IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et aL, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 1:96CV01285 ) (Judge Lamberth) GALE NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________________________________________________________________) NOTICE OF FILING OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH OUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY The Department of the Treasury has prepared its Twenty-F!flh Quarterly Report on Actions Taken By the Department of the Treasury to Retain JIM-Related Documents Necessary For an Accounting and submits it to the Court in accordance with this Court's Order of December21, 1999. A copy of the report is attached hereto. Dated: March 1, 2006 Respectfully submitted, ROBERT D. McCALLUM, Jr. Associate Attorney General PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General STUART E. SCHIFFER Deputy Assistant Attorney General J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN Dir ector /s/ Robert E. Kirschman ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, Jr. (D.C. Bar No. 406635) Assistant Director Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division P.O. Box 875 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 Phone (202) 616-0328 Fax(202) 514-9163 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certif!y that, on March 1, 2006 the foregoing Notice of Filing of the Twenty-fifth Quarterly Report for the Department of the Treasury was served by Electronic Case Filing, and on the following who is not registered for Electronic Case Filing, by facsimile: Earl Old Person (Pro se) Blackfeet Tribe P.O. Box 850 Browning, MT 59417 Fax (406) 338-7530 /s/ Kevin P. Kingston Kevin P. Kingston OEPARTMEI'!T OF THE TREASURY BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT WASHINGTON. DC 20239-0001 March 1,2005 MEMORANDUM FOR: ROBERT D. McCALLUM, JR. ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL DIVISION FROM: PAUL C. WOLFTEICIt'!4I CHIEF COUNSEL BUREAU OF THE PLJBLIC DEBT DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SUBJECT: TWENTY-FIFTH QUARTERLY REPORT COBELL v NORTON Included with this cover memorandum is the "rwenty-Finh Quarterly Report on Actions Taken by the Department of the Treasury to Retain IIM-Related Documents Necessary for an Accounting" (the "Report"). The Report has been prepared by the Department of the Treasury pursuant to the Court Order and Opinion in Cohell v. Babbitt (D.D.C. CV No. 96-1285), filed December 21, 1999. The Report includes information concerning the Financial Management Service (4!FMS"). the Bureau of the Public Debt ("BPD"), and certain Departmental Offices ("DO"). The Report was prepared based on information provided by a number of program offices from the above-described organizations. The preparation of the Report included circulation of drafts of the Report to program offices that are responsible for the actions described in the Report. Comments were received from those offices and incorporated in the Report. Senior officials of FMS, BPD and DO reviewed the Report before it was submitted to the Department of Justice. The Department of the Treasury stands ready to respond to any questions or concerns the Court may have after reviewing the Report and its attachments. www.pubticdebt.treas.gov TWENTY-FIFTH QUARTERLY REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TITLE TREASURY TO RETAIN tiM-RELATED DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR AN ACCOUNTING Cube/I, ci of. v. Pvortun. ci of. March 1, 2006 This is the Department of the Treasury's ("Treasury") Twenty-fifth Quarterly Report, pursuant to the Court's December21, 1999 Order ("Order") in the above- captioned case. It covers activities occurring over a three-month period from December 1. 2005 through February 28, 2006. The Order requires Treasury to report on the steps it has taken since the last quarterly report to rectify a single breach of its trust responsibilities, namely the destruction of IIM trust materials after their age exceeded six years and seven months. Cobell. et al. v. Babbitt. et al., 91 F.Supp. 2d 1, 50. 59 (D.D.C. 1999). 'Ireasury continues to preserve I1M-related documentation pursuant to the Court's August !2. 1999 Order, which defines the trust records that Treasury must retain. This quarter, Treasury again issued reminders to ensure the continued retention of required records. The reminders issued this quarter include letters reminding the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (see Attachments A and D), Secret Service (see Attachment_B), financial agent banks (see Attachments C and 0). and a contractor (see Attachment_E) to continue retaining pertinent records. In addition. Financial Management Service (FMS) and the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) again reminded their emp'oyees, by global e-mail, to continue preserving records related to this litigation (see Attachments F zmd H). Retention instructions to Departmental Otlices (DO) employees continue to be posted on DO's intranet site (see Attachment 1). In Treasury's Twenty-Ièurth Quarterly Report, we stated that no further steps were planned to ascertain the effects, if any, of the hardware faflure that occurred on DOSs local area network on May 7, 2003. Attached is a report summarizing the findings and conclusions of Treasury's technical contractor on this issue. (See Attachment J.) INDEX TO ATTACHMENTS The Department of the Treasury's Twenty-fifth Quarterly Report March I, 2006 Attachment A February 3,2006 letter from EMS to NARA. reminding NARA to continue the "freeze" on EMS records at Federal Records Centers. Attachment B February 6. 