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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for insular
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		Dynamics of the frontier world in insular Southeast Asia: an overview.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=insular (769 words)

	Pacific Magazine: CNMI: David Cohen Speaks To Annual Auditors Congress
		On behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, the Office of Insular Affairs generally administers the U.S. Government’s relationship with its territories with the exception of Puerto Rico.
		The Office of Insular Affairs also administers the financial assistance that the U.S. provides to the nations in “free association” with the U.S.—the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau—under the Compacts of Free Association.
		The Office of Insular Affairs has an annual budget of over 425 million U.S. dollars, the large majority of which is provided to the Pacific.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=22151 (3885 words)

	Office of Insular Affairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Office of Insular Affairs is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that manages several United States possessions.
		Currently, it 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 oversight of federal programs and funds in the freely associated Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
		Some ambiguity exists regarding the role of the Office of Insular Affairs in relation to some of the technically independent states of the Pacific.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Office_of_Insular_Affairs (306 words)

	93 KHJ - Friday May - 5, 2006
		Friday, 05 May, 2006 10:43 PM A request from Senate President Lolo Letalu Moliga to the Office of Insular Affairs to fund a delegation from American Samoa to attend a world conference on tuna to be held in Bangkok this month has not been met.
		According to director of OIA Nikolao Pula the pot for technical assistance has a limited amount to be shared among seven jurisdictions whose needs are numerous.
		A resignation letter from an attorney in the Public Defender’s Office cites as one of the reasons for the resignation that the Public Defender Tautai Aviata Faalevao is maintaining a private practice.
	khjradio.com /skin/blurb.php?sectionId=213&contentId=164187 (2217 words)

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		In a 1997 memo, David North, policy director for the Office of Insular Affairs, asked the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for information on how to assist Democratic candidates, and sent a copy of the memo to his boss, Allen P. Stayman, then director of Insular Affairs.
		North quietly retired as policy director of Insular Affairs 10 days after his office computer hard drive was subpoenaed by the House Resources Committee on July 13.
		The Insular Affairs office is responsible for coordinating federal policy in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
	users.aol.com /beachbt/north_dnc.txt (752 words)

	US Office of Insular Affairs: FY 2005 Proposed Budget :: Everything Marshall Islands :: http://www.yokwe.net
		"The OIA budget aims to fulfill U.S. responsibilities to the insular areas while promoting sound financial management practices in the insular governments, increasing economic development and self-sufficiency, and increasing federal responsiveness to the unique needs of island communities," said David Cohen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs.
		The Office of Insular Affairs is the Executive Branch's liaison organization with the four U.S. insular areas.
		OIA also works with the three freely associated states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
	www.yokwe.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=692&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (963 words)

	DOI Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) - HOME PAGE
		Two Army National Guardsmen from Guam, Specialist Gregory D. Fejeran, 28, and Specialist Christopher Fernandez, 28, were killed in a vehicular accident while on duty in Ethiopia on March 6. A third guardsman from Guam, Sergeant Robert J. Balajadia, 37, was injured in the same accident and flown to Landstuhl, Germany for treatment.
		Over eighty representatives of Federal agencies and four U.S. territories attended the 2007 plenary session of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas, which was led by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and moderated by Deputy Assistant Secretary David B. Cohen.
		U.S. Department of the Interior •; Office of Insular Affairs
	www.doi.gov /oia (298 words)

	FSM National Public Auditor \| News
		The FSM Office of the National Public Auditor was represented by Mr.
		In his remarks, he underscored the importance of the Public Auditor Offices in ensuring that there is accountability and transparency in the governments with a view of enhancing governance.
		He congratulated all the participants and expressed gratitude to the United States Office of Insular Affairs and the USDA Graduate School for funding such an important endeavor.
	fsmpublicauditor.fm /new/24.htm (362 words)

	Pacific Magazine: CNMI: David Cohen Speaks To Annual Auditors Congress
		On behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, the Office of Insular Affairs generally administers the U.S. Government’s relationship with its territories with the exception of Puerto Rico.
		The Office of Insular Affairs also administers the financial assistance that the U.S. provides to the nations in “free association” with the U.S.—the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau—under the Compacts of Free Association.
		The Office of Insular Affairs has an annual budget of over 425 million U.S. dollars, the large majority of which is provided to the Pacific.
	www.pacificmagazine.net /news/2006/05/22/cnmi-david-cohen-speaks-to-annual-auditors-congress (3877 words)

	AAPI - Action Plan for Insular Areas (Phase 1)
		The Office of Insular Affairs and the Interior Inspector General will work with the island governments to devise a process for refining recommendations made as a result of audits, and for implementing recommendations after full input is received.
		OIA and Census will identify statistical programs such as the American Community Survey, not now applied in the insular areas, and will clarify the cost and other issues surrounding the application of such programs to the insular areas.
		OIA will coordinate the convening of insular area symposia to discuss major grant management problems, compliance incentives, and technical assistance available to the insular areas from Federal program offices.
	www.epa.gov /ohr/aapi/documents/IGIA-ActionPlan1.htm (4933 words)

