 Daily Announcements 
 DOI 2008 Security Awareness Training for BIE Employees and Contractors
Click on the training announcement to the left in the News and Announcements section for more information. The training must be completed by July 31, 2008.
Click on the conference announcement to the left in the News and Announcements section for more information. June 9 to 13 in Minneapolis, MN June 16 to 20 in Houston, TX June 23 to 27 in Phoenix, AZ
2008 Access Native America (ANA) Technology Conference
The 2008 Access Native America (ANA) Technology Conference will be hosted by Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas on June 3 - 5, 2008. Please click on the ANA announcement in the News and Announcements section to the left for more information.
On March 31, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion in Indian Educators Federation v. Kempthorne, D.D.C., Civ. No. 14-01215 (TFH), that concludes that Indian Preference applies to “all positions in the Interior Department that directly and primarily relate to the provision of services to Indians.” This is a broader application of Indian Preference than is currently being made by the Department. The Department currently applies Indian Preference only to positions in the BIA and to positions that have been transferred out of BIA to other offices but that continue to perform the same functions.
The Solicitor’s Office is working with the Department of Justice to determine the next steps the Department will take in response to the Court’s ruling.
At this time, we expect that the Court’s ruling will be applied prospectively only and that it will not in any way affect current employees who were hired or promoted competitively or reassigned into positions that might now be subject to Indian Preference in light of the Court’s ruling.
Further information will be provided when it becomes available.
Carl J. Artman
Assistant Secretary
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