General Memoranda Service

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Our Latest General Memoranda Releases:

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 23-004

Indian Health Service Accepting Applications for Tribal Self-Governance Planning Cooperative Agreement Program

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 23-003

The Department of the Interior Releases Draft Revisions to Regulations Implementing the Indian Arts and Crafts Act and Congress Releases Draft Legislation Amending the Act

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 23-002

Internal Revenue Service Provides Notice
of a Proposed Revenue Procedure
Establishing the Service Industry
Tip Compliance Agreement Program

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 23-001

Tribes and Alaska Tribal Health Organizations Eligible to Participate in Five New Tribal Opioid Settlements Totaling Nearly $550 Million

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 22-023

American Bar Association’s Native American Concerns Committee Hosts Webinar on Brackeen v. Haaland

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 22-022

U.S. Department of Agriculture Initiates Tribal Consultation on Nutrition Programs

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 22-021

White House Announces
Tribal Nations Summit for
November 30 and December 1, 2022

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 22-020

Department of Interior Establishes a Deadline for Submitting Completed Applications to Begin Participation in the Tribal Self-Governance Program in Fiscal Year 2024 or Calendar Year 2024

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 22-019

Department of Agriculture Opens 2nd Round of Proposals for Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations Self-Determination Demonstration Projects

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 22-018

Department of the Interior Issues Proposed Rule for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Regulations

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 22-017

Tribal Opioid Settlement Inter-Tribal Allocation Process Commences, Comments Sought

GENERAL MEMORANDUM 22-016

Federal Appeals Court Rules Tribal Treaty Lands Reacquired From Non-Indians Are Immune From State Taxation