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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.
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Randy Beffrey |
Administrative Officer |
Ryan Edgar |
STEP Intern - FAS Issues and Private Sector Development |
Tanya Harris Joshua |
Desk Officer for Micronesia (FSM) and Palau; OIA Website; Press; FSM Trust Fund |
Karen Koltes |
Coral Reef Initiative |
Joseph McDermott |
Director Policy and Desk Officer for the Marshall
Islands, Palmyra Atoll's Excluded Areas and Wake Atoll's Residual Administration; RMI Trust Fund |
Wali Osman |
Economist |
Basil Ottley |
Desk Officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands |
Stephen Sander |
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 |
Marina Tinitali |
Accountability Policy & Audits; Desk Officer for American Samoa; Emergency Management Coordinator |
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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Budget Division This division budgets and accounts for OIA office expenditures and island grants. This division also maintains management for specially appropriated grant programs. |
- Tom Bussanich – Director of Budget Division and Compact Grants
- Mark Brown – Compact Impact, CIP, Water and Wastewater grants in American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Jonathan Dunn – Budget Issues
- Cheryl Jodoin – OMIP
- Faride Komisar – CIP
- Annette Stewart – Grant Obligations and Payments, Budget
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- Field Offices in Hawaii, FSM and Palau report to Budget Division Director
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Office of Insular Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
Phone: (202) 208-6971
FAX: (202) 208-7585
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Technical Assistance DivisionThe Division of Technical Assistance provides discretionary technical assistance funding to the insular governments, institutions and private firms which fall under OIA jurisdiction. |
- Charlene Leizear, Director of Technical Assistance
- Mary Baltimore, Program Analyst/Grants Manager
- Merriam Porter, Program Analyst/Grants Manager
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Office of Insular Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
Phone: (202) 208-4707
FAX: (202) 208-1545 |
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OIA's Honolulu Field OfficeThis office manages Compact II requirements for finance, performance standards and
sector grants for the Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of the Marshall Islands. |
- Tim Donohue, Education Sector Grants Manager/SEG
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Stephen Savage, Field Office Manager, Infrastructure, Compact Grants
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Gerald Shea, Public Sector Capacity Building Grants Manager
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Roylinne Wada, Special Assistant to the DAS on Health
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Office of Insular Affairs – Honolulu Office
733 Bishop Street, Suite 2530
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Phone (808) 525-5088
Fax (808) 525-5399 |
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OIA Field Representatives
- American Samoa – Lydia Faleafine-Nomura - (684) 633-2800
- CNMI – Keith Augenbaugh - (670) 233-9439
- CNMI – Jeffrey Schorr - (670) 234-8861
- FSM – Vic Hobson - (691) 320-2187
- RMI – Al Fowler - (692) 247-4011
- Vacant – Palau OIA Field Officer - (680) 488-2601
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The Federal Ombudsman’s Office provides assistance to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' 30,000 plus nonresident workers with labor and immigration complaints. The Federal Ombudsman’s Office has a staff of professional caseworker/interpreters who speak Mandarin, Taiwanese, Tagalog, Bengali, Hindu, Urdu and Singhalese.
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- Vacant - Federal Ombudsman
- Hsiao-Fen "Sophie" Chin - Case Worker/Interpreter
- Shao Yu "Mei" Liu - Administrative Assistant _
Case Worker/Interpreter
- Mohammed "Ripon" Ahmed - Case Worker/Interpreter
- Glen A. Buultjens - Case Worker/Interpreter
- Cripulo B. Hilario - Case Worker/Interpreter
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Federal Ombudsman’s Office
U.S. Department of Interior
Office of Insular Affairs
Suite 203
Marina Heights II
P.O. Box 502452
Saipan MP 96950
Telephone: (670) 322-8030
Fax: (670) 322-8040
Email: ombudsman@federalombudsman.com |
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