IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et aL, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 1:96CV01285 ) (Judge Lamberth) DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the Interior, ) ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________________________________________________________________) NOTICE OF FILING OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY The Department of the Treasury has prepared its Twenty-Seventh Quarterly Report on Actions Taken By the Department of the Treasury to Retain JIM-Related Documents Necessary For an Accounting and submits it to the Court in accordance with this Court's Order of December21, 1999. A copy of the report is attached hereto. Dated: September 1, 2006 Respecffiilly submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General STUART E. SCHIFFER Deputy Assistant Attorney General J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN Dir ector /s/ John J. Siemietkowski ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, Jr. (D.C. Bar No. 406635) Assistant Director JOHN J. SIEMIETKOWSKI Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division P.O. Box 875 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 Phone (202) 514-3368 Fax(202) 514-9163 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certif!y that, on September 1, 2006 the foregoing Notice of Filing of the Twenty-Seventh Quarterly Report for the Department of the Treasury 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 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUREAU OF THE PUBLiC DEBT WASNPN4GTON, DC 20Z$9-0001 September 1, 2006 MEMORANDUM FOR: PETER D. KEISLER ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL CIVIL DIVISION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FROM: PAUIL G. WOLFTEICFI! CHIEF COUNSEL ,t ! BUREAU OF THE PUBI.!IC DEBT DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SUBJECT: TWENTY-SEVENTH QUARTERLY REPORT CO/JELL v. KEMPTHORNE included with this cover memorandum is th.e "Twenty-Seventh Quarterly Report on Actions Taken by the Department of the Treasury to Retain IIM-Related Documents Necessary for an Accounting" (the Report). The Report has been prepared by the Eepartrnent of the Treasury pursuant to the Court Order and Opinion in Cobdll v. Babbilt (.D.DC. CV No, 96-1285), filed December21, 1999. The Report includes information concerning the Financial Management Service ("EMS"), the Bureau of the Public Debt ("BPD"), and certain Departmental Offices ("DO"). The Report was prepared based on information provided by a number of program offices from the above-described organizations. The preparation of thc Report included circulation of drafts of the Report to program offices that are responsible for the actions described in thc Report. Comments were received from, those offices and incorporated in the Report. Senior officials of FMS, BPD and DO reviewed the Report before it was submitted to the Department of Justice, The Department of the Treasury stands ready to respond to any questions or concerns the Court may have after reviewing the Report. www.treasurydirect.gov TWENTY-SEVENTH QUARTERLY REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TO RETAIN IIM-RELATED DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR AN ACCOUNTING Cobell, et at. v. Kempthorne, et at. September 1, 2006 This is the Department of the Treasury's ("Treasury") Twenty-Seventh Quarterly Report, pursuant to the Court's December 21, 1999 Order ("Order") in the above- captioned case. It covers activities occurring over a three-month period from June 1, 2006 through August31, 2006. The Order requires Treasury to report on the steps it has taken since the last quarterly report to rectif!y a single breach of its trust responsibilities, namely the destruction of IIM trust materials after their age exceeded six years and seven months. Cobell. et al. v. Babbitt. et al., 91 F.Supp. 2d 1, 50, 59 (D.D.C. 1999). Treasury continues to preserve IIM-related documentation pursuant to the Court's August 12, 1999 Order, which defines the trust records that Treasury must retain. During the past quarter, Treasury again issued reminders to ensure the retention of required records. The reminders issued this quarter include letters reminding banks (see Attachments A and B), Secret Service (see Attachment C), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (!ç Attachments D and B), and a contractor (!ç Attachment F), to continue retaining pertinent records. In addition, employees of the Financial Management Service (FMS) and the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) were again reminded to continue preserving records related to this litigation (!