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SUMMARY:FEMA Tribal Consultation to Discuss Grant Programs
DESCRIPTION:Framing Paper \nITEMC Virtual FEMA Advisory FEB 2025 \nDear Tribal Leader Letter \nMarch 6 at 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern\nRegister \nIn response to the letter FEMA received from the Inter-Tribal Emergency Management Coalition (ITEMC) Chairman\, FEMA hosted a tribal consultation on FEMA’s grant programs on August 22\, 2024\, during the ITEMC Summit. As a follow up to that consultation\, FEMA is hosting another consultation in a virtual format to continue gathering vital feedback on its grant programs. FEMA’s senior leadership will lead the consultation. Topics to discuss include: \n\nIssues with FEMA grant program processes and applications;\nTribal barriers and challenges\, including the accessibility of FEMA grants; and\nOther tribal needs related to building resilience.\n\nWritten Comments:  \nTo submit questions in advance of the tribal consultation\, please email gpd-comms@fema.dhs.gov or a FEMA Regional Tribal Liaison. \n To submit comments following the March 6 tribal consultation\, please email gpd-comms@fema.dhs.gov or the FEMA Regional Tribal Liaisons on or before May 9\, 2025\, at 5 p.m. ET.  \n Contact information for FEMA Tribal Liaisons is available at www.fema.gov/about/contact.
URL:https://www.usetinc.org/event/fema-tribal-consultation-to-discuss-grant-programs/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Consultation,Federal Emergency Mgmt Agency (FEMA),Federal Partners,Homeland Security and Emergency Services,Policy and Legislative Events,Topics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250314T110000
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SUMMARY:DOI BIE Tribal Consultation on EO to Expand Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
DESCRIPTION:Dear Tribal Leader Letter \nMarch 14 at 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern\nRegister in advance for the Zoom meeting \nMarch 14 at 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern\nRegister in advance for the Zoom meeting \nOn January 23\, 2025\, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) to expand educational freedom and opportunity for families. The EO Section 7 directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) within 90 days to review any available mechanisms under which families of students eligible to attend Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools may use their Federal funding for educational options of their choice\, including private\, faith-based\, or public charter schools. EO Section 7 also directs the Secretary to submit a plan to the President describing such mechanisms and the steps necessary to implement them for the 2025-26 school year.\nTo meet the deadline set by the President in the EO\, BIE is expediting the formal Tribal consultation process to provide Tribes and critical Indian education stakeholders the meaningful and timely opportunity to review and comment on the EO\, generally\, and possible authorities available to the BIE. Rather than the usual 30-day notification period\, BIE is providing a two-week\, 14-day notification period that still provides the necessary announcement for meaningful engagement while addressing the timeline set forth in the EO.\nConsultation will be conducted to seek input from Tribes and stakeholders on the EO and related topics including: \n\nany available mechanisms that could provide families of eligible students use of Federal funding for educational options of their choice including how any such mechanisms will be funded;\nto the extent that there exist any such mechanisms to implement in the 2025-26 schoolyear\, the eligibility criteria for students in the plan referenced in the EO;\neducational options near existing BIE-funded schools that could provide potentially eligible students local flexibility to attend a non-BIE school\, such as private\, faith-based\, or public charter schools.\n\nTwo 2-hour webinar sessions are scheduled to afford time for input. Because of the unique mission of the BIE\, both sessions are open to Tribal leaders or their delegated representatives or designee\, and/or for school boards\, parents\, teachers\, and other public stakeholders. Oral and written comments will also be accepted for one week through 11:59pm PT on Friday\, March 21\, 2025. \nThe language of the Executive Order is located at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/. The BIE recommends reviewing the language prior to attending a consultation session or submitting written comments for providing meaningful feedback. \nIf you would like to provide written input\, please either email your comments to consultationcomments@bie.edu or mail to Ms. Juanita Mendoza\, 1849 C Street\, NW\, MS 3609\, Washington DC 20240. If you have any questions regarding the Tribal consultations\, you may contact Ms. Juanita Mendoza by phone at (202) 208-3559 or by email at juanita.mendoza@bie.edu.
