94-31405. Tribal Consultation on Streamlining and Restructuring the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Notice DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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Tribal Consultation on Streamlining and Restructuring the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

 
Tribal Consultation on Streamlining and Restructuring the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal Consultation Meetings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 
will conduct eleven consultation meetings to obtain oral and written 
comments concerning proposals to streamline, downsize, and restructure 
the BIA. The consultation will include information and discussion on:
    1. NPR objectives;
    2. The Federal Workplace Restructuring Act Requirements; and
    3. The implications of the final report of the Joint Tribal/BIA/DOI 
Advisory Task Force on Reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

DATES: January 9, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, and 31, 1995, at 
locations listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. All meetings 
will begin at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 4:00 P.M. (local time).

ADDRESSES: Location sites, specific dates, and contact officials for 
the meetings are as follows:

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        Location              Local contact             Telephone       
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January 9, 1995:         Denise Homer..........           [phone]
 Minnesota, Minneapolis.                                                
January 16, 1995:        Carol Bacon...........           [phone]
 Virginia, Arlington.                                                   
January 17, 1995:        Walt Mills............           [phone]
 Nevada, Las Vegas.                                                     
January 19, 1995:        Stan Speaks...........           [phone]
 Oregon, Portland.                                                      
January 20, 1995:        Ron Jaeger............           [phone]
 California, Sacramento.                                                
January 23, 1995:        Pat Hayes.............           [phone]
 Montana, Billings.                                                     
January 25, 1995: South  Don Whitener..........           [phone]
 Dakota, Aberdeen.                                                      
January 26, 1995:        Niles Cesar...........           [phone]
 Alaska, Anchorage.                                                     
January 27, 1995:        Bill Collier..........           [phone]
 Oklahoma, Oklahoma                                                     
 City.                                                                  
January 30, 1995: New    Joe Little............           [phone]
 Mexico, Albuquerque.                                                   
January 31, 1995: New    Wilson Barber.........           [phone]
 Mexico, Window Rock.                                                   
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Maybee or Deborah Maddox at the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, MS-4160-MIB, 1849 C 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20240 or at [phone] or [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of consultation is to 
provide information and to discuss options available to the Department 
of the Interior under the NPR, the Federal Workplace Restructuring Act, 
and other reorganization or downsizing directives. A packet of 
information for the January meetings will be distributed to Federally 
recognized Indian Tribes by the Bureau area office local contact 
person. The packets will also be available at each meeting. Some of the 
parameters imposed by the Office of Management and Budget and the 
Department of the Interior have been set forth in a tribal leader 
letter which was issued on November 10, 1994.
    Written comments should be mailed in sufficient time to be received 
on or before January 31, 1995, to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, MS-4160-MIB, 1849 C Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20240, Attn: Diane Maybee. Written comments may be 
hand delivered to Room 4658 at the same address. Comments may also be 
telefaxed to the BIA at [phone].
    Following the consultation, the Bureau will finalize its 
streamlining implementation plan which incorporates the consultation 
comments, the mandates of the Office of Management and Budget, as well 
as the Department of the Interior and the Congress. To the extent 
feasible and under the constraints of existing federal mandates to 
downsize and streamline, the BIA will make a good faith effort to 
integrate and incorporate tribal concerns and recommendations into the 
final implementation plan which must be submitted to the Department of 
the Interior by February 28, 1995.
    Travel to the consultation sessions will be paid by the tribal 
participants.

    Dated: December 16, 1994.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-31405 Filed 12-21-94; 8:45 am]
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