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MR. ANTHONY MORGAN RODMAN: Good Morning, 4 Everyone * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LISTENING SESSION ON THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON REORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Taken at CIVIC CENTER LaCroix Room Rapid City, South Dakota June 8, 2017 APEX COURT REPORTING (605) 877-1806 [email protected] 2 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 * * * * * 3 MR. ANTHONY MORGAN RODMAN: Good morning, 4 everyone. My name is Morgan Rodman, and I'm 5 representing the Office of the Assistant Secretary 6 for Indian Affairs today. It's good to see some 7 familiar faces, but before we get too far into the 8 listening session, I'd like to invite the chairman 9 from the Yankton Sioux Tribe, Chairman Flying Hawk, 10 to open us up with some good words in prayer. 11 (Prayer) 12 MR. ANTHONY MORGAN RODMAN: Thank you, sir. 13 Again, this is the listening session for the 14 Executive Order on Government-Wide Reform, and this 15 is a listening session that is going to tribal 16 leader input, and it will be part of the record. 17 And I'd like to also introduce two of my 18 colleagues here on the panel here with me today to 19 listen to the comments and also answer some 20 questions. 21 MS. HANKIE ORTIZ: Good morning, everyone, and 22 welcome. My name is Hankie Ortiz, and I am the 23 Acting Deputy Bureau Director for Field Operations, 24 which means that I supervise all of their regional 25 directors across the country. And I am a member of APEX COURT REPORTING (605) 877-1806 [email protected] 3 1 the Kiowa Tribe from Oklahoma. 2 Thank you all for taking time out to be here 3 with us. We really appreciate it. 4 MR. TONY DEARMAN: Good morning, everyone. 5 First of all, I really want to thank our tribal 6 leaders for taking the time to be here today. We 7 really look forward to hearing the comments that you 8 have for us. 9 My name is Tony Dearman. I'm the Director of 10 the Bureau of Indian Education, six months on the 11 job, and I'm a member of the Cherokee Nation and I'm 12 from Oklahoma. 13 MR. ANTHONY MORGAN RODMAN: Thank you, Tony, 14 and, Hankie. 15 Again, I'm Morgan Rodman. I'm Cherokee 16 (unintelligible) from Oklahoma. And we're here to 17 really listen today and work with you on the 18 questions that are being presented by this executive 19 order. And I'm going to provide an overview of the 20 listening session, and then we will kick it off from 21 there. 22 So the executive order, and it should be in 23 your packet, it's Executive Order 13781 and it's the 24 comprehensive plan for reorganizing the executive 25 branch. And it instructs the Department of Interior APEX COURT REPORTING (605) 877-1806 [email protected] 4 1 to take certain actions. And it's critical that we 2 get your insight. And it doesn't just apply to 3 Interior; it's across the board to the Executive. 4 And this is not the only listening session. 5 There's going to be a total of seven. This is, I 6 think, the fourth or fifth one. There will be 7 another one in Connecticut, another one in Tulsa and 8 one in Alaska. 9 And these listening sessions are being 10 recorded. They're being transcribed, and they're 11 going to be available at www.BIA.gov. 12 The transcripts and the written comments are 13 going to be analyzed, and the recommendations will 14 be reported to the Assistant Secretary for Indian 15 Affairs and to the Secretary of the Interior. We 16 will then make recommendations to OMB and the White 17 House. 18 And the first executive order again is -- or 19 the executive order today is 13781, and it was 20 issued in March of 2017 and it directs agency heads 21 to send proposals to the OMB director for the 22 reorganization of their agencies, if appropriate, in 23 order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and 24 accountability of that agency. 25 And in the handouts that you have, there are a APEX COURT REPORTING (605) 877-1806 [email protected] 5 1 couple of dates that are important. The Federal 2 Register Notice, that's where the public in general 3 has a comment deadline of June 12th. 4 And for tribal leaders, there is a tribal 5 leader letter that's in a packet and tribal leaders 6 can send comments until July 13th, and that's to 7 [email protected]. 8 So some of the questions that may be helpful in 9 today's discussion are: Do the structures of the 10 Department of Interior and Indian Affairs currently 11 meet tribal needs? What changes, if any, do you 12 recommend and why? And what structure would improve 13 the efficiency of services? What structure would 14 improve effectiveness? And what structure would 15 make DOI and Indian Affairs more accountable? 