	THE PACIFIC SCIENCE FORUM - A Bravenet.com Forum
		The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) carries out the responsibilities of the Secretary related to the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
		The mission of the Office of Insular Affairs is to promote the economic, social, and political development of the insular areas.
		The Office of Insular Affairs provides both financial and technical assistance to the insular areas on many complex and politically sensitive issues covering all aspects of governmental operations.
	pub21.bravenet.com /forum/1784577855/show/548485 (294 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
		Ferdinand Danny Aranza, a former Honolulu attorney and the newly appointed director of the Office of Insular Affairs under the Department of Interior, said Americans generally don't understand how the history here makes native Hawaiians unique among the country's indigenous people.
		Aranza, who stopped in Honolulu this week on his way to Saipan, said his office for the time being is a catch-all for native Hawaiian issues.
		The officials are John Berry, assistant secretary for Policy, Management and Budget in the Interior Department, and Mark Van Norman, director of the Justice Department's Office of Tribal Justice.
	starbulletin.com /1999/10/23/news/story2.html (1099 words)

	SBA: - Office of Advocacy -Letter dated 12/05/97 - Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration - Total ...
		SBA: - Office of Advocacy -Letter dated 12/05/97 - Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration - Total quantity and respective territorial shares of insular watches and watch movements which will be allowed to enter the United States free of duty in the calendar year 1998.
		The proposal establishes the total quantity and respective territorial shares of insular watches and watch movements which will be allowed to enter the United States free of duty in the calendar year 1998 pursuant to 15 CFR §303.3 and 15 CFR §303.4.
		The Office of Advocacy asserts that the certification is inadequate for RFA purposes.
	www.sba.gov /advo/laws/comments/com12-5.html (780 words)

	Ruth Tighe - On My Mind
		It doesn't surprise me - though it is more than a little regrettable - that the Department of Interior's spin doctors seem unwilling to come to the defense of its Office of Insular Affairs field representative in the CNMI in light of the patently absurd charges being made against him.
		The function of the OIA's office in the CNMI is to serve as liaison, as conduit, between the CNMI and Washington, D.C. On-site observations are expected as part of the responsibility of the position.
		Information given to the CNMI office is forwarded to Washington as a matter of course, information from Washington routinely delivered to the CNMI office for its information and use.
	net.saipan.com /cftemplates/omm/index.cfm?view=yes&RefNo=154 (997 words)

	INOUYE ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF SANDRA KING TO U.S. OFFICE OF INSULAR AFFAIRS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		WASHINGTON, D.C. -- United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye is pleased to announce that Sandra Salevasaosamoa King, a native of American Samoa, was appointed Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Insular Affairs.
		She is presently a Democratic Professional Staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
		Congressman Faleomavaega continued, "With her experience working in Senator Inouye's office, and most recently as a counsel for a U.S. Senate committee, Sandra is very well suited for this new position, and will bring with her the contacts and knowledge of Congressional operations.
	www.senate.gov /~inouye/99pr/99pr/10/1999A19345.html (413 words)

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		In a 1997 memo, David North, policy director for the Office of Insular Affairs, asked the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for information on how to assist Democratic candidates, and sent a copy of the memo to his boss, Allen P. Stayman, then director of Insular Affairs.
		North quietly retired as policy director of Insular Affairs 10 days after his office computer hard drive was subpoenaed by the House Resources Committee on July 13.
		The Insular Affairs office is responsible for coordinating federal policy in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
	members.aol.com /beachbt/north_dnc.txt (752 words)

	U.S. Coral Reef Task Force - Federal Agencies Descriptions
		OIA coordinates Federal policy in the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
		OIA also provides technical and financial assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau which share financial, diplomatic and military ties with the United States through a special relationship known as the Compact of Free Association.
		The FDEPs Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas (CAMA) is responsible for the management of Florida's 41 Aquatic Preserves, 3 National Estuarine Research Reserves, 1 National Marine Sanctuary, and the FDEP Coral Reef Conservation Program.
	www.coralreef.gov /taskforce/agencies.html (1783 words)

	guampdn - www.guampdn.com - Hagatna, GU
		Under the Clinton administration, Interior's Office of Insular Affairs pressed for those reforms in the Northern Marianas, but its efforts were blocked in Congress, where Abramoff had established ties with the House of Representatives' former No. 2, Rep. Tom DeLay.
		Roger Stillwell, the Interior Department's acting press officer for the Office of Insular Affairs, as well as desk officer for the Northern Marianas, has been charged for allegedly making a false statement in his financial disclosure report.
		As an employee of the Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, Stillwell filed an executive branch confidential financial disclosure report for fiscal year 2003, which he certified to be true when Stillwell "well knew the document falsely certified that he did not receive reportable gifts from a prohibited source."
	guampdn.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060630/NEWS01/606300306/1002 (551 words)

