Editorial: DOI reorg too little too late

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2002

The Salt Lake Tribune in an editorial says the Bush administration's proposed reorganization of the Department of Interior is a "small and tardy response" to a federal judge overseeing the Indian trust debacle.

The paper says the reforms "can hardly make the situation worse." But after more than a century of trust asset mismanagement, they "present only a faint hope that it will end anytime soon," the editorial states.

The reorganization affects the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Office of Special Trustee (OST). It adds trust-related positions at the agency and reservation level but largely changes the bureaucratic structure in Washington, D.C.

Get the Story:
Editorial: Trail of Tears (The Salt Lake Tribune 12/6)
Interior plans trust overhaul (Federal Computer Week 12/6)

Today on Indianz.Com:
Norton attacks 'unfit' trustee ruling (12/9)

Relevant Documents:
New BIA-OST Organization | New BIA Organization | Old BIA Organization

Relevant Links:
Indian Trust, Department of Interior - http://www.doi.gov/indiantrust
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Cobell v. Norton, Department of Justice - http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/cases/cobell/index.htm
Trust Reform, NCAI - http://www.ncai.org/main/pages/
issues/other_issues/trust_reform.asp