2006 letter issued by FMS, reminding the U.S. Secret Service to continue preserving, until further notice, all Treasury checks that EMS forwards for investigation and related information and records. Attachment C February 7, 2006 letters mailed by EMS to the two banks (Mellon Bank and Bank of America) that administer lockboxes for IIM deposits, reminding them to continue preserving all records pertinent to those lockbox accounts. Attachment D February 8, 2006 letter from BPD to NARA. reminding NARA to continue the "freeze" on BPD records at Federal Records Centers. Attachment E February 9, 2006 letter from EMS Contracting Officer Robert Romano to Didlake, Inc., reminding Didlake, Inc. to continue retaining closed check claims case records indefinitely. Attachment F Global c-mail issued February 14, 2006 to all FMS employees, and posted on EMS' intranet site, reminding employees to continue retaining records related to this litigation indefinitely and to continue utilizing the "Cobell Archive" mailbox to retain all IIM-related e-mail. Attachment G Examples of February 2006 Business Alert Message sent by EMS to all banks that act as Treasury's financial agents and February 24, 2006 letter sent by FMS to all banks that formerly acted as Treasury's financial agents, reminding them to continue to retain, indefinitely, records associated with Interior's deposits to the Treasury (ieneral Account. Attachment H Global e-mail issued February 27, 2006 to all BPD employees, and posted on BPD's intranet site, reminding employees to continue preserving UM-related records indefinitely and sending all IIM-related e- mail to BPD's dedicated mailbox. Attachment I Retention instructions issued to DO employees and posted on DO's intranet site, including a copy of the General Counsel's Directive dated January 22, 2004. and steps for sending e-mail documents to DO's dedicated "Cobell" mailbox. Attachment J Report dated February 27, 2006, summarizing the findings and conclusions of Ireasury's technical contractor on the issue of the hardware failure that occurred on DO's local area network on May 7, 2003. Attachment A DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE HYATTSVILLE, MD 20782 February 3, 2006 Thomas E. Mills Assistant Archivist for Regional Records Services National Archives and Records Administration Office of Regional Records Services 8601 Adeiphi Road, Suite 3600 College Park, MD 20740 Dear Mr. Mills: The purpose of this letter is to remind you that Financial Management Service (FMS), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, remains under court order to preserve records indefinitely for purposes Of the Cobell, et al. v. Norton, et al. litigation. Therefore, we request that the Federal Records Centers continue to implement the freeze on all records from FMS Record Groups 39, 50 and 425 and preserve all such records until further notice. If you have any questions, you may contact Charles Brett at (202) 874-6156. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, U !. Y'! Sharon M. King, Director Administrative Programs Division Attachment B DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE HYATTSVILLE, MD 20782 FEB -6 2006 Brian K. Nagel Assistant Director, Office of Investigations U.S. Secret Service 95011 Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20223 Re: Document Retention Order in Cobell, et al. v. Norton, etal. Civ. No. l-96CV01285 (D.DC.) Dear Mr. Nagcl: This is a reminder that Treasury remains subject to a continuing court order in the above- referenced lawsuit, requiring Treasury to retain, indefinitely, "all documents and data relating to Individual Indian Money trust hinds and Individual Indian trust assets." Copies of the document retention order entered in the case on August 12, 1999 and Treasury's Stipulation tiled with the court on July 6, 1999 were provided with some of our previous reminder letters to Secrct Service, including our reminder letter dated August 26, 2003. Please let mc know if you need copies of those documents. As stated in our previous letters to Secret Service (dated January 14, 2000, October 13, 2000, February 28, 2001, August 29, 2001, August 28, 2002, February 12, 2003, August 26, 2003, January 16, 2004, August 2, 2004, February 2, 2005, and August 10, 2005), among the types of records that Treasury must preserve to comply with the court order and Stipulation are all Treasury checks and check-related records. Accordingly, please continue to preserve, until further notice, all Treasury checks that FMS forwards to your bureau for invcstigation and all information and records your bureau maintains relating to those checks. Please continue to take all steps necessary to determine and document that all such records in the possession of Secret Service are being preserved indefinitely. If you have any questions concerning the Cobell document retention order and Stipulation, please contact Beth Kramer in the EMS Chief Counsel's office, at (202) 874-7036, or