Policy & Liaison Division
| The Policy & Liaison Division serves several functions as identified below:
- Serves as OIA’s liaison to the Congress, the four territorial and three freely associated state governments, other Federal agencies, the media and the public
- Oversees (a) the Compact of Free Association trust funds for the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia and (b) annual budgets for two Marshall Islands atoll governments (Bikini and Rongelap)
- Advances the rehabilitation of four Marshall Islands atolls (Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap and Utrik) and the resettlement of the peoples of the four atolls
- Carries out the Secretary's responsibilities as the civil administrator of the Palmyra Atoll Excluded Areas and, as appropriate, the residual civil administrator of Wake Atoll
- Maintains a field office in American Samoa and two field offices in the Northern Mariana Islands; Has field desk officers in the FSM (Pohnpei), Palau, and the Marshall Islands.
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| Randy Beffrey |
Administrative Officer |
| Joseph Gecan |
Energy Assessment & Interagency Group on Insular Areas |
| Tanya Harris Joshua |
Desk Officer for Micronesia (FSM) and Palau; OIA Website |
| Karen Koltes |
Coral Reef Preservation |
| Joseph McDermott |
Acting Director Liaison and Desk Officer for American Samoa, the Marshall Islands, Palmyra Atoll's Excluded Areas and Wake Atoll's Residual Administration |
| Richard Miller |
Trust Funds for Micronesia (FSM) and the Marshall Islands under the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 |
| Wali Osman |
Economist |
| Stephen Sander |
Acting Director Policy; Legislative Affairs; Trust Funds for Micronesia (FSM) and the Marshall Islands under the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 |
| Francisco Taitano |
Desk Officer for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; Press |
| Marina Tinitali |
Accountability Policy Specialist & Audit Liaison Officer |
| Angela Williams |
Private Sector Development |
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Office of Insular Affairs - Policy & Liaison Division
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
Phone: (202) 208-6816
FAX: (202) 219-1989
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