New Jobs in Interior Dept.

Attorney at the regional office in Salt Lake City.  Looks like the focus is Bureau of Reclamation, but there might be some Indian law work involved:

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/414679500

 

And paralegal in DC, in the Division of Indian Affairs:

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/414607500

ICT: Republican Senators Rebuke Interior on Jobs Report

Here.

ICT on Congressional Questions re: Interior Indian Country Jobs Report

Here.

Obama Administration to do Major Review of Alaska Subistence Rules

From the Anchorage Daily News:

The Obama administration is launching a rapid, sweeping review of the way the federal government manages subsistence hunting and fishing in Alaska, Interior Department officials said Friday.

“The system, frankly, today is broken,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced in a video shown at the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention in downtown Anchorage.

Subsistence rights — the battle over who gets the first opportunity to hunt and fish on state or federal land — is a headline issue at this year’s convention. For decades, the debate has pitted rural Alaskans and Alaska Natives, who say they hunt and fish to survive, against sports groups and urban hunters and fishermen, who argue everyone should have equal access to fish and game.

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