me, at (202) 874- 7913. Thank you for your continued cooperation and assistance. Sincerely, R'bq! C. Cyq4r, Director Financial Procks!ing Division cc: Thomas Dougherty, Office of Chief Counsel, U.S. Secret Service - Fax #202/406-6544 Attachment C DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (I of 2) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20W February 7, 2006 Ms. Elaine Friedman, Vice President Mellon Bank Mellon Client Service Center Suite 1260 Pittsburgh, PA 15259-000 1 Re: Minerals Management Service Lockbox Account Agency Location Code 14170001, Lockbox Number 911-4258 Dear Ms. Friedman: As you know, FMS remains under a continuing court order in Cobell, et al. v. Norton, et at. to preserve, indefinitely, all records relating to Individual Tndian Money (IIM) trust funds and trust assets. Accordingly, please continue to retain all documentation pertaining to the above-referenced lockbox account until further notice. You have confirmed that the records for this account include: Standard Fonn 215 Standard Form 5515 ACH Receiving Remittance/Payment Report Demand Deposit Account Activity Statements any forms used to facilitate internal processing, such as the CA$H-LINX IT Deposit Report Form You must retain the records for this account IN ALL FORMS AND MEDIA generated for the account. This includes paper, electronic, microfilm, microfiche, or any other media. If you create the same record in multiple media, you must retain the record in all media. Please distribute this letter to appropriate bank personnel, including records management personnel. If you have any questions regarding these retention instructions., please contact me at (202) 874-6847. Thank you for your continued cooperation. Sincerely, c. L2!!!'R .1Y!DJ.1L!) Sheryl R. Morrow, Director General Revenue Collection Division Attachment C (2 of 2) DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20227 February 7, 2006 Mr. Stephen C. Herudon, Senior \Ticc President Bank of America Federal Government Banking Division 600 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30308-2214 Re: Bureau of Indian Affairs - Palm Springs Lockbox Account Agency Location Code 00004844, Lockhox Number 72758 Dear Mr. Herndon: As you know, FMS remains under a continuing court order in Cobell, et al. v. Norton, et al. to preserve, indefinitely, all records relating to Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust funds awl trust assets. Accordingly, please continue to retain all documentation pertaining to the above-referenced lockbox account until further notice. You have confirmed that the records for this account include: Standard Form 215 Standard Form 5515 Check copies Monthly Account Activity Reports (MAAR) Monthly Account Analysis Statements (MAAS) Standard Listing Any forms used to facilitate internal processing, such as the Daily Balance Sheet You must retain the records for this account IN ALL FORMS AND MEDIA generated for the account. This includes paper, electronic, microfilm, microfiche, or any other media. If you create the same record in multiple media, you must retain the record in all media. As of this time, the Court has not acted on Treasury's July 9,2001 Motion to replace the existing August 12, 1999 retention order in this case. Accordingly, notwithstanding that you began generating photocopies of checks associated with this account on October 1, 2001, you must continue retaining any duplicate copies on microfilm, unless and until FMS obtains court approval to retain only pre-October 2001 microfilm copies and post- September 2001 photocopies. Page 2 - Mr. I-lerndon Please distribute this letter to appropriate bank persoimel, including records management personnel. If you have any questions regarding these retention instructions, please contact me at (202) 874-6847. Thank you for your continued cooperation. Sincerely, Sheryl R. Morrow, Director General Revenue Collection Division cc: Linda S. Corbett, Senior Vice President, Bank of America Attachment D DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT PARKERSBURG, WV 26106-1328 February 8, 2006 National Archives and Records Administration Life Cycle Management Division Attention: Stephen Cooper 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6601 Re: Suspending Destnction Dear Mr. Cooper: As you are aware, the Bureau of the Public Debt (B?])), Department of the Treasuty, has been under court order since August 1999 to presexve all documents relating to the pending litigation, Cobell cr, NortoL et al., which challenges the government's management of the Individual Jndian Monies (Tvt). The purpose of this letter is to remind you that B?]) remains under court order to preserve records indefinitely for purposes of the Cobeli litigation. Therefore, we request that the Federal Records Centers continue to implement the freeze on liii records from BPD Record Groups 53 and 82 and preserve all such records until fraTher notice. Thaiik you for your cooperation in this matter, Sincerely, !cj! fS Vich Thorpe, Manager, Graphics, Printing, and Records Branch Records Officer Financial Management Service memorandum Attachment E February 9, 2006 Didlake, Inc. Attn: Victoria Tanner, Project Manager 3700 East-West Highway, Room 8-014 1-lyattsvillc, MD 20782 Re: FMS Contract Number llMS-HQ-04-K-000 I (lhrmerly FHQ99D5 1295) Dear Ms. Fanner: Please continue to ensure that appropriate personnel at your company who perform work for FMS under the referenced contract are aware of. and are complying with, EMS' longstanding instructions to retain, indefinitely, all check claims related records Such records include microfiche copies of closed check claims case files, original documents contained in such files (including original TES 1133 claim forms), and any supporting information or documentation associated with same. Our letter to you dated August 7. 