IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                             FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, eta!.,           )
                                        )    No. 1:96CV01285
                         P!aintiffs,    )    (Judge Lamberth)
      v.                                )
                                        )
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary              )
of the Interior, eta!.,                 )
                                        )
                         Defendants.    )
___________________________________________________________________________)


                       DEFENDANTS' AMENDED NOTICE REGARDING
           RESTORATION OF BLM'S NATIONAL TRUST SYSTEMS
          TO THE INTERNAL NETWORK FOR OPERATIONAL USE

     On June 2, 2006, Defendants fi!ed "Defendants' Notice To The Court Of Restoration Of

BLM's Nationa! Trust Systems To The Interna! Network For Operationa! Use." (Dkt. No. 3247)

In that notice, Defendants reported erroneous!y that BLM restored its Nationa! Trust Systems to

BLM's interna! network for operationa! use on June 2, 2006. Subsequent to our fi!ing this

notice, we !earned that, in fact, those Trust Systems were not restored to BLM's interna! network

for operationa! use on that date, but one of the systems was reconnected for certain testing

activities. This amended notice is intended to c!arif!y and correct the Notice fi!ed on June 2,

2006.

     Defendants now understand that the A!aska Land Information System ("ALIS") was not

reconnected to BLM's interna! network for any purpose on or after June 2, 2006. The Indian

Automated F!uid Minera!s Support System ("IAFMSS") was not reconnected to the BLM

network for operationa! use, but was connected to the BLM interna! network on the afternoon of

June 2, 2006, to begin the initia! stages of activation testing. IAFMSS was disab!ed from tester

access on the morning of June 5, 2006, as the initia! step for physica! disconnection from the


BLM internal network. A system administrator began standard backup procedures, upon the

conclusion of which IAFMSS was physically disconnected from BLM's internal network on

June 6, 2006, at 11:33 a.m., MDT. Since then, IAFMSS has remained physically disconnected

from BLM's internal network.

     Pursuant to conversations with Plaintiffs' counsel on June 7, 2006, Defendants have

agreed to provide notice to Plaintiffs' counsel with notice of at least 48 hours before either

IAFMSS or ALIS is connected to BLM's internal network.


Dated: June 9, 2006            Respectfully submitted,

                               PETER D. KEISLER
                               Assistant Attorney General
                               STUART E. SCHIFFER
                               Deputy Assistant Attorney General
                               J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN
                               Dire ctor


                               /s/ Robert E. Kirschman, Jr.
                               ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.
                               (D.C. Bar No. 406635)
                               Assistant Director
                               GLENN D. GILLETT
                               Trial Attorney
                               JOHN WARSHAWSKY
                               (D.C. Bar No. 417170)
                               Trial Attorney
                               Commercial Litigation Branch
                               Civil Division
                               P.O. Box 875
                               Ben Franklin Station
                               Washington, D.C. 20044-0875
                               Telephone: (202) 616-0328
                               Facsimile: (202) 514-7162


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                      CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

     I hereby certif!y that, on June 9, 2006 the foregoing Defendants 'Amended Notice
Regarding Restoration of BLIVI's National Trust Systems to the Internal Network for Operational
Use was served by Electronic Case Filing, and on the following who is not registered for
Electronic Case Filing, by facsimile:


                         Earl Old Person (Pro se)
                         Blackfeet Tribe
                         P.O. Box 850
                         Browning, MT 59417
                         Fax (406) 338-7530


                                   /s/ Kevin P. Kingston
                                   Kevin P. Kingston