URL:https://www.usetinc.org/event/do-bie-tribal-consultation-on-eo-to-expand-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/2025-03-14/1/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Bureau of Indian Education (BIE),Consultation,Dept of Interior (DOI),Education,Federal Partners,Policy and Legislative Events,Topics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250314T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250314T153000
DTSTAMP:20260825T173119
CREATED:20250303T214638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T124843Z
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SUMMARY:DOI BIE Tribal Consultation on EO to Expand Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
DESCRIPTION:Dear Tribal Leader Letter \nMarch 14 at 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern\nRegister in advance for the Zoom meeting \nMarch 14 at 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern\nRegister in advance for the Zoom meeting \nOn January 23\, 2025\, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) to expand educational freedom and opportunity for families. The EO Section 7 directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) within 90 days to review any available mechanisms under which families of students eligible to attend Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools may use their Federal funding for educational options of their choice\, including private\, faith-based\, or public charter schools. EO Section 7 also directs the Secretary to submit a plan to the President describing such mechanisms and the steps necessary to implement them for the 2025-26 school year.\nTo meet the deadline set by the President in the EO\, BIE is expediting the formal Tribal consultation process to provide Tribes and critical Indian education stakeholders the meaningful and timely opportunity to review and comment on the EO\, generally\, and possible authorities available to the BIE. Rather than the usual 30-day notification period\, BIE is providing a two-week\, 14-day notification period that still provides the necessary announcement for meaningful engagement while addressing the timeline set forth in the EO.\nConsultation will be conducted to seek input from Tribes and stakeholders on the EO and related topics including: \n\nany available mechanisms that could provide families of eligible students use of Federal funding for educational options of their choice including how any such mechanisms will be funded;\nto the extent that there exist any such mechanisms to implement in the 2025-26 schoolyear\, the eligibility criteria for students in the plan referenced in the EO;\neducational options near existing BIE-funded schools that could provide potentially eligible students local flexibility to attend a non-BIE school\, such as private\, faith-based\, or public charter schools.\n\nTwo 2-hour webinar sessions are scheduled to afford time for input. Because of the unique mission of the BIE\, both sessions are open to Tribal leaders or their delegated representatives or designee\, and/or for school boards\, parents\, teachers\, and other public stakeholders. Oral and written comments will also be accepted for one week through 11:59pm PT on Friday\, March 21\, 2025. \nThe language of the Executive Order is located at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/. The BIE recommends reviewing the language prior to attending a consultation session or submitting written comments for providing meaningful feedback. \nIf you would like to provide written input\, please either email your comments to consultationcomments@bie.edu or mail to Ms. Juanita Mendoza\, 1849 C Street\, NW\, MS 3609\, Washington DC 20240. If you have any questions regarding the Tribal consultations\, you may contact Ms. Juanita Mendoza by phone at (202) 208-3559 or by email at juanita.mendoza@bie.edu.
URL:https://www.usetinc.org/event/do-bie-tribal-consultation-on-eo-to-expand-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/2025-03-14/2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Bureau of Indian Education (BIE),Consultation,Dept of Interior (DOI),Education,Federal Partners,Policy and Legislative Events,Topics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250318T140000
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SUMMARY:Tribal Consultation on the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property\, Genetic Resources\, and Associated Traditional Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:Register \nThe United States Patent and Trademark Office is seeking public comments and testimony regarding the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Treaty on Intellectual Property\, Genetic Resources\, and Associated Traditional Knowledge (GRATK Treaty)\, which was adopted in May 2024. The Treaty aims to establish global rules for the protection of Indigenous Knowledge and genetic resources\, particularly requiring patent applicants to disclose the origin of such resources when they are essential to an invention. \nWebinar Dates: \n\n\nFederally Recognized Tribal Nations: Two virtual webinars for federally recognized Tribal Nations and their representatives will be held on: \n\n\nTuesday\, March 18\, 2025\, from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. ET. \n\n\nWednesday\, March 19\, 2025\, from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. ET. \n\n\n\n\nWritten Comment Deadline: \nAll written comments in response to the consultation must be received by Monday\, April 28\, 2025. \nFor more information\, access the Federal Register Notice here.
URL:https://www.usetinc.org/event/tribal-consultation-on-the-wipo-treaty-on-intellectual-property-genetic-resources-and-associated-traditional-knowledge/2025-03-18/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Consultation,Policy and Legislative Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250319T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250319T160000
DTSTAMP:20260825T173119
CREATED:20250317T142706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T154809Z
UID:10003433-1742392800-1742400000@www.usetinc.org
SUMMARY:Tribal Consultation on the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property\, Genetic Resources\, and Associated Traditional Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:Register \nThe United States Patent and Trademark Office is seeking public comments and testimony regarding the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Treaty on Intellectual Property\, Genetic Resources\, and Associated Traditional Knowledge (GRATK Treaty)\, which was adopted in May 2024. The Treaty aims to establish global rules for the protection of Indigenous Knowledge and genetic resources\, particularly requiring patent applicants to disclose the origin of such resources when they are essential to an invention. \nWebinar Dates: \n\n\nFederally Recognized Tribal Nations: Two virtual webinars for federally recognized Tribal Nations and their representatives will be held on: \n\n\nTuesday\, March 18\, 2025\, from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. ET. \n\n\nWednesday\, March 19\, 2025\, from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. ET. \n\n\n\n\nWritten Comment Deadline: \nAll written comments in response to the consultation must be received by Monday\, April 28\, 2025. \nFor more information\, access the Federal Register Notice here.
URL:https://www.usetinc.org/event/tribal-consultation-on-the-wipo-treaty-on-intellectual-property-genetic-resources-and-associated-traditional-knowledge/2025-03-19/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Consultation,Policy and Legislative Events
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