2001 included a copy of the retention order issued August 12, 1999 in the Cohell, et al. v. Norton, et al. litigation. If you need another copy of the retention order, please let me know. Please make EMS aware of any concerns you may have regarding these instructions. You may contact the COTR. Marilyn Haynes, at (202) 874-8883 or Alicia Steele, at (202) 874-7027, if you have any questions. Thank you For your continued cooperatiom Sincerely, Robert Romano Contracting Officer cc: Marilyn Haynes, COTR Beth Kramer, Office of Chief Counsel File FMS - Quality People - Quality Service Attachment F Official FMS Business [
] I To: Office of the Commissioner Agency Services Debt Management Services Federal Finance Financial Governmentwide Accounting Information Resources AC Management Regional Operations HO Aust Birmingham Kansas City Philadelphia San Francisco Date: 02/14/2006 From: William Higgins Subject: Cobell and Tribal Trust Litigation - FMS Retention Requirements I Date: February 14, 2006 To: All EMS Employees From: Richard L. Gregg Commissioner Subject: Cohe]l and Tribal Trust Litigation - EMS Retention Requirements All EMS employees are again reminded that EMS remains subject to continuing court orders and Treasury directives, requiring us to retain and safeguard all documents, data and tangible things that relate to Individual Indian Money (IIM) and Tribal trust funds and assets. indefinitely. To ensure that we remain in compliance with the court orders and directives, please continue to adhere to the following FMS requirements: I. Do not destroy any documents, data or tan!ib1e things unless you have received written approval from the Chief Counsel. This rule applies to all documents, data and tangible things, whether litigation-related or not. Prepare a disposition request, following the instructions contained in the Chief Counsel's March 7,2000 memorandum entitled "Process for Obtaining Disposition Approval" (posted on the FMS intranet on the "Cobell/Tribal Litigation" page). The only exception to this rule is for "obvious non-record materials." as described in the attached "quick Reference GuideT 2. Continue copyinc or_forwarding all Cobcll-rclatcd and Tribal-related e-mail and other electronic documents to their respective dedicated mailboxes ("Cohell Arehive(!fms" for Cohell-related e-mail/electronic documents and "Tribal Mailhox!ä!fms" for Tribal-related e-mail/electronic documents). To insert a mailbox address on an e-mail, simply type "Cobell" or "Tribal" and press the "Enter" key. You may delete your copy of any e-mail or other electronic document sent to these mailboxes. 3. Promptly forward any voicemail messages that relate to the Jicarilla Apache Nation or The Pueblo of Laguna Tribe to FMS' dedicated "Tribal" voicemail repositQ! Step-by-step instructions for forwarding voicemail messages to the repositoty are provided in my March 26, 2004 memorandum (posted on the FMS intranet on the "Cobell/Tribal Litigation" page). 4. Do not archive (move) data from any FMS electronic production systems that contain iithation-relatcd data, except pursuant to a written archive plan that has been approved by the Commissioner's Office. Please refer to the Deputy Commissioner's March 24, 2000 memorandum entitled "Maintenance of Data on FMS Systems" (posted on the FMS intranet on the "Cohell/Tribal Litigation" page) for more information about this requirement. 5. Do not attempt to give guidance on record retention matters to Federal Reserve Bank personnel. Please refer all such questions to Tern Dawson at (202) 874-6877 or to Beth Kramer at (202) 874-7036. I appreciate your continued compliance with these instructions and encourage you to review the pertinent memoranda posted on the FMS intranet. To locate the memoranda, double click on the icon for Netscape Navigator. This moves you to FMS' intranet. Under "News" or "Hot Topics," click on '!Cobell/Tribal Litigation." If you have questions or need assistance regarding any of these retention requirements, please do not hesitate to contact Tern Dawson at (202) 874-6877 or Beth Kramer at (202) 874-7036. Thank you. Attachment "A Quick Reference GHicle" REMEMBER: PRESERVE ALL INThRJOR/LNDIAN..TRUSTRELATED MATERIAL!! !1 OBVIOUS NONRECORD MATERIALS These may be destroyed without the approval of the Chief Counsel L CATEGORIES -- EXAMPLES * Office supply catalogs * vendor marketing materials * non-FMS publications/manuals such as phone books, Federal Register, dictionaries, "Lotus Notes for Dummies," -. attendee's copy of handouts received at meetings, training, etc. * employee's copy of work-related organization charts, phone lists, Treasury Correspondence Manual, etc. * employee's copy of FMS publications, such as "Fiscal Scene" * excess stocks of FMS marketing materials, such as Direct Deposit