ç Attachments G and E)! and retention instructions to pertinent Departmental Office (DO) employees continue to be posted on DO's intranet site (see Attachment I). On June 14, 2006, Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) attorneys representing each FRE district participated in a conference call, during which representatives of the FMS Chief Counsel's Office provided an update on the Indian trust litigation and a reminder that no FRE fiscal agency records may be destroyed unless approved in writing by Treasury. During this reporting period, FMS experienced two incidents in which certain of its records were exposed to water. One occurred as a result of unprecedented rainfall at the end of June 2006; the other occurred as a result of a sprinkler system water main break. The basement of FMS' Hyattsville, Maryland office flooded on June 25, 2006, exposing to water the bottom drawers of a large group of file cabinets containing FMS' working-copy set of microfilm copies of negotiated Treasury checks. This working copy set was created to be used by FMS' Check Claims Branch personnel to obtain copies of checks needed for carrying out business functions without having to access original negotiated checks from the Federal Records Centers. The water exposure is believed to have affected the quality of the check images on at least portions of some of the water- exposed microfilm cartridges. FMS is continuing to investigate the extent of any damage, but it is believed that much of the information on those microfilms is available from other FMS records. On July 14, 2006 and July 17, 2006, NARA informed FMS and BPD, respectively, that boxes from several accessions of their paper records stored at the Washington National Records Center in Suitland, Maryland (WNRC) became wet as the result of a sprinkler that burst due to a water main break on July 2, 2006. Approximately 124 boxes of FMS records were affected by the water leak, some of which contain types of records that could include JIM-related records (e.g., Treasury checks and check claims documents). Approximately 18 boxes of BPD records were affected, all of which contain Savings Bond records. NARA has advised FMS and BPD that it sent all affected boxes to a remediation contractor, to be dried using freeze-drying techniques, and that it expects all of the boxes to be returned in good condition to the WNRC, possibly by the end of November 2006. 2 INDEX TO ATTACHMENTS The Department of the Treasury 's Twenty-Seventh Quarterly Report September 1, 2006 Attachment A August 1, 2006 letters mailed by FMS to Mellon Bank and Bank of America, reminding them to continue preserving all records pertinent to two lockbox accounts used to process JIM deposits (the account at Mellon Bank is open; the account at Bank of America is closed). Attachment B Examples of August 2, 2006 Business Alert Message sent by FMS to all banks that act as Treasury's financial agents and August 11, 2006 letter sent by FMS to all banks that formerly acted as Treasury's financial agents, reminding them to continue to retain, indefinitely, records associated with Interior's deposits to the Treasury General Account. Attachment C August 11, 2006 letter issued by FMS, reminding the U.S. Secret Service to continue preserving, until further notice, all Treasury checks that FMS forwards for investigation and related information and records. Attachment D August 14, 2006 letter from BPD to NARA, reminding NARA to continue the "freeze" on BPD records at Federal Records Centers. Attachment E August 14, 2006 letter from FMS to NARA, reminding NARA to continue the "freeze" on FMS records at Federal Records Centers. Attachment F August 30, 2006 letter from FMS to Didlake, Inc., reminding Didlake, Inc. to continue retaining closed check claims case records indefinitely. Attachment G Global e-mail issued August 10, 2006 to all FMS employees, and posted on FMS' intranet site, reminding employees to continue retaining records related to this litigation indefinitely and to continue utilizing the "Cobell Archive" mailbox to retain all JIM- related e-mail. Attachment H Global e-mail issued August 21, 2006 to all BPD employees, and posted on BPD's intranet site, reminding employees to continue preserving JIM-related records indefinitely and sending all JIM- related e-mail to BPD' s dedicated mailbox. Attachment I Retention instructions issued to DO employees and posted on DO's intranet site, including steps for sending e-mail documents to DO's dedicated "Cobell" mailbox. