GOAL 3.2: Insular Communities

Empower Insular Communities

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The Department empowers insular communities by improving the quality of life, creating economic opportunity, and promoting efficient and effective governance. The U.S.-affiliated insular areas include: the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Interior also administers and oversees Federal assistance provided to the three Freely Associated States: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. The Assistant Secretary and the Office of Insular Affairs carry out these responsibilities on behalf of the Secretary.

Stakeholder(s):

• Insular Communities


• American Samoa


• Guam


• U.S. Virgin Islands


• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands


• Federated States of Micronesia


• Republic of the Marshall Islands


• Republic of Palau


• Office of Insular Affairs

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