brochures * notices received re: IT security, scheduling of meetings & van rides, training, "acting" managers, voting leave, etc. * notices received re: retirements, deaths, TSP, CFC, PTI, Flex Account, etc. * employee's copy of T&A, payroll, personnel, etc. records (except travel records/receipts) * printouts of non-Federal Web pages that were not used for FMS business * non-FMS-related calendars/reminders * recipes, poems, cartoons, etc. * printer banner pages and printer failure reports * interim drafts created but never circulated to anyone * duplicates of any of the examples in these four categories. etc. 1. Non- Treasu ry/FMS Material _______ 2. Treasury/FMS Distribution! Reference Material 3. Personal Papers 4. Other Click here for more information on Cobell Litigation FMS Insider> News> Cobell Litigation> Cobell/Tribal Litigation-Ol -. Cobell/Tribal Li.,. Page 1 of'2 © FMS Insider You are here: Home > News > Cobell Litigation > CobelIJTribaILj!ation-oi-_cob!u!jrj!ç Litigation Home Pagc - Cobell/Tribal Litigation Home Page FMS is under continuing court orders to preserve certain documents indefinitely for purposes of the Cobell and tribal trust lawsuits. All employees must adhere to the instructions contained in the lollowing documents, until further notice. Cobell: 1. Commissioner Richard L. Gregg's August 30, '999 memorandum directing all FMS employees to preserve indefinitely all documents and data relating to IIM trust monies. This memorandum includes the court's August 12, 1999 retention order and a list of the types of records FMS must preserve. Note that the records EMS must retain for the Cobell litigation include not only JIM-related records but certain entire categories of records that Ff45 agreed to retain, regardless of whether they are IIM-related (for example, all Treasury checks). 2. TAe Deputy Chief Information Officer-s July 2, 1999 Luidelines for utilizing the "Archive" Cobell mailbox. 3. TheD_eputy Chief Information Officer's May 30, 2000 e-mail which reiterates the policy for using the "Archive Cobell" mailbox. It also provides guidance for using the mailbox with Lotus Notes e-mail. 4. Deputy Commissioner Kenneth R. Papajs March 3, 20Q0 memorandum (revised and reissued March 24, 2000) to Assistant Commissioners, entitled "Maintenance of Data on FMS Systems." 5. Chief Counsel Debra N. Diener's Mai-ch 7! 2000 memorandum to Assistant Commissioners, outlining the requirements for seeking approval to dispose of documents not pertinent to pending litigation. 6. Commissioner Gregg's February 14, 2006 memorandum reminding All FNIS Employees of records retention requirements, including the rule that no documents, data or tangible things can be destroyed without written approval from the Chief Counsel (with the exception of "obvious non-record materials"). Includes a copy of the "Quick Reference Guide" describing "obvious non-record materials". Tribal: 1. Commissioner Gregg's A rJi2, 2002 memorandum to Assistant_comm issioners directing that all tribal trust fund documents be preserved. 2. Commissioner Gregg's March 26, 2004 memorandum to Assistant Commissioners and Chief Counsel, requiring that email and voicemail messages related to two tribes (The Pueblo of Laguna and Jicarilla Apache Nation) be forwarded to dedicated "Tribal" mailboxes, and providing detailed instructions for using those mailboxes. All questions should be directed to the Office of Chief Counsel at 874-6680. 0CC Welcome Pase http://intranet.frns.treas.gov/counscl.nsf7prinUCXXCFD3P478968E785256C22003F7j 03 2/14/2006 Attachment C (1 of 2) [Business Alert Message (BM() for Current TGAs) l'his is a reminder to continue preserving records in accordance with FMS' prior instructions to your financial institution. As stated in our initial letter dated July 9, 1999 and each successive reminder letter, including the most recent Broadcast Administrative Message issued in August 2005, due to ongoing litigation [Cobell, et al. v. Norton, et al., Civ. No. 1-96CV01285 (D.D.C,)J, your financial institution must retain, until further notice: Standard Form 215, Standard Form 551 5 and any supporting documentation, IN ALL FORMS AND MED1A. associated with transactions relating to deposits received from the Department of the Interior for credit to the TreasurVs General Account (TGA). This includes paper, electronic, microfilm, microfiche, or any other media. If you have not already done so, please designate a point of contact at your financial institution to disseminate these record retention instructions to appropriate personnel at your organization (including records management personnel). Please ensure that an appropriate dissemination and compliance process is in place to ensure these instructions are being followed at your financial institution. If these retention instructions create a problem for your operations, please send your concerns in writing to the Over-the-Counter Revenue Collection Division at 401 14th Street, SW., Room 307C, Washington, DC 20227. If you have any questions, contact the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis at 1-866-771-1842 or Ava Singleton on (202) 874-9986. