1: Recommandations
The duties of the Commission shall include: A. Conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the Department’s management and administration
of the trust administration system, including a review of the report of a management consultant hired in accordance with Secretarial
Order 3292; B. Reviewing the Department’s provision of services to trust beneficiaries; C. Reviewing input from the public,
interested parties, and trust beneficiaries, which should involve conducting a number of regional listening sessions; D. Considering
the nature and scope of necessary audits of the Department’s trust administration system; E. Recommending options to the Secretary
to improve the Department’s management and administration of the trust administration system based on information obtained
from these activities, including whether any legislative or regulatory changes are necessary to permanently implement such
improvements;F. Recommending options to the Secretary on the need for and scope of audits on the effectiveness of all management
reforms implemented as a result of Secretarial Order 3292 and the Department shall consider these recommendations in performing
an audit of the effectiveness of such reforms; and G. Considering 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 making recommendations
to the Secretary regarding any such termination.
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