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The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that oversees federal administration of several United States insular areas.It is the successor to the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, which administered certain territories from 1902 to 1939, and the Office of Territorial Affairs (formerly the Division of Territories and Island ...
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Interior by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of July 23, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 10 nominees have been confirmed, 2 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 4 positions do not have nominees, and 2 appointments have been made to positions ...
Within the Interior Department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs handles some federal relations with American Indians, while others are handled by the Office of Special Trustee. The current acting assistant secretary for Indian affairs is Bryan Newland, an enrolled member of the Bay Mills Indian Community .
The bureau was created 13 December 1898 as the Division of Customs and Insular Affairs within the Office of the Secretary of War. [1] This followed the Spanish–American War , which resulted in the transfer of several areas from Spain to the United States, including the Philippines , Puerto Rico , and Cuba .
In a statement, the agency said Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the former governor of North Dakota, signed six orders on his first day in office. The moves by Burgum signal a dramatic shift in ...
Term of office Took office Left office Time in office United States Navy control Military Governor 1 John H. Hoover (1887–1970) March 1944 19 June 1944 3 months Military Governor and CINCPACFLT: 2 Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966) 19 June 1944 24 November 1945 1 year, 158 days 3 Raymond A. Spruance (1885–1969) 24 November 1945 3 February 1946
Brown boobies atop pier posts at Johnston Atoll, September 2005. The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a statistical designation applying to the minor outlying islands and groups of islands that comprise eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and two ...
Title 43 is the principal set of rules and regulations issued by federal agencies of the United States regarding public lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. It is available in digital and printed form, and can be referenced online using the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR).