Tribal Leaders Consultation Sessions

by Robert F. Fairweather

March 19, 2021

Via Email

Dear Tribal Leaders,

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is pleased to announce that it will hold two Tribal consultations pursuant to the January 26, 2021 Presidential Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships. This Presidential Memorandum directs Federal agencies to consult with Tribal Nations in developing detailed plans of action to implement the policies and directives of the November 6, 2000 Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments.

The two consultations will be held via teleconference on:

• Friday, April 2, 2021 (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET). Call-in details to follow.
• Monday, April 5, 2021 (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET). Call-in details to follow.

Tribal leaders and their designees are invited to provide comments to OMB on how it can improve engagement with Tribal Nations on OMB’s five main functions—budget development and execution; management; regulatory and information coordination, review, and policy; legislative coordination and review; and clearance of Presidential executive orders and memoranda to agency heads—including how such engagement should differ by function. Please see the background section below for additional information on these five main functions.

Your comments will inform OMB’s development of a Tribal consultation plan of action pursuant to the January 26 Presidential Memorandum. These Tribal consultations are not for press purposes.

OMB welcomes your written comments as well. Please send them to tribalconsultation@omb.eop.gov by no later than April 9, 2021.

We hope you will be able to join us for these important conversations.

Sincerely,

Robert Fairweather

Acting Director

Background on OMB

OMB is the largest component of the Executive Office of the President and OMB oversees the implementation of the President’s vision across the Executive Branch. OMB carries out its mission through five main functions across executive departments and agencies:

1. Budget development and execution. OMB has six resource management offices (RMOs), organized by agency and by program area. These offices, together with OMB’s Budget Review Division, help to carry out OMB’s central activity of assisting the President in overseeing the preparation of the Federal Budget and supervising its administration of Executive Branch agencies. Development of the Federal Budget generally begins in September when agencies submit their Budget Requests to OMB, and concludes with the issuance of the President’s Budget.
2. Management, including oversight of agency performance, procurement, financial management, and information technology. The management side of OMB oversees and coordinates the Federal procurement policy, performance and personnel management, information technology, (e-Government) and financial management through various offices, such as OMB’s Office of Federal Financial Management. For more information on OMB’s management functions, please click here.
3. Review of Executive Branch regulations, approval of Government information collections, coordination of the Federal statistical system and establishment of statistical standards practices, and development and oversight of Federal privacy policy. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is a statutory part of OMB. The office comprises six subject matter branches organized by the type of regulatory agency, and information policy subject area. For more information on OIRA, please click here.
4. Clearance and coordination of legislative and other materials, including agency testimony, legislative proposals, and other communications with Congress, and coordination of other Presidential actions. These functions are primarily carried out by OMB’s Legislative Reference Division, in coordination with other OMB offices.
5. Clearance of Presidential Executive Orders and memoranda to agency heads prior to their issuance. These functions are primarily carried out by OMB’s Office of General Counsel, in coordination with other OMB offices.