– FAS migration increases in other US territories—Census – DOI releases $34M Compact Impact funding WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Census Bureau recently completed its 2018 Estimates of Compact of Free Association Migrants and the CNMI showed a decrease of 5 percent in the...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of the Interior has authorized the release of $1 million to fund the fiscal year 2019 Close Up Insular Areas Program that will allow approximately 180 high school students from island areas to Washington, D.C. The students are from American...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will lead a high-level U.S. government delegation to the 30th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Session on Sept. 4, 2018 in Nauru. After the forum, Zinke’s delegation will visit Papua New Guinea to meet senior officials in advance...

Doug Domenech, a top official at the Department of the Interior, worked as a political appointee at the agency during the George W. Bush administration when it was rife with corruption. The official is now coming under scrutiny for his own questionable actions as a Trump...