Hagåtña, Guam – On May 15, 2023, the Department of Revenue & Taxation processed and the Department of Administration mailed checks or paid by direct deposit, 2,498 Individual Tax refund payments totaling $5,797,646.26 for Tax Year 2022 and prior error-free returns for returns filed on, or before, April 4, 2023.    Refunds paid...

Hagåtña, Guam – The Government of Guam was awarded $2,764,000 in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) on May 11, 2023. The award will fund the following initiatives: $1,789,000 to the Office of the Governor of Guam for the Southern Guam Flood Mitigation Project, with...

Tamuning, Guam (May 12, 2023) – The Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program is accepting new applications for its Cycle 6 period. The ERA program continuously works to address the financial challenges of thousands of families still impacted by the pandemic. Since launching in March 2021, the ERA Program has supported over 11,000 households with...

Hagåtña, Guam - The Office of the Governor issues the following statement on the 37th Guam Legislature’s passage of the LEAP and Power Credit Bills:  The Leon Guerrero-Tenorio Administration has supported the Local Employers’ Assistance Program (LEAP) since its inception. For the first round of LEAP, Governor Leon Guerrero provided $37.5...

Hagåtña, Guam - The Office of the Governor issues the following statement on the anticipated discussions on Bill No. 83-37 (LS) relative to energy credits and Bill No. 75-37 (LS) relative to the Local Employer Assistance Program (LEAP):   “Yesterday, senators discussed a bill that would appropriate funds towards the Local Employers’...

Hagåtña, Guam - Governor Lou Leon Guerero, at the invitation by Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, recently participated in the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit, held in Maryland and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Summit plays a vital role in attracting and facilitating foreign business investments throughout the nation and...

Hagåtña, Guam – On May 8, 2023, the Department of Revenue & Taxation processed and the Department of Administration mailed checks or paid by direct deposit, 1,563 Individual Tax refund payments totaling $4,025,857.20 for Tax Year 2022 and prior error-free returns for returns filed on, or before, March 26, 2023.    Refunds paid this week total...

Hagåtña, Guam - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) declared under the Public Health Service Act for COVID-19 is expected to end on May 11, 2023. Although the PHE is ending, federal support will continue through the proposed HSS Bridge Access Program for COVID-19 Vaccines and...

Hagåtña, Guam - The Office of the Governor issues the following statement on Public Law 37-3:  In January, Governor Leon Guerrero approved a 22% pay adjustment to the General Pay Plan (GPP) and submitted Bill 24, now Public Law 37-3, to fund the new GPP pay adjustments from April 1, 2023, until the end of the fiscal year on September 30,...