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  1. OIA Highlights Accomplishments for Insular Areas; Applauds Recent Legislative and Administrative Actions

    OIA Highlights Accomplishments for Insular Areas; Applauds … have important positive impacts on island communities both in the territories and here in the mainland.” “I am … Medicaid benefits restored, impacting thousands of Pacific Islanders living in the United States under the Compacts of …

  2. OIA Blogs: Highlight on the Military Service of American Samoans - Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata Radewagen

    OIA Blogs: Highlight on the Military Service of American … Radewagen American Samoans and other islanders across the insular areas serve in numbers largely disproportionate to the size of their …

  3. OIA Blogs: On Language and Culture

    OIA Blogs: On Language and Culture … Pohnpei, translated literally means, on an altar, as in an altar to the gods. … a Compact of Free Association. Many of these Pacific Islanders serve in the U.S. military and/or live in the …

  4. OIA Bud Req 09 - 2/28/12

    OIA Bud Req 09 - 2/28/12 STATEMENT … I will discuss our specific efforts to make progress in these areas later in my testimony, but will begin with an … in phases during 2008, but once complete it will allow islanders and potential business partners to make …

  5. FY 09 Bud Req OIA - 2/28/08

    FY 09 Bud Req OIA - 2/28/08 STATEMENT … I will discuss our specific efforts to make progress in these areas later in my testimony, but will begin with an … in phases during 2008, but once complete it will allow islanders and potential business partners to make …

  6. The Office of Insular Affairs Requests $457.7 Million for Assistance to the Insular Areas In the President’s FY 2011 Budget Request

    … Requests $457.7 Million for Assistance to the Insular Areas In the President’s FY 2011 Budget Request … budget of $457.7 million for the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) in fiscal year 2011. The current appropriations request … insular governments, and improve the quality of life for islanders while respecting and preserving their native …

  7. Interior Secretary Bernhardt Convenes 2020 Interagency Group on Insular Areas and Presents $29.5 Million in Grant Funding to the Territories

    … Group on Insular Areas and Presents $29.5 Million in Grant Funding to the Territories Contact … White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who presented on The President’s initiative to … work of the Office of Insular Affairs, visit www.doi.gov/oia or follow @ASIIADomenech on Twitter. …

  8. Keynote Address of the Honorable Anthony M. Babauta Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas U.S. Department of the Interior On the Occasion of the 111th Anniversary Commemorating the Raising of the U.S. Flag on American Samoa

    … Manu’a – Talofa! One hundred and eleven years ago, in this month of April, the chiefs of Tutuila and Aunu’u … the Fa-a-loopenga (Fa’alupega). Recently Director of OIA Nikolao Pula shared with me a book, “Tusi Fa’alupega … unique advantages of investing in American Samoa. As islanders we have known for eons the blessing which have …

  9. September 28, 2007

    … UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF REAL ESTATE IN MICRONESIA Keynote Speech of David B. Cohen, … to me and my staff in the Office of Insular Affairs.  OIA has an annual budget of $430 million, most of which is … with the exception of Guam, real estate investment by off-islanders is generally done through long-term leasehold …

  10. Remarks of the Honorable Anthony M. Babauta Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior for Insular Areas Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement’s Annual Conference

    … this opportunity to greet the Native Hawaiian community in the various languages of your brothers and sisters from … of Buildings and Classrooms (Insular A, B, C's) initiative. OIA partnered with the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) to … coordination." That is what we are doing here. As Pacific Islanders we have lots to learn from one another and when we …