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Attachment 6 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (2 of 2) WASHINGTON, D.C. 23227 February 24, 2006 Dear Sir or Madam: This is a reminder to continue preserving records in accordance with FMS' prior instructions to your inancial institution. As stated in our initial letter dated July 9, 1999 and each successive reminder letter, including our most recent reminder letter dated August 9, 2005, due to ongoing litigation [Cobell. eta!. v. Norton. et a!., Civ. No. 1-96CV01285 (D.D.C.)], your financial institution must retain, until further notice: Standard Form 215, Standard Form 5515 and any supporting documentation, IN ALL FORMS AND MEDIA, associated with transactions relating to deposits received from the Department of the Interior for credit to the Treasury's General Account (TGA). This includes any such records formerly maintained by the financial institutions shown on the attached list, now in your possession, custody or control. This includes paper, electronic, microfilm, microfiche, or any other media. If you have not already done so, please designate a point of contact at your financial institution to disseminate these record retention instructions to appropriate personnel at your organization, including records management personnel. Please ensure that an appropriate dissemination and compliance process is in place to ensure these instructions are being followed at your financial institution. If these retention instructions create a problem for your operations, please send your concerns in writing to the Over-the-Counter Revenue Collection Division (OTCD) at 401 14th Street, S.W., Room 307C, Washington, DC 20227, as soon as possible. Thank you for your continuing cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions, the first point of contact is the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis at 1-866-771-1842. Should you have further questions, feel free to contact Ava Singleton on (202) 874-9986. Sincerely, Corvelli A. McDaniel, Director Over-the-Counter Revenue Collection Division A/C Federal Finance Attachment H Anne MeisterIBPD To Al! - BPD (Business use only!) 02/2712006 04:35 PM CC IIM Mailbox@BPD Subject IMPORTANT REMINDER TO ALL EMPLOYEES I'd like to remind all employees that BPD rcmains subject to a court order that governs the retention of records relating to the Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust fund and JIM trust assets. To ensure compliance with this court order, you should not destroy any documents or data pertaining to the following subjects without written approval from the Chief Counsel or his designee: * IIM dcposit fund investment records * IIM accounts and accounts held in trust by the Department of the Interior * Savings bonds held in trust form of registration by the Department of the Interior * Correspondence (internal and external) relating to Individual Indian Money * Electronic communications, such as c-mails arid Internet messages, relating to the subjects above, unless those communications have been forwarded to the Cube/i mailbox. You should continue to copy or forward all c-mails relating to the IIM trust fund, IIM trust assets, and the Cube/I litigation to the dedicated IIM Mailbox, 'to insert the mailbox address on an e-mail, simply type "IIM Mailbox" and press the "Enter" key. The Federal Reserve Banks have also been instructed not to destroy any fiscal agency records unless they have received specific permission in writing from Treasury authorizing the destruction. Please refer any inquiries from FRB personnel regarding record retention to Jimmy Phillips at (202) 504-3683, fax number (202) 504-3630. Don't attempt to give guidance on record retention matters tn any FRB employee. I appreciate your continued compliance with these instructions and encourage you to occasionally review the pertinent niemoranda and c-mails, which are posted on PD Web under the Office of the Chief Counsel's (0CC) website. Just click on the office link "0CC" and then click on" Cube/I v. Nor/un.' which appears in the "Litigation" section. thanks again for the great support you have shown in helping Public Debt comply with a very challenging court order. FEE-2?-2006 16:32 GLE GEN COLtISEL 202 622 1176 P. 03/04 Litigation Obligations and Directives Office of the General Counsel Directive From General Counsel To All Departmental Offices Employees Concerning Cobeli Litigation By order of the Court ct Cobeil v. Norton, Depaitniental Offices employees must preserve all documents and records, whether in paper, electronic, or other form, that are relevant to any aspect of the government's responsibilIties with respect to the individual Indian money trust. Such responsibilIties include, but are not limited to, management, administration, collection, disbursement, investment, and accounting of trust funds. To comply wIth the various court orders to which we are subject in çobell v. Norton, to make it easier to manage and retrIeve electronic mail as needed, and to help ensure that our electronic mall will continue to operate, Jam reluesting that you do the following thIngs: Step One: Search for Previous E-Mails You Nave Sent or Received Search your e-mail, including "Inbox,' "Drafts,' 'Message Log,1' and all Folders and "Archives,' (or anything that relates in any way to the Cobell litigation, Individual Indian Monies, or Department of Jnterior investments on behalf of individual Indians. Forward any e-mails that you find