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Attachment A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (1 of 2) WASHINGTON, D.C. 20227 August 1, 2006 Ms. Elaine Friedman, Vice President Mellon Bank Mellon Client Service Center Suite 1260 Pittsburgh, PA 15259-0001 Re: Minerals Management Service Lockbox Account Agency Location Code 14170001, Lockhox Number 911-4258 Dear Ms. Friedman: As you know, FMS remains under a continuing court order in Cohell, et al. v. Norton, et al. to preserve, indefinitely, all records relating to Individual Tndian Money (JIM) trust funds and trust assets. Accordingly, please continue to retain all documentation pertaining to the above-referenced lockbox account until further notice. You have confirmed that the records for this account include: Standard Form 215 Standard Form 5515 ACH Receiving Remittance/Payment Report Demand Deposit Account Activity Statements any forms used to facilitate internal processing, such as the CASH-LINK II Deposit Report Form You must retain the records for this account iN ALL FORMS AND MEDIA generated for the account. This includes paper, electronic, microfilm, microfiche, or any other media.! If you create the same record in multiple media, you must retain the record in all media. Please distribute this letter to appropriate bank personnel, including records management personnel. If you have any questions regarding these retention instructions, please contact me at (202) 874-6847. Thank you for your continued cooperation. Sincerely, Sheryi R. Morrow, Director General Revenue Collection Division Attachment A DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (2 of 2) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE WASHINGTON. DC. 20Z27 August 1, 2006 Mr. Stephen C. 1-Iemdon Senior Vice President Bank of America Federal Government Banking Division 600 Peachtrcc Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30308-2214 Re: Bureau of Indian Affairs - Palm Springs Lockbox Account (closed 11/1/05) Agency Location Code 00004844, Lockbox Number 72758 Dear Mr. Herndon: As you know, EMS remains under a continuing court order in Cobell. et al. v. Norton, et ! to preserve, indefinitely, all records relating to Individual Indian Money (JIM) trust funds and trust assets. Notwithstanding the fact that the above-referenced lockhox account was closed effective November 1, 2005, please continue to retain all documentation pertaining to the account until further notice. You have confirmed that the account records include: Standard Foni! 215 Standard Form 5515 Check copies Monthly Account Activity Reports (MAAR) Monthly Account Analysis Statements (MAAS) Standard Listing Any fornis used to facilitate internal processing, such as the Daily Balance Sheet Your bank must continue to retain the records for this account IN ALL FORIVIS AND MEDIA that were generated. Accordingly, notwithstanding that your bank began generating photocopies of the checks associated with this account on October 1, 2001, you must continue retaining any duplicate copies on microfilm, unless and until FMS obtains court approval for your bank to retain only pre-October 2001 microfilm copies and post-September 2001 photocopies. Page 2 - Mr. Hemdon Please distribute this letter to appropriate bank personnel, including records management personnel. If you have any questions regarding these retention instructions, please contact me at (202) 874-6847. Thank you for your continued cooperation. Sincerely, ! Sheryl R. Morrow, Director General Revenue Collection Division cc: Linda S. Corbett, Senior Vice President, Bank of America Attachment B (1 of2) [Business Alert Message (BAN) for Current TGA5] This is a reminder to continue preserving records in accordance with EMS' prior instructions to your financial institution. As statcd in our initial letter dated July 9. 1999 and each successive reminder letter, including the most recent Business Alert Message issued on February 16, 2006, due to ongoing litigation [Cobell, et al. v. Norton, et al., Civ. No. 1-96CV0 1285 (D.D.C)], your financial institution must retain, until further notice: Standard Form 215, Standard Form 5515 and any supporting documentation, IN ALL FORMS AND MEDIA, associated with transactions relating to deposits received from the Department of the Interior for credit to the Treasury's General Account (TGA). 