Controls are Needed Over Indian Self-determination Contracts, Grants, and Training and Technical Assistance Activities to Insure Required Services are Provided to Indians: Report of the Comptroller General of the United StatesGeneral Accounting Office, 1978 - 34 pages |
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... the establishment of a meaningful Indian self - determination policy which will permit an orderly transition from Federal domination of programs for and services to Indians to effective and meaningful participation by the Indian people ...
... the establishment of a meaningful Indian self - determination policy which will permit an orderly transition from Federal domination of programs for and services to Indians to effective and meaningful participation by the Indian people ...
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Page 2 - Congress declares its commitment to the maintenance of the Federal Government's unique and continuing relationship with and responsibility to the Indian people through the establishment of a meaningful Indian self-determination policy which will permit an orderly transition from Federal domination of programs for and services to Indians to effective and meaningful participation by the Indian people in the planning, conduct, and administration of those programs and services.
Page 2 - That the Secretary may initially decline to enter into any contract requested by an Indian tribe if he finds that: (1) the service to be rendered to the Indian beneficiaries of the particular program or function to be contracted will not be satisfactory; (2) adequate protection of trust resources is not assured, or (3) the proposed project or function to be contracted for cannot be properly completed or maintained by the proposed contract: Provided further, That...
Page 4 - Secretary determines that the performance of a grantee under these regulations involves (1) the violation of the rights or endangerment of the health, safety, or welfare of any persons, or (2) gross negligence or the mismanagement in the handling or use of funds under the...
Page 1 - Indian tribes as defined in the Indian Self-Determination and" Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, 25 USC 450), and enter into contracts with such institutions and organizations and with industrial or engineering firms...
Page 2 - Indian tribe by tribal resolution, to enter into a self-determination contract or contracts with a tribal organization to plan, conduct, and administer programs or portions thereof, including construction programs — (A) provided for in the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat.
Page 4 - ... welfare of any persons; or (2) gross negligence or mismanagement in the handling or use of funds provided to the tribal organization pursuant to such contract or grant agreement, such Secretary may, under regulations prescribed by him and after providing notice and hearing to such tribal organization, rescind such contract or grant agreement and assume or resume control or operation of the program, activity, or service involved if he determines that the tribal organization has not taken corrective...
Page i - BIA does not have adequate controls over self-determination contracts and grants awarded to Indian Tribes, or to the related training and technical assistance activity.
Page 23 - The authority to contract is useful to the extent that adequate funds are made available to the tribe to operate the contract. The regulations define the funds to which tribes are legally entitled, what additional funds may be available for the contract, and how the specific amount of funds for each contract will be determined. The funds to which tribes are entitled for a contract...
Page 8 - Tlmt is part of tlie overall action plan that the 638 task force developed. We will begin training contract and grant staff immediately. Mr. YATES. GAO says that some contract and grant officer representatives in addition to their full-time duties at BIA also work directly for Tribes. For example, one representative is a member of the Tribe. As a contractor he was required to supervise and monitor, and he also worked as the Tribe's planning director. Now, how can he perform his supervisory and monitoring...