WASHINGTON, D.C.—Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina released last week nearly $1 million in grant funding under the Office of Insular Affairs’ Capital Improvement Project Program to make infrastructure improvements at three library facilities in the...

WASHINGTON—The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia passed legislation on Feb. 4 to create a shark sanctuary in the country’s full exclusive economic zone, which covers nearly 3 million square kilometers (1.1 million square miles) in the western Pacific Ocean. President...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina approved and released a total of $2.4 million in funding under the OIA Technical Assistance program for fiscal year 2015 to support health, education and social service projects for the U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Feb. 25 (Saipan time), Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and White House Intergovernmental Affairs Director Jerry Abramson will co-host the 2015 Senior Plenary Session of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas to discuss issues of critical...