'Ibis includes paper, electronic, microfilm, microfiche, or any other media. If you have not already done so, please designate a point of contact at your financial institution to disseminate these record retention instructions to appropriate personnel at your organization (including records management personnel). Please ensure that an appropriate dissemination and compliance process is in place to ensure these instructions are being followed at your financial institution. If these retention instructions create a problem for your operations, please send your concerns in writing to the Over-the-Counter Revenue Collection Division at 401 14th Street, S.W., Room 307C, Washington. DC 20227. If you have any questions, contact the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis at 1-866-771-1842 or Ava Singleton on (202) 874-9986. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Attachment B FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (2 of2) WASHINGTON, D.C. 20227 August ii, 2006 Dear Sir or Madam; This is a reminder to continue preserving records in accordance with EMS' prior instructions to your financial institution. As stated in our initial letter dated July 9, 1999 and each successk'e reminder letter, including our most recent reminder letter dated February 24, 2006, due to ongoing litigation [Cohe11!.!t al. v. Norton et aL, Civ. No. 1-96CV0 1285 (D.DC)]. your financial institution must retain, until further notice: Standard Form 215, Standard Form 5515 and any supporting documentation, IN ALL FORMS AND MEDIA, associated with transactions relating to deposits received from the Department of the interior for credit to the Treasury's General Account (TCIA). This includes any such records formerly maintained by the financial institutions shown on the attached list, now in your possession, custody or controL This includes paper, electronic, microfilm, microfiche, or any other media. If you have not already done so, please designate a point of contact at your financial institution to disseminate these record retention instructions to appropriate personnel at your organization, including records management personnel. Please ensure that an appropriate dissemination and compliance process is in place to ensure these instructions are being followed at your financial institution. If these retention instructions create a problem for your operations, please send your concerns in writing to the Over-the-Counter Revenue Collection Division (OTCD) at 401 14th Street, SW., Room 307C, Washington, DC 20227, as soon as possible- Thank you for your continuing cooperation in this matter, if you have any questions, the first point of contact is the Fedenti Reserve Bank of St. Louis at 1-866-711-1842. Should you have further questions, feel free to contact Ava Singleton on (202) 874-9986. Sincerely, 1)!q ! ))! Corvelli A. McDaniel, Director Over-the-Cotmter Revenue Collection Division A/C Federal Finance /*(!kF! DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE Attachment C HYATTSVILLE, MD 20782 AUG 11 2006 Brian K. Nagel Assistant Director, Office of Investigations U.S. Secret Service 950 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20223 Re: Document Retention Order in Cobell, et al. v. Norton, et al. Civ. No. 1-96CV01285(D.D.c,) Dear Mr. Nagel: This is a reminder that Treasury remains subject to a continuing court order in the above- referenced lawsuit, requiring Treasury to retain, indefinitely, "all documents and data relating to Individual Indian Money trust finds and Individual Indian trust assets." Copies of the document retention order entered in the ease on August 12, 1999 and Treasury's Stipulation filed with the court on July 6, 1999 were provided with some of our previous reminder letters to Secret Service, including our reminder letter dated August 26, 2003. Please let me know if you need copies of those documents. As stated in our previous letters to Secret Service (dated January 14, 2000, October 13, 2000, February 28, 2001, August 29, 2001, August 28, 2002, February 12, 2003, August 26, 2003, January 16, 2004, August 2,2004, February 2, 2005, August 10, 2005, and February 6, 2006), among the types of records that Treasury must preserve to comply with the court order and Stipulation are all Treasury checks and check-related records. Accordingly, please continue to preserve, until firthcr notice, all Treasury checks that FMS forwards to your bureau for investigation and all information and records your bureau maintains relating to those checks. Please continue to take all steps necessary to determine and document that all such records in the possession of Secret Service are being preserved indefinitely. If you have any questions concerning thc Cobell document retention order and Stipulation, please contact Beth Kramer in the FMS Chief Counsel's office, at (202) 874-7036, or me, at (202) 874- 7913. Thank you for your continued cooperation and assistance. Sincerely, ! RoMjd 0. Cymb!iç( Director Financial Processing Division cc: Thomas Dougherty, Office of Chief Counsel, U.S. Secret