1. CONFERENCE: AGENDA AVAILABLE FOR #NAFOA2024
| The agenda is live, and registration is open for NAFOA’s 42nd Annual Conference, being held April 29-30, 2024, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The conference will offer two full days of high-quality, educational breakout sessions and general sessions focused on discussing critical issues facing Indian Country. We can’t wait for you to join us in Hollywood, Florida! |
2. MUST READ: NATIVE COMMUNITY DATA PROFILES TOOL CONNECTS INFORMATION ON NATIVE PLACES AND PEOPLE
| A recently released data tool from the Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) offers information about Indian Country’s places and people in a new, integrated way. Native Community Data Profiles expands access to relevant and robust public data that can help create a holistic picture of Native communities. Tribal leaders, policymakers, grant writers, and anyone interested in gaining insight into Indian Country can use the tool to explore a community’s economic conditions, opportunities, and infrastructure. Native Community Data Profiles gathers information from more than a dozen public sources in an easy-to-use interactive tool, providing key summary statistics and qualitative information about a variety of topics. The tool presents information for individual Native communities as well as all Native geographies and the United States as a whole. For example, the tool can tell you that across all Native geographies, the share of households that have access to high-speed Internet is 57.8 percent, compared to 72.0 percent in the United States as a whole. The tool also maps key infrastructure. The Flathead Reservation profile, for instance, provides a map of the seven Indian Health Service facilities located within the reservation and shows that the health care and social assistance industry employs the most workers. |
3. WEBINAR:
LOCAL ASSISTANCE AND TRIBAL CONSISTENCY FUND (LATCF) TRIBAL REPORTING WEBINAR
| Thursday, March 7th from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET The U.S. Department of the Treasury will host a Reporting Webinar for Tribal governments about the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) program. During the session, Treasury will provide the following: 1. Overview of LATCF 2. Overview of compliance requirements 3. Demonstration of the Treasury Reporting Portal 4. Overview of resources Who should attend: All Tribal governments are required to submit an Annual Report by March 31, 2024. Staff new to administering their Tribe’s LATCF program are especially encouraged to attend, in particular, staff directly responsible for reporting. |
| Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury |
4. CONSULTATION:
TTAC SUBCOMMITTEE ON PARITY AND REFORM’S PROJECT PLAN AND REPORT ON TRIBAL PENSIONS ISSUES
| Tuesday, March 19, 1:00 p.m. ET The U.S. Department of the Treasury is hosting a Tribal Consultation on the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC) Subcommittee on Parity and Reform’s Project Plan and Report on Tribal Pension Issues. You may find the Dear Tribal Leader Letter here, which includes more information, registration link, and framing questions. TTAC Tribal Pensions Project Plan and Report: The Report provides background on the unique issues faced by Tribal employers who offer retirement benefits for their employees. It also includes an initial outline of proposed guidance recommendations and proposed legislative changes centered on the following principles: Alignment with the General Welfare Exclusion and TTAC Charter Governmental parity Ambiguity construed in favor of Tribes Raising revenue as an essential government function Public versus private use of funds Consultation and negotiated rulemaking Treasury is accepting written comments until April 19, 2024, 11:59 p.m. Alaska Time. Please submit written comments to tribal.consult@treasury.gov. |
5. JOBS:
PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS SEEKING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
| The Chief Financial Officer will be responsible for directing all financial and accounting functions of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians Tribal Government and its subordinate, non-gaming entities. The CFO will work with the CEO and Tribal Council to develop and implement an overall financial strategy to maintain and enhance the financial health of the Tribe. Ensures enforcement of, and compliance with, the Tribal Fiscal Policies and Ordinances. The CFO will manage the Finance Department to ensure that all audits, budgets, monthly and annual financial reports, financial administration of grants, and other accounting functions are timely and accurately completed. The CFO must be highly knowledgeable about generally accepted accounting principles GAAP/GASB. This position must have strong analytical, strategic planning and communication skills, including an ability to work well with the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operations Officer, Tribal Council and other Senior Managers. |
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