Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform
As part of President Obama's commitment to fulfilling this nation's trust responsibilities to Native Americans, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named five prominent American Indians to a commission that will undertake a forward-looking, comprehensive evaluation of Interior's trust management of nearly $4 billion in Native American trust funds.
- Secretarial Order 3292 establishing the framework for the Commission
- Charter
- Secretarial announcement of the establishment of the Commission
- November 30, 2011 news release, "Salazar Names Members to National Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform"
- Commissioners' bios
- Tribal Leaders update on preparations to utilize the Cobell Settlement's Trust Land Consolidation Fund
- Solicitation details regarding the upcoming acquisition of a management consultant contractor for the Commission
The Designated Federal Officer for the Commission is Lizzie Marsters, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Room 6119, Washington, DC 20240; telephone (202) 219-7499; e-mail to Lizzie_Marsters@ios.doi.gov
Providing Comments to the Commission
The Commission recognizes that there are many important issues related to trust administration and management that impact tribes, individual Indians and tribal organizations.
The Commission welcomes your ideas, recommendations and possible solutions for trust management and administration to improve the delivery of trust services to Indian Country. To assist the Commission in its work, in addition to describing any problem or issue, we ask for your assistance by focusing your comments in the form of recommendations and solutions to improve Department's implementation of the Federal trust responsibilities.
For further information, contact: trustcommission@ios.doi.gov
Meetings of the Commission
All meetings are open to the public; however, transportation, lodging, and meals are the responsibility of the participating public. Click here to "View 2012 ITC Meeting" material:
- See - Public Webinar - November 7, 2012
- See - Public Meeting - September 13 & 14, 2012 - Bismarck, ND
- See - Public Webinar - August 13, 2012
- See - Public Meeting - June 11 & 12, 2012 - Albuquerque, NM
- See - Public Webinar - May 16, 2012
- See - Public Meeting - March 1 & 2, 2012 - Washington, DC
Public Meeting - February 12/13, 2013 - Seattle, WA
The Office of the Secretary is announcing the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform will hold a public meeting on February 12/13, 2013. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. on both days at the Hilton Seattle Airport, 17620 International Blvd., Seattle, WA 98188. The Commission will also host a public Youth Outreach Session the evening of February 11, 2013, on the University of Washington campus at the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (click on map and search by keyword by typing ECC). Members of the public who wish to attend the public meeting February 12/13, 2013, should RSVP by February 8, 2013 to trustcommission@ios.doi.gov.
- Youth Outreach Session flyer - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. on February 11, 2013
- Federal Register Notice Announcing February 2013 meeting
- Federal Register Notice CORRECTION to Meeting Location
Meeting Documents
- 1.1 Agenda
- 2.1 September 2012 Meeting Summary (will be posted after Commission approves at Feb 2013 meeting)
- 2.2 November 2012 Webinar Meeting Summary (will be posted after Commission approves at Feb 2013 meeting)
- 3.1 DRAFT Trust Responsibility
- 3.2 DRAFT Conflict of Interest Protocols
- 4.1 Indian Forest Management Assessment Team (IFMAT) III Document
- 4.2 IFMAT III PowerPoint presentation
- 6.1 Wall-McDonald Briefing
- 9.1 Eberhard PowerPoint presentation
- 11.1 Ryser Remarks
Webinar participation instructions