Service - Fax #202/406-6544 Attachment D DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUREAU or TH! PUBLIC DEBT PAflKERSBURG, WV 261o6-laza August 14, 2006 Nationai Archives arid Records Administration Life Cycle Management Division Attention: Stephen Cooper 8601 Adeiphi Road College Park, MD 20740-660 1 Re: Suspending Destruction Dear Mr. Cooper: As you are aware, the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Department of the Treasury, has been under court order since August 1999 to preserve all documents relating to the pending litigation, Cobell v. Norton, et al.. which challenges the government's management of the Individual Indian Monies (tIM). The purpose of this letter is to remind you that BPI) remains under court order to preserve records indefinitely for purposes of the Cobell Litigation. Therefore, we request that the Federal Records Centers continue to implement the freeze on ill records from BPD Record Groups 53 and 82 and preserve all such records until further notice. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, Vicki Thorpe, Manager, Graphics, Printing, and Records Branch Records orncer DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY AttachmentE FIN1!NCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE HYATTSVILLE, MD 20782 August 14 , 2006 Thomas E. Mills Assistant Archivist for Regional Records Services National Archives and Records Administration Office of Regional Records Services 8601 Adelphi Road, Suite 3600 College Park, MD 20740 Dear Mr. Mills: I'he purpose of this letter is to remind you that Financial Management Service (FMS), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, remains under court order to preserve records indefinitely for purposes of the Cobefl, et al. v. Norton, et al. litigation. Therefore, we request that the Federal Records Centers continue to implement the freeze on all records from FMS Record Groups 39, 50 and 425 and preserve all such records until further notice. If you have any questions, you may contact Charles Brett at (202) 874-6156. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, t.King,Dfrecto! Administrative Programs Division DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Attachment F FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE rO WASHINGTON. D.c. 20227 August 30, 2006 Didlake, Inc. Ann: Victoria Tanner, Project Manager 3700 East-West Highway, Room B-014 I-Iyattsvi!le, MD 20782 Re: FMS Contract Number TFMS-HQ-04-K-000 1 (formerly FHQ99D5 1295) Dear Ms. Tanner: Please continue to ensure that appropriate personnel at your company who perform work For FMS under the referenced contract are aware of, and are complying with, FMS's longstanding instructions to retain, indefinitely, all cheek claims related records. Such Records include microfiche copies of closed check claims case files, original documents Contained in such files (including original TFS 1133 claim fornis), and any supporting Information or documentation associated with same. Our letter to you dated August?, 2001 included a copy of the retention order issued August 12, 1999 in the Cobell, ct al. v Norton, et al. litigation. If you need another copy of the retention order, please let me know. Please make FMS aware of any concerns you may have regarding these instruction. You may contact the COTR, Marilyn Haynes, at (202) 874-8883 or Evelyn J. Daval at (202) 874-6979, if you have any questions. Thank you for your continued cooperation. Sincerelç! Evelyn . Daval Contracting Officer Cc: Marilyn Haynes, COTR Beth Kramer, Office of Chief Counsel Attachment G Official FMS Business To: Office of the Commissioner Debt Management Services Federal Finance Financial Operations Governmentwide Accounting Information Resources AC Management Regional Operations HO Austir Birmingham Kansas City Philadelphia San Francisco Date: 08/10/2006 From: William Higgins Subject: Cobell and Tribal Trust Litigation - FMS Retention Requirements Date: August 10, 2006 To: All FMS Employees From: Kenneth R. Papaj ConrnTlissioncr Subject: Cobell and Tribal Trust Litigation - FMS Retention Requirements All FMS employees are again reminded that FMS remains subject to continuing court orders and Treasury directives, requiring us to retain and safeguard all documents, data and tangible things that relate to Individual Indian Money (TIM) and Tribal trust funds and assets, indefinitely. To ensure that we remain in compliance with the court orders and directives, please continue to adhere to the following FMS requirements: 1. Do not destroy any documents, data or tangible things unless you have received written approval from the Chief Counsel. This rule applies to all documents, data and tangible things, whether litigation-related or not. Prepare a disposition request, following the instructions contained in the Chief Counsel's March 7, 2000 memorandum entitled "Process for Obtaining Disposition Approval" (posted on the FMS intranet on the "Cobell/Tribal Litigation" page). The only exception to this rule is for "obvious non-record materials," as described in the attached "Quick Reference Guide." 