OIA OMIP Grants

OMIP Grant Awardees

The Operations and Maintenance Improvement Program (OMIP) is part of the Technical Assistance Program in the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), which designed OMIP to create and to support institutions that enhance the capability of the governments of the insular areas and the freely associated states (FAS) to maintain their capital infrastructure. Specific areas that OIA has targeted for OMIP assistance are water, sewage or power systems, solid waste disposal, roads, ports, airports, schools and other public buildings. OIA manages OMIP frequently with the assistance of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, particularly in the Pacific insular areas and the FAS.

The Office of Insular Affairs is pleased to announce the approval of the following grants under the Operations and Maintenance Improvement Program (OMIP).

FY08 American Samoa

Date	Agency	Amount	Purpose
FY 2008 FY 2007 FY 2006
05/16/2008	American Samoa	$164,000.00	To provide funding for the Airport Fire Station Maintenance Program
03/19/2008	American Samoa	$80,000	To procure a set of standardized and energy efficient house plans for Government - Development Bank customers of DBAS of American Samoa (DBAS)
03/19/2008	American Samoa	$27,000	Funding for strengthening institutional capacity of DBAS through participation Government - Development Bank trade and advocacy associations
01/18/08	Development Bank of American	$37,500	To strengthen institutional capacity of DBAS and Territorial Registrar's Office through the Samoa (DBAS)automation of records at the Territorial Registrar's Office.
03/16/07	American Samoa Community College	$72,000	Mmaintenance of ASCC facilities
02/16/07	Port Administration	$15,000	Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure Plan; training