U.S. Department of Treasury Affirms Support for CDFI Fund in Message Shared with White House – March 21, 2025
Office of the Secretary Memo RE: Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) Approval – March 17, 2025 – March 26, 2025 Window – March 17, 2025
Excerpt from memo: Indian Affairs programs and organizations are exempt from this VERA/VSIP window pending the conduct of tribal consultations
HUD General Counsel Memo: RE: Application of DEI Executive Orders to the Department’s Legal Obligations to Indian Tribes and their Citizens – March 13, 2025
HHS Advisory Opinion 25-01 on Application of DEI Executive Orders to the Department’s Legal Obligations to Indian Tribes and their Citizens – February 25, 2025
HHS General Counsel Note: RE: Application of DEI Executive Order to American Indians and Alaska Natives – February 6, 2025
DOI Secretarial Order: Ending DEI Programs and Gender Ideology Extremism – January 30, 2025
Excerpt from SO: Sec 6. Limitations
Nothing in this Order shall be construed to eliminate, rescind, hinder, impair, or otherwise affect activities that implement legal requirements independent of the rescinded equity-related EOs, including but not limited to:
d. the statutory authorities, treaty, and/or trust obligations of the Department and its Bureaus/Offices to Tribal nations and the Native Hawaiian Community