[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 144 (Thursday, July 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43855-43856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18248]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary is announcing that the Secretarial
Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform (the Commission)
will hold a public Webinar meeting on August 13, 2012. The Commission
has gathered valuable information to begin work on various
subcommittees to explore the definitions and foundation of the trust
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relationship, explore other trust models, review reports and various
documents and identify recommendations from previous studies, and
consider the nature and scope of necessary audits of the Department's
trust administration systems. The Secretarial Commission's charter
requires the Commission to provide well-reasoned and factually based
recommendations for potential improvements to the existing management
and administration of the trust administration system. The Commission
is committed to early public engagement and welcomes your participation
in these important meetings.
DATES: The Commission's Webinar meeting will begin at 2 p.m. and end at
4 p.m. Eastern Time on August 13, 2012. Attendance is open to the
public, but limited space is available. Members of the public who wish
to attend must RSVP by August 10, 2012, by registering at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/876785297. Instructions for joining the
Webinar will be emailed after registration occurs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Official,
Lizzie Marsters, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary, Department of
the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Room 6119, Washington, DC 20240; or
email to Lizzie_Marsters@ios.doi.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of President Obama's commitment to
fulfilling this nation's trust responsibilities to Native Americans,
the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) appointed five members to
serve on the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and
Reform, established under Secretarial Order No. 3292, dated December 8,
2009. The Commission will play a key role in the Department's ongoing
efforts to empower Indian nations and strengthen nation-to-nation
relationships.
The Commission will complete a comprehensive evaluation of the
Department's management and administration of the trust assets within a
two-year period and offer recommendations to the Secretary on how to
improve in the future. The Commission will:
(1) Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Department's
management and administration of the trust administration system;
(2) Review the Department's provision of services to trust
beneficiaries;
(3) Review input from the public, interested parties, and trust
beneficiaries, which should involve conducting a number of regional
listening sessions;
(4) Consider the nature and scope of necessary audits of the
Department's trust administration system;
(5) Recommend options to the Secretary for improving the
Department's management and administration of the trust administration
system based on information obtained from the Commission's activities,
including whether any legislative or regulatory changes are necessary
to permanently implement any suggested improvements; and
(6) Consider the provisions of the American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994 providing for the termination of the
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, and make
recommendations to the Secretary regarding termination.
The following items will be on the agenda:
Trust Commission Operations:
Review, discussion, and approval of June 2012 meeting
minutes;
Updates on action items from June 2012 meeting;
Report on Commission outreach since June;
Discussion of preliminary, draft Commission recommendations;
Discussion of Commission Subcommittee progress and products;
Review of and discussion of September meeting agenda topics
and related outreach activities;
Review action items of resulting from Webinar call; and
Public comments.
Written comments may be sent to the Designated Federal Official
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. To review
all related material on the Commission's work, please refer to http://www.doi.gov/cobell/commission/index.cfm. All meetings are open to the
public.
Dated: July 19, 2012.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-18248 Filed 7-25-12; 8:45 am]
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