on this subject (including attachments and retaining forwarding history) to "Cobell" or cobell@do.treas.gov. In an effort to manage electronic mail, we have created this dedicated mailbox for Cobeil-related and/or discussions relating to Individuar Indian Money account. Step Two: E-Mails That You Send In the Future Beginning immediately, send a "cc" (not a !bcc") of all e-malls (inciuding attachments) that you initiate, that relate In any way to the Cobeli litigation, Individual Indian Monies or Department of Interior investments on behalf of individual Indians, to "Cobeli." step Three! F-Mails That You Receive in the Future - Also beginning Immediately, forward all e-mails that you receive (including attachments and retaining forwarding history) that relate in any way to the Cobeli litigation, Individual Indian Monies or Department of InterIor investments on behalf of individual Indians, to "Cobell," unless you can tell from the message that the e-mail has already been sent to the "Cobeil.' If you have questions on this process or the retention of documents, call Thomas Mccivern, Counselor to the General Counsel, at 622-2317. 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LsL,,A.flhJ..!,4 !,. *1Ms!g! !!!,ai,h4,4,h,tMnh.,,1_a11 !,'t1ta! he4I FEB-27--2006 16:32 GLE GEM COUNSEL 202 622 1176 P.02/04 I I DEPARTMENTOFTHETREASIJRY ) WASHINGTON, D.C. CENERALCOUNSEL 22 S - IMMEDIATE ACTION MEMORANDUM TO ALL DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES EMPLOYEES FROM: ARNOLD I. HAVENS GENERAL COUNSEL SUBJECT: Document Retention Obligations in Cobell v. Norton (Individual Indian Money or 'IIM" Litigation) Previously this Office has instructcd Departmental Offices employees to preserve documents in the Cobol! v. Nbrtop litigation. This directive serves as a reminder to employees as to their obligatIons. To ensure compliance with court orders in Cobefl. Dcpartmental Offices ernployccs must preserve all documents and records, whether m papcr! electronic, or other form, that arc rclcvant to any aspect ofthe government's responsibilities wish respect to the individual Indian money trust, regardless of NARA-approved tword disposition schedules. Such responsibilities include, but arc not limited to, management, adrninisn-ation, collection, disbursement, investment, and accounting Of mist ftmds. For purposes of presciving c-mails, lam requesting that you do the following: I. Send a "cc" (not a "bee") of all c-mails (including attachments) that you initiate, that relate ifl any way to the cobclj litigation, Thdiviaual Monies or Department of Interior LIIVCSIIflCflIS Or) behalf of individual Indians, to the dedicated mailbox for Cobell-related c-mails and/or o-mails relating to Individual Indian Money accounts. The dedicated mailbox address is Cohell(ñdo,trea&nov orjust Cobcll. 2. Forward any c-mail that you receive (including aftachmenra and retaining forwarding history) that relate in any way to the Cobell litigation, Individual Monies or Department of Interior investments on behalf of individual indians, to the dedicated mailbox for Cobell-relatcd c-maiLs nod/or c-mails relating to Individual thdian Money accounts, unless you can tell from the message that the e-mail hat already been sent to the dedicated mailbox. Tho dedicated mailbox uddrcss is Cnhell(2edohns.gnv !r just Cobell. Please note that the Cobell mailbox has been copied on the c-mail message conveying this directive. If you have any questions about this process or the retention of documents, please call Brian Fen'ell, Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Public Debt, at 691-3715. if you have any questions about the Cobell mailbox, plcase contact the HelpDesk at 622-FIlL Attachment J BAE SYSTEMS MEMORANDUM FOR RORY SCHULTZ OCIO 0! / FROM: GORDON L. SMITH ChIEF ENGINEER BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUBJECT: Co/wit v.Norton: Technical summary of data analysis A. Background There was a hardware failure in the Departmental Offices local area network ("DO LAN") on May 7, 2003. The OCLO has previously reported to the abe/i court on efforts to assess the effects, if any, of the hardware failure. This report describes the final steps taken to analyze data from back up tapes made shortly after the hardware failure. B. Discussion [he OCIO made a copy olthe electronic mail message data stored on backup tapes of the DO LAN, including the two main servers "MS-0I" and "MS-02." The copy of the backup tape data was stored on "stand-alone" hard drives so that the data could be analyted to assess, if possible, the effects of the hardware failure in May 2003. The presence of classified information in the data necessitated strict security precautions. The backup tapes are securely stored and were not analyzed. The servers run Microsoft Exchange software. Three Microsoft Exchange utilities were run on the data on the hard drives. 1. ISINTEG utility. The first utility, ISINTEG, checks the integrity of the Exchange "logical structure." The logical structure comprises the information displayed to the user in Microsoft Outlook (the DO email software) including all mailboxes, all folders in a mailbox, all messages in each folder, and all attachments. There were no errors detected in the Logical structure. This means that for each message stored, there is a corresponding data page(s) in the database holding the data for that message. 