16 I'd like to quickly point out in the executive 17 order itself there are certain criteria that are 18 supposed to be considered, and that is in 19 Section 2(d), so that's -- those are the factors 20 that are being considered for this executive order. 21 And to kind of help with the overview of Indian 22 Affairs, I'll just give a quick snapshot the offices 23 within the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs 24 Office, and then we'll transition to Hankie and Tony 25 and they'll go over BIA and BIE. APEX COURT REPORTING (605) 877-1806 [email protected] 6 1 So for the Assistant Secretary of Indian 2 Affairs, of course it's led by the Assistant 3 Secretary of Indian Affairs, and he or she provides 4 overall leadership and direction for all 5 organizational components of Indian affairs 6 nationwide. 7 And the Office of Indian Affairs deals with 8 policy issues, communicates policy and oversees the 9 programs of BIA and BIE and really provides 10 leadership and consultation with tribes and serves 11 as the department official for intra-departmental 12 coordination. 13 And the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 14 supports the Assistant Secretary, and that person is 15 the first assistant and principal advisor to the 16 Assistant Secretary and that person has full 17 authority to act on behalf of the Assistant 18 Secretary in the Assistant Secretary's absence. The 19 BIA and BIE directors, as well as the Chief of Staff 20 and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy & 21 Economic Development and the Deputy Assistant 22 Secretary for Management report to that person. 23 We have two other offices, the Deputy Assistant 24 Secretary for Management. That person oversees 25 really the mechanics, the Office of the Chief APEX COURT REPORTING (605) 877-1806 [email protected] 7 1 Financial Officer; the Office of Facilities, 2 Property & Safety Management; the Office of Budget & 3 Performance Management; Human Capital, and the 4 Assistant Director for Information Services. So 5 that person provides oversight of the budget, 6 acquisition, property, accounting, business 7 services, et cetera. 8 And lastly we have the Deputy Assistant 9 Secretary for Policy & Economic Development. So 10 this office oversees the Office of Indian Energy & 11 Economic Development, the Office of Self Governance, 12 and administrative programs pertaining to economic 13 development, energy and mineral development, capital 14 investment and self-government activities. 15 MS. HANKIE ORTIZ: Thank you, Morgan. 16 So I think in your package you got an 17 organizational chart. And I think one thing that's 18 important to mention before I talk about the Bureau 19 of Indian Affairs is that the Assistant Secretary 20 basically oversees kind of three branches, and one 21 of them is the Bureau of Indian Affairs; one of them 22 is the Bureau of Indian Education, and there's the 23 one that's directly under his office that Morgan was 24 just talking about. 25 And so with regard to just the Bureau of Indian APEX COURT REPORTING (605) 877-1806 [email protected] 8 1 Affairs, there is, in the central office there are 2 four deputies directly under the BIA director. And 3 one of those positions is the one I'm currently 4 acting in, the Deputy Bureau Director for Field 5 Operations. That position oversees 12 regional 6 offices across the country. Those are all listed 7 here. This, of course, is the Great Plains Region, 8 but there are 11 other regions across the country. 9 There's a Deputy Bureau Director for Indian 10 Services, and that's my normal position. That's the 11 position that I'm permanently in. And that position 12 oversees several divisions, including Human Services 13 which oversees Indian child welfare, child 14 protection, Social Services, those kinds of things; 15 the Division of Tribal Government Services; the 16 Division of Transportation, which is building and 17 repairing roads and bridges primarily; the Division 18 of Self-Determination where we do title and 19 contracting and contract support cause; the Division 20 of Workforce Development, which includes the job 21 placement and training program. 22 There's also a Deputy Bureau Director for Trust 23 Services, and there are eight divisions under Trust 24 including real estate services; probate services; 25 forestry and wildland fire management; Indian Energy APEX COURT REPORTING (605) 877-1806 [email protected] 9 1 Service Center; land titles and records; natural 2 resources; water and power; and the program of -- 3 Program Management & Coordination.
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