergency Operations Center in Agana Heights.
Over 200 radios were presented to the Department of Corrections, Guam Police [...]

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded $3,194,877 through the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) to Guam. The TSGP is designed to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism, major disaster, and other emergencies. The funding received today was appropriated [...]

The Guam Community College received word Monday morning from the Department of Interior that the college will receive nearly $320,000 from Interior’s Operations and Maintenance Improvement Program (OMIP) to supply its new Learning Resource Center with recyclable furniture and collateral equipment. The $4.3 million building, which will be the first LEED-certified building for the government [...]

The Guahan State Clearinghouse received notification of a new grant opportunity from the US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development that would allow local rental property owners to make significant improvements on properties intended for use by low income families. The grant also allows for public agencies, private non-profit organizations, which includes but is not limited [...]

Local farmers and rural small businesses have an opportunity to apply for Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) funding that would enable them to implement renewable energy sources at their businesses and make energy efficiency improvements, all aimed at reducing Guahan’s carbon footprint. The Guahan State Clearinghouse announced the new grant today, which is being [...]

Fiscal mismanagement at the Guam Environmental Protection Agency has hurt the agency’s ability to protect human health and the environment, according to the U.S. EPA’s 2009 End of Year Program Review Summary released April 28.
The 23-page review focuses on Guam EPA’s financial difficulties that it has been experiencing over the last two years and [...]

Resolution 352-30, passed by the Guam Legislature, called for the federal government to avoid awarding ARRA funds to a single entity. IT&E was the sole applicant that was awarded $8 million in the first round of funding for the Broadband Technology Program under the ARRA out of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The [...]

With over $145 million in federal grants awarded to the Guam Department of Education this fiscal year, the department’s federal programs division is hosting a two-day overview of the grants received by key stakeholders.
The first of the two-day event will be held today from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hilton Guam Resort [...]

A contract to manage the $200 million Port Authority of Guam modernization project was awarded to EA Engineering, Science and Technology by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration.
The awarding of this contract is necessary for Congress to authorize the Defense Department’s request for $50 million for port improvement projects, according to Guam Delegate Madeleine [...]

With the onset of the military buildup, many returning veterans are looking for opportunities on Guam to hone their skills in the business world. Eight new veterans business outreach centers are now being planned to provide entrepreneurial development services to military veterans and reservists who would like to start their own small businesses.
The U.S. [...]

Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas Tony Babauta signed a Coral Reef Initiative grant of $155,000 to support the Micronesia Conservation Trust.
The funds will be used by the trust to strengthen coordination and technical support for the conservation of island natural resources through the Pacific Islands Managed and Protected Areas Community.
These efforts will [...]