2. Continue copying or forwarding all Cobell-related and Tribal-related e-mail and other electronic documents to theiT respective dedicated mailboxes ("Cobell Archive('à!fms" for Cobell-related e-mail/electronic documents and "Tribal Mailhox(iiffms" for Tribal-related e-mail/electronic documents). To insert a mailbox address on an e-mail, simply type "Cobell" or "l'ribal" and press the "Enter" key. You may delete your copy of any e-mail or other electronic document sent to these mailboxes. 3. Promptly forward any voicemail messages that relate to the Jicarilla Apache Nation or The Pueblo of Laguna Tribe to EMS' dedicated "Tribal" voicemail repository. Step-by-step instructions for forwarding voicemail messages to the repository are provided in my March 26, 2004 memorandum (posted on the FMS intranet on the "Cobell/Tribal Litigation" page). 4. Do not archive (move) data from any FMS electronic production systems that contain litigation-related data, except pursuant to a written archive plan that has been approved by the Commissioner's Office. Please refer to the Deputy Commissioner's March 24, 2000 memorandum entitled "Maintenance of Data on EMS Systems" (posted on the FMS intranet on the "Cohell/Tribal Litigation" page) for more information about this rcqlLirement. 5. Do not attempt to give guidance on record retention matters to Federal Reserve Bank personnel. Please refer all such questions to Tern Dawson at (202) 874-6877 or to Beth Kramer at (202) 874-7036. I appreciate your continued compliance with these instructions and encourage you to review the pertinent memoranda posted on the EMS intranet. To locate the memoranda, double click on the icon for Netscape Navigator. This moves you to FMS' intranet. Under "News" or !IIot Topics," click on "CobelliI'ribal Litigation." If you have questions or need assistance regarding any of these retention requirenients, please do not hesitate to contact Tern Dawson at (202) 874-6877 or Beth Kramer at (202) 874-7036. Ihank you. Attachment AT!!-! *A4!WA - A VT - ! !/!SA !A ! S !4!dk4j \! LL45!4!fl S !UU'TJ 155¼#SSS! h S US ! Commissioner Papaj (August 10, 2006 memo) - Attachment Previous Page I Nexk Paqo !A Quick Reference Guid&' I I4EI%IE!iBER: PRESEIt"E All. INTF.RIOR!INI)1AN-'FRE.'ST-RELAi'EI) MA'I'LRiAil: OBVIOtJS !ONRE('OR1) NIATERIAI!S These lucy he desTroyed winoJ ! oI.DprovcI of the Chief ( !,._n_. CATEGORIES EXAMPLES * Office supply catalocis . vendor marketing materials. I. Non- * non-EMS publicatiorisimanuals. such as phone books. , ... Federal Pecuster. dictionaries, "Lotus Notes for Dummies.' I reasu n'! I \IS - \laterial * attendee s copy cf handloLits received at meetings. trainii'ici, etc . employees copy of vvorkre[oted organization charts, phone 2 Ii easni ! I ! li'!fr Tioa!nrq L.nrie3ronlen! - hi 11111 ii -U Dtsti ibutioii HTiiliiyt! r ' t F! 1!l ubli!tiiiic oh a F l4eierence Material . excess stocks of EMS morketirici ruciterials, such as Direct De.!:'osit broc hires * notices received re: IT security. scheduling cf niectindis & van rides, training. ''acting" manacje P3. voting leave, etc. * notices received re:r etu'ements, deaths. TSP. CEO. PTI. Flex Account. etc. 3. Personal Papers * employees copy of T&A , !ayrol I, personnel. etc. records ! except travel recordls:recHpts . printouts cf non-Federal 'v'veh pages that were not used for FMS business a nc'n-FMS-relcitecl catendars!reminders a recipes, l:'oeliis, cartoons, etc. * l:rnt!' banner pacie'3. and printer faili.u'e reports 4. (fllter a interim drafts created but never circulated toanvone * duplicates of amy of the examples in these four categories. !reyiqy!. Page I No !d You are here: Home > News > Cobell Litigation > -- Commissioner Papaj (August 10, 2006 memo) - Attachment http://intranetl'ms.treas.gov/counscl.nsf/print/09966EDE89762096852571 1 50062C1D4 8/31/2006 Attachment H Nancy Fleetwood/SPO To All- BPD (business use onlyl) 08121f2006 12:44 PM cc tiM Msilbcx@BPD bce Subject IMPORTANT REMINDER TO ALL EMPLOYEES Histoiy: ! This message has been forwaidea. I'd like to remind all employees that BPD remains subject to a court order that !ovcrns the retention of records relating to the Individual Indian Money (JIM) trust fund and IJM trust