[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64534-64535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25916]


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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 November 7, 2012. The objectives 
of the meeting are to attend to Commission operations as needed and 
report on outreach activities, review and discuss revised draft 
documents to-date and take public comments on the drafts, and review 
and discuss agenda for December 6-7, 2012 public Commission meeting. 
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 November 7, 2012. Attendance is open to the 
public, but limited space is available. Members of the public who wish 
to attend must RSVP by November 6, 2012, by registering at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/384347209. 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 [email protected].

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 of 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 to improve the Department's 
management and administration of the trust administration system based 
on information obtained from these Commission's activities, including 
whether any legislative or regulatory changes are necessary to 
permanently implement such 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 any such termination.
    The following items will be on the agenda:

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     Welcome, introductions and agenda review;
     Trust Commission Operations;
     Review and Discussion of Commission Draft Documents to-
date;
     Public Comments;
     Overview of December 6-7, 2012 meeting and related youth 
outreach session;
     Review action items from today's discussion; and
     Adjourn.
    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: October 16, 2012.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-25916 Filed 10-19-12; 8:45 am]
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