	LOCAL NEWS: STORY \| Samoa Observer Online: The Information Portal of Samoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		"The Office of Insular Affairs and the Office of the Inspector General, through independent audits official ASG audit reports, training programs and regulatory mechanisms, already provide a foundation for increasing efficiency and effectiveness of the local government in handling financial management issuexs in American Samoa making a government comptroller position impossible," he wrote.
		Faleomavaega said that there was already requirement, as announced in 2003 by the Office of Insular Affairs, that obligates the American Samoa government to cooperate with the Territorial auditor or face the withholding of Federal grants.
		By requesting the Inspector General to re-instate the office of government comptroller, Faleomavaega said, the Territorial Auditor is questioning the wisdom of established U.S. policy.
	www.samoaobserver.ws /news/local/ln0105/3105ln002.htm (544 words)

	From the Director (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Assistant Secretary Leslie Turner announced the closure of the Office of Territorial and International Affairs (OTIA) and the discontinuation of the position of assistant secretary.
		The remnants of the pool of experts on island affairs are now located in the Office of Insular Affairs in the Secretary of the Interiors office.
		Within the Pacific Islands Affairs office of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., the personnel turnover is also rapid.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~mspp/news_fall95/direct.html (463 words)

	$200 MILLION COMPACT GRANTS IN BUSH 2008 BUDGET - February 7, 2007 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The remainder of the increase is for inflation adjustments to the permanent appropriations under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
		Office of Insular Affairs carries out the Interior secretary’s responsibilities for U.S.-affiliated insular areas.
		The Office of Insular Affairs has and will continue to achieve its mission by promoting sound financial management practices in the insular governments, encouraging private sector-led economic development, and increasing federal responsiveness to the unique needs of island communities.
	pidp.eastwestcenter.org /pireport/2007/February/02-07-rel3.htm (429 words)

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		In furtherance of United States sovereignty over Navassa Island, the purpose of this Order is to delegate the Secretary's responsibilities for the administration of Navassa Island to the Director of the Office of Insular Affairs and to establish the process for entry onto Navassa.
		All of the authority of the Secretary of the Interior for the civil administration of Navassa Island, including the executive and judicial functions, is hereby delegated through the Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget to the Director of the Office of Insular Affairs.
		The Office of Insular Affairs will provide an amendment or Departmental Manual chapter to the Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget by one year from the date of signature of this Order.
	elips.doi.gov /elips/sec_orders/html_orders/3205.htm (301 words)

	SNOTE \| R \| Office of Insular Affairs' Second Annual Investment Development Conference \| 28-Apr-04 - FBO#0884
		The award is a sole-source/urgent requirement for the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA).
		The contractor shall provide professional services to design and implement a marketing plan for the OIA's Second annual Investment Development Conference to be held on September 23 and 24, 2004, in Los Angeles, CA.
		The objective is to meet OIA goals of maximum attendance, significant corporate presence by executives at the decision making level and outreach and education to as many potential investors as possible.
	www.fbodaily.com /archive/2004/04-April/28-Apr-2004/FBO-00573044.htm (229 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		In accordance with Section 303.3(a) of the regulations (15 CFR Part 303), this action establishes the total quantity of duty-free insular watches and watch movements for 1999 at 3,740,000 units and divides this amount among the three insular possessions of the United States and the Northern Mariana Islands.
		The criteria for the calculation of the 1999 duty-exemption allocations among insular producers are set forth in Section 303.14 of the regulations.
		Allen Stayman, Director, Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior.
	ia.ita.doc.gov /frn/9903frn/99-305a.txt (336 words)

	Office of Insular Affairs Announces FY 2008 Budget Request :: Everything Marshall Islands :: http://www.yokwe.net
		President Bush has proposed an FY 2008 budget of $403.8 million for the Office of Insular Affiars (OIA), of which $79.8 million is in current appropriations.
		The remainder of the increase is for inflation adjustments to the permanent appropriations under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau (Palau).
		The OIA has and will continue to achieve its mission by promoting sound financial management practices in the insular governments, encouraging private sector-led economic development, and increasing Federal responsiveness to the unique needs of island communities.
	www.yokwe.net /index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1651 (450 words)

	Pacific Magazine: HAWAII: David Cohen Speaks At Finance Officers Meeting
		Although we are beholden to two masters—the people of the islands and the American taxpayer—we serve both masters in exactly the same way: by ensuring that the people of the islands receive all of the benefits that they are intended to receive through our financial assistance.
		Some have complained that the Office of Insular Affairs’ tighter control over grant funds is undemocratic because it interferes with the authority of elected legislatures in the islands to control grant funds.
		We at the Office of Insular Affairs are jointly responsible with our grantees for ensuring that the funds are spent effectively.
	www.pacificmagazine.net /news/2005/12/06/hawaii-david-cohen-speaks-at-finance-officers-meeting (3028 words)

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