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JUNE 22. 1982 PAGE 5 SPILYAY TYMOO Smith announces changes in BI A structure Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs Ken Smith recently announced a reorganization of the BIA’s administration structure that will create a $16 million annual saving and “move the Indian agency a long way toward its goal of making as much of its budget as possible available for funding of programs at the reservation level.” The reorganization would consolidate the BIA’s 12 area offices into five regional service centers located at Albuquer que, New Mexico; Anadarko, Oklahoma; Aberdeen, South Dakota; Phoenix, Arizona; and Portland, Oregon. Field offices at Billings, Montana and Minneapolis, Minnesota will report to the Aberdeen Center in South Dakota. Special program offices at Juneau, Alaska, and Window Rock, Arizona, will serve the state of Alaska and the Navajo Reservation and will report directly to the BIA central office in Washington, D.C. Smith said the reorganiza tion of the Bureau is designed to re d u c e th e c o st of administering the Bureau’s field programs; to restructure the field offices to provide improved technical service capability; and to improve the efficiency of implementing Bureau programs and services., The major changes from the proposed plan revealed in February are (1) elimination of th e .p ro p o se d N o r th e a s t regional service center through consolidation of the area previously served by the Minneapolis area office with the North Central region, and employing teachers through contracts rather than as direct Bureau Staff. In school year 1981-82, almost 2,000 out of a total of 74,00 Bureau educators were employed under this system. We expect the number of contract teachers to increase by as much as 1,000 in the 1982- 83 school year.” Smith said. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS REGIONAL BOUNDARIES SPECIAL PROGRAM OFFICES FIELD OFFICES Minneapolis, Minnesota Billings, Montana the administrative consolida tion of the area previously served by the Eastern area office with the Southern region; (2) location of the North Central regional office in Aberdeen, rather than Rapid City; and (3) location of the Southern regional office in A n a d a r k o , r a t h e r th a n Oklahoma City. Juneau, Alaska Window Rock, Arizona Washington, D.C. (Eastern Center) North Central Region Aberdeen. South Dakota Southern Region Anadarko, Oklahoma Northwest Region Portland, Oregon Southwest Region Albuquerque, New Mexico Western Region Phoenix, Arizona Smith said, “Foremost is the impact of Public Law 93-638, the Indian Self Determination Act which has encouraged and strengthened tribal govern ment participating in designing and contracting for the delivery of program services to the tribes.” About 25 percent of the operation of Indian programs was performed under self- determination contracts by FY 1981, and the percentage will continue to increase, Smith said. “The enactment of Public Law 95-561, the In d ia n Education Act, continued the emphsis on. Indian involvment by creating school boards and implementing a system of A third reason was Public Law 92-203, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which is lim itin g the B u re a u ’s responisbility for A laska programs. “Certain programs in Alaska such as general assistance and education have been or are projected to be delivered in the future by the State.” Smith said. The Bureau also anticipates a continued increase in various BIA programs contracted to Native villages and organiza tions. T he to ta l n u m b e r o f employees to be in each of the locations are still intermediate. Final decisions will be made on the staffing patterns needed to fullfill the responsibilities the BIA has at each service center as implementation plans go Toward. We are confident that the reduction in total Federal employees in the area and central offices will be 372 as we originally planned. “This is my response to the request . that I have heard repeatedly from tribal leaders throughout my travels in Indian Country to reduce the overhead costs of operating the Bureau,” Smith said. Estimates of the one time costs of carrying out the reorganization are in the heighborhood of $7 million. Coin phone calls restricted Media reps gather for conference After July 1, callers will be informed that a third party billed coin call cannot be completed if no one answers P rin t and broadcasting started his paper in Pine Ridge, well as the truth of issues in the billing number or if the line personnel from across the North Dakota with a small Indian country. He stated it is busy. The caller will be asked nation gathered in Albuquer loan from a local bank. His was important for the media to either to try the call later or use que, New Mexico for the paper at this time making a put forth to the Indian people a a different form of billing, such N a tio n a l I n d ia n M e d ia profit and is financially true picture of the tribal as Called Card (telephone C o n f e r e n c e IV . D a ily independent. Advertising, he governments as it works daily credit card), collect, or full w o r k s h o p s c o n c e r n i n g said is the key to the Lakota not just the problems of payment at the coin phone. newspapers, televisions and Times’ financial and indepen government or the basic news The July 1 date ends a three- radio media outlets were dent success, all in a year’s time. release. month informational period conducted by key people Several papers in Indian during which operators have in each of the three fields. Country have folded with the Many of the participants been explaining the upcoming Of major concern to many is increase of federal cutbacks termed the conference a success billing changes to those who the tight financing due to the in Indian programs and many in reaching print, radio and use th ird p a rty b illin g . depressed economy. W ork more will face the same future if television personnel with new Operators also offered to shops were held to inform they can’t find a new source of ideas and technology in the provide the caller with a free people how to gain financing income. communications fields. The Calling Card. In an opening speech, Myron conference gives people in and m ethods to beomce financially dependent. 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