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June 7, 2004 - Secretary Norton Announces
Conference to Showcase Business Opportunities in the Islands.
Business Conference Photo Presentation
Secretary Successfully Promotes
Business Opportunities in the Pacific
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August 27, 2004 - President Orders
Disaster Aid For Northern Mariana Islands Typhoon Response
August
26, 2004 - Chaba Wrecks 1,168 Homes
Hundreds of residents remain homeless
after Supertyphoon Chaba's strong winds and accompanying
rains blew away roofs and flooded homes, leaving more
than a thousand houses destroyed or significantly damaged.
September 7, 2004 - FEMA
releases 2.5 M in aid to typhoon victims |
Ronald Reagan Memorial
Ronald Reagan, the 40th president
of the United States, died June 5 at age 93 after a long
battle with Alzheimer's disease. The President had a historic
role with the formal establishment of the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the Compact
of Free Association for the Federated States of Micronesia
(FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).
Both were previously districts of the Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands (TTPI).
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June 9, 2004 - Guam War Claims Review
Commission Presents Secretary Norton with the Report on the
Implementation of the Guam Meritorious Claim Act of 1954,
Including Findings and Recommendations
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May 23,
2004 - Tinitali Joins Insular Affairs to Promote Accountability
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Executive Order Signed
By President Bush
May 13, 2004
Increasing Economic Opportunity
And Business Participation Of Asian Americans And Pacific
Islanders
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Economic Updates on Guam, CNMI and Palau are now
posted. See Island Topics for the Link. |
ISLAND PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES
OIA provides information regarding procurement opportunity in
the territories or freely associated states. Procurements are
associated with both federal and local funding. The
solicitations are initiated from OIA or directly from the island
government. For listing, the procuring agency submits
required information to the OIA website managers.
(CLICK FOR SOLICITATION
LISTING) |
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SECRETARY NORTON SIGNS COMPACT IMPACT
GRANTS WITH CNMI AND GUAM
January
16, 2004 - $5.1 Million Grant for Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands
January
17, 2004 - $14.2 Million Grant for Guam
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AMERICAN
SAMOA, US SIGN
GRANTS TOTALING $10,179,000
February 20, 2004 - Deputy
Assistant Secretary David Cohen and American Samoan Governor
Togiola Tulafono sign two grants totaling $10,179,000 for
the territory during a recent meeting in the Department of
the Interior.
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CNMI, US INITIAL
"SECTION 702" FUNDING AGREEMENT
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[(from left to right) Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Interior David Cohen, CNMI
Resident Representative to the U.S. Pete A. Tenorio, CNMI
Lt. Governor Diego T. Benavente]
February 9, 2004 -
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SECRETARY NORTON
VISITS HILARIO BERMANIS AT WALTER REED
January 29, 2004 -
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OIA
Responsibilities - The Secretary of the
Interior has administrative responsibility for coordinating
federal policy in the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the responsibility to administer and
oversee assistance provided to the Federated States of
Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the
Republic of Palau. The Office of Insular Affairs
executes these responsibilities on behalf of the Secretary.
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