assets. To ensure compliance with this court order, you should not desiroy any documents or data pertaining to the following subjects without written approval from the Chief Cdunsel or his designee: * TiM deposit fund investment records * TIM accounts and accounts held in trust by the Department of the Interidr * Savings bonds held in trust form of registration by the Department of the Interior * Correspondence (internal and external) relating to Individual Indian Mo!iey * Electronic communications, such as c-mails and Internet messages, relating to the subjects above, unless those communications have been forwarded to thc Cobell mailbox. You should Continue to copy or forward all e-mails relating to the IIM trust hind, JIM trust assets, and the Cobell litigation to the dedicated IIM Mailbox. To insert the mailbox address on an e-mail, simply type "JIM Mailbox" and press the "Enter" key. The Federal Reserve Banks have also been instructed not to destroy any fiscal agency records unless they have received specific permission in writing from Treasury authorifing the destruction. Please refer any inquiries from FRB personnel regarding record retention to Jimmy Phillips at (202) 504-3683, fax number (202) 504-3630. Don't attempt to give guidance on record retention matters to any FRB employee. I appreciate your continued compliance with these instructions and encourage you to occasionally review the pertinent memoranda and c-mails, which are posted on PD Web under the Office of the Chief Counsel's (0CC) website. Just click on the office link "0CC" and then click on" Co bell v. Norton ," which appears in the "Litigation" section. Thanks again for thc great support you have shown in helping Public Debt comply with a very challenging court order. Image: IJONet/Portal Image Banner Attachment I ______________ Litigation Obligations and Directives Office of the General Counsel Directive From General Counsel To All Departmental Offices Employees Coilcerning Cohell Litigation By order of the Court in Cobell v. Norton, Departmental Offices employees must preserve all documents and records, whether in paper, electronic, or other form, that are relevant to any aspect of the government's responsibilities with respect to the individual Indian money trust. Such responsibilities include, but are not limited to, management, I administration, collection, disbursement, investment, and accounting of trust funds. To comply with the various court orders to which we are subject in Cobell v. Norton, to make it easier to manage and retrieve electronic mail as needed, and to help ensure that our electronic mail will continue to About Us operate, I am requesting that you do the following things: Coritfl P!ge Owner Step One: Search for Previous E-1!1aiIs You Have Sent or Received II II II Home Search your e-mail, including Inbox, Drafts, "Message Log," and all "Folders" and "Archives," for axiything that relates in any way to the Cobell litigation, Individual Indian Monies, or Department of Interior investments on behalf of individual Indians. Forward any e-mails that you find on this subject (including attachments and retaining forwarding history) to "Cobell" or Cobell(titdo.treas.gov. In an effort to manage electronic mail, we have created this dedicated mailbox for Cobell-related and/or discussions relating to Individual Indian Money account. Step Two: E-Mails That You Send in the Future Beginning immediately, send a "cc" (not a "bee") of all c-mails (including attachments) that you initiate, that __________ relate in any way to the Cobell litigation, Individual - Indian Monies or Department of Interior investments on behalf of individual Indians, to "Cobell." Step Three: E-Mails That You Receive in the Future Also beginning immediately, forward all c-mails that file://C :\Doeuments and Settings\bkramer\Loeal Settings\Temp\p.notes\DONET Litigatio... 8/31/2006 you receive (including attachments and retaining forwarding history) that relate in any way to the Cobell litigation, Individual Indian Monies or Department of Interior investments on behalf of individual Indians, to "Cobell,' unless you can tell from the message that the e-mail has already been sent to the "Cobell." If you have questions on this process or the retention of documents, call Thomas McGivern, Counselor to the Gencral Counsel, at 622-2317. If you need help in formulating e-mail searches or fhrwarding messages, or have questions on the 'Cobell" mailbox, contact the helpDesk at 622-1111. Cont!ici.........Unda!c!.I: \*lcndav. Aj!tii. !x Logo: Departnie flHirp.! mt file://C:\Doeuments and Settings\hkramer\Loeal Settings\Temp\p.notes\DONPT Litigation... 8/3 1/2006