OIA Press Releases (2020 to Present)

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Interior Provides $2 Million in Supplemental Disaster Recovery Funding to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

12/19/2019

Assistant Secretary Doug Domenech today announced that Interior will provide $2,000,000 to the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to streamline financial management and coordination of disaster recovery funding across local agencies and organizations receiving federal assistance as a result of impacts from Typhoon Yutu.

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Insular Areas Explore World Heritage Opportunities and Participate in Historic Preservation Grants Training

12/05/2019

Over seventy-five insular area government officials, historic preservation officers, natural and cultural preservation experts, and non-government representatives met to discuss opportunities to preserve and protect historic, cultural, and natural resources in the U.S. Insular Areas at the World Heritage Opportunities Workshop and Insular Areas State Historic Preservation Officers training, held December 3-6, 2019 on Guam. 

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Interior Applauds the Census Bureau for Opening Offices in the U.S. Territories to Conduct the 2020 Census

11/26/2019

DOI Assistant Secretary Doug Domenech congratulated the U.S. Census Bureau for recently opening  census offices in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) – St. Croix and St. Thomas. Census has been working closely with the governors of each territory in preparation for the upcoming 2020 Island Areas Censuses.

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Interior Assistant Secretary Domenech to Visit the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, November 12 – 15

11/08/2019

DOI Assistant Secretary Doug Domenech and Office of Insular Affairs Director Nik Pula will be in the U.S. Virgin Islands to meet with local federal partners for discussions on Hurricane Disaster Recovery efforts, follow-up on OIA funding provided for the Office of Disaster Recovery, and review other disaster-related efforts. Assistant Secretary Domenech will also stop in Puerto Rico for meetings with the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico. 

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