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IGIA meeting starts today
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Posted on Feb 27 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Governors and congressional representatives from each of the U.S. insular areas will join senior-level officials from U.S. federal agencies this week in Washington, D.C. to discuss issues of importance to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S Virgin Islands.
The 2012 Senior Plenary Session of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas will be held at the White House Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday morning, Feb. 28, 2012, from 8:30am to 11:45am; the IGIA is co-chaired by the White House and the Secretary of the Interior.
The following day, the Office of Insular Affairs will convene a working-level meeting of the IGIA that will be held at the Campbell Auditorium in the Office of Personnel Management on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 29, from 1pm to 5pm.
“Over the course of the last year we have worked extensively to best respond to the many issues raised at the 2011 meeting. We have made a lot of progress and my hope is that we will continue working together to develop unique approaches and strategies that address the challenges faced by our island communities,” said Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Tony Babauta, who co-chairs the IGIA on behalf of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. David Agnew, recently appointed by President Obama to serve as the Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs serves as the White House co-chair.[I] (OIA)[/I]