2. ESEFILE utility. The second utility, ESEFILE, was run to cheek the accuracy of each page in the database and to check that there are no missing pages. The Exchange data from one or more email messages is stored on 4 kilobyte ("KB") pages in a database. These pages are sequentially numbered. When data is written to one of these pages, a check is run against the page and this value is stored in the page header. ESEFILE then runs another cheek against each page and compares that to the original value stored in the page header. ESEF1LE also checks to ensure there are no Information Technology. 2525 Network Place. Herndon. VA 201 (1. USA lelephone 1703) 563-7500 BAE SYSTEMS missing pages. In addition, when the database automatically expands to allow more data to be written, pages to which no data has been written are known as "Uninitiated'1 pages. The Uninitiated pages reported by ESEFILE are the number of pages that never contained any data. ESEFILE reported that server MS-01 had 77,935,618 pages and MS-02 had 79,241,986 pages. MS-01 had 6,371 Uninitiated pages and MS-02 had 310,320 Uninitiated pages. ESEFILE reported that there were no pages with 'bad' check and no pages with wrong page numbers. The results of the ESEFILE utility indicate the original data written to each page has not changed and that all pages are still present in the database. 3. ESEUTIL The third utility run is called ESEUTIL. ESEUTIL has an "assessment" mode and a "defragmentation" mode. ESF.UTIL in assessment mode is run to obtain information about "Disassociated" pages. Disassociated pages are pages that do not have corresponding messages. For example, a user may start typing a message but delete the message without saving or sending the message. These pages are normally "cleaned up" during regular system maintenance, I am informed that the OCIO was not able to perform regular system maintenance at the time of thc hardware failure because of the large size of the database. The large database was created because of the decision to retain all data (including all email) in order for DO to meet the discovery obligations in the litigation. ihe ESEUTIL utility was run in assessment mode but failed to run completely after multipic starts. Consultation with Microsoft technical personnel indicated that the only way to successfully run the utility would be to run it in defragmentation mode. In this mode, the utility goes through the database and copies all good data to a new database but deletes Disassociated pages since it sees them as bad data. Running the utility in this mode was successfully completed on 24 October, 2005. The utility reported that all data in the database is complete. MSOI MSO2 Size of the Database before ESEUTIL 312GB 317GB Size of the Database after ESEUTLI 299GB 275GB Difference 13GB 42GB ("GB" = gigabyte.) The size of the database went down after running ESEUTIL in the defragmentation mode. Since the utility ran with no errors, it is my professional judgment that the risk that any data about email messages was lost is minimal. The size of the databases is smaller after defragmentation because Uninitiated and Disassoeiatcd pages are not copied to the new database. In addition, "white space" is not copied to the new database. (If an email message does not fill an entire 4KB page, the remaining space may be too small to store another message. This unused extra space is not copied to the new database.) intormation Technology, 2525 Network Place. Herndon, VA 20171 USA Telephone (703) 563-7500 BAE SYSTEMS At the time of the hardware failure, the Microsoft Exchange database had grown so large that system maintenance could not be performed, including system maintenance that would eliminate Uninitiated and Disassociated pages. Consequently, it is highly likely that therc would be a significant number of Disassociated pages. C, Results. Based on the results from the utilities (ISINTEG, ESEFILE, and ESEUTIL), combined with our experience in running the Exchange Store (e.g., we have never had a user report that a particular email message could not be retrieved), we can conclude that: (1) the Exchange data on both servers is in a very stable condition; (2) the likelihood that any data loss occurred, or that any specific email message was lost, is minimal. The hardware failure occurred while the email system was processing messages in and out of the DO LAN system. The utilities we have run are unable to tell us whether any such messages were lost. The utilities are also unable to tell us the parameters of any loss except the difference between the size of the database before and after defragmentation. The Unassociated pages, Disassociated pages and white space are a significant portion of the difference and almost certainly all of it. However, it is not possible to tell for certain that every message ever sent or received by the DO LAN is still in the Microsoft Exchange data store. D. Conclusion. In my professional judgment, and the judgment of Microsoft technical personnel, the utilities that have been run exhaust the options for assessing the effects (if any) of the hardware failure Accordingly, I have no further steps to recommend. Information Technology, 2525 Network Place, Nerndon, VA 20171 USA Telephone 703) 563'7500