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IA National Policy Memoranda (NPM)

National Policy Memoranda provide interim instructions regarding the official duties and responsibilities of IA employees. They are valid for one year, after which they are evaluated for relevance. NPMs can then be extended for one year, superseded by updated guidance, or converted to permanent policy (IAM chapters). There have been some discrepancies in the past regarding the review and sign-off on NPMs and the recording of "effective" and "expired" dates. The signature date is typically the "issued" (effective) date, and in some cases, the "expired" date is different than one might expect. The NPM document must be read in order to understand some of the effective and expired dates. National policy is established or amended only in writing and only by the Assistant Secretary, the Deputy Assistant Secretaries, the Director, BIA, or the Director, BIE.

Current NPMs

NPM Citation
Title
Signed/Issue Date
Status

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

NPM-EDUC-27Policy Waiving Qualification Requirements for Teacher Recruitment Organizations4/01/12Expires 4/01/13
NPM-EDUC-28Policy to Support Accelerated Food Purchases9/19/12Expires 9/19/13

TRUST SERVICES

NPM-TRUS-1A2
4/14/08
Approved through 3/13/13
NPM-TRUS-8A1
4/14/08
Approved through 3/13/13
NPM-TRUS-29Guidance for the Approval of Tribal Leasing Regulations under the HEARTH Act1/16/13Expires 1/16/14
NPM-TRUST-30Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) Reconciliation and Ordering Process Policy10/29/12Expires 10/29/13
SELF GOVERNANCE
NPM-SELFD-1
5/08/06
Does not expire until superseded 
NPM-SELFD-1A
5/08/06
Does not expire until superseded

INDIAN SERVICES

NPM-TRANS-1Sign Assessment or Management Method to Maintain Minimum Levels of Retroreflectivity on BIA Roads 01/20/12 Expires 01/20/13

BIA - OTHER

 NPM-DBIA-01 Youth Initiative 9/20/12Expires 9/20/13 
 
 Historical and Archived NPMs
 
NPM Citation
Title
Signed/Issue Date
Status

ACQUISITION AND PROPERTY

NPM-ACQU-1
5/07/09
Expired 5/07/10
NPM-ACQU-2
6/05/07
Expired 6/05/08
NPM-PROP-1
8/20/07
Expired 8/20/08; Superseded by 23 IAM 4
 
 
 
 

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

NPM-EDUC-1
6/23/04
Expired 6/23/05
NPM-EDUC-1A1
6/22/05
Expired 6/24/06
NPM-EDUC-1A2
6/02/06
Expired 6/24/07
NPM-EDUC-2
11/02/04
Expired 11/02/05
NPM-EDUC-2A1
10/13/05
Expired 11/03/06;
Superseded by NPM-EDUC-21
NPM-EDUC-4
7/25/05
Expired 7/25/06
NPM-EDUC-5
5/26/05
Expired 5/26/06; Superseded by 30 IAM 4
NPM-EDUC-6
7/07/05
Expired 7/07/06
NPM-EDUC-6A1
8/17/07
Expired 9/17/08; Superseded by 30 IAM 4
NPM-EDUC-7
2/27/06
Expired 2/27/07
NPM-EDUC-11
8/03/06
Expired 8/03/07
NPM-EDUC-19
 10/22/09
Expired 7/29/10 
NPM-EDUC-205/01/10Expired 5/01/11
NPM-EDUC-22 Suicide Prevention, Early Intervention, and Postvention Policy 11/01/10 Expired 11/01/11; Superseded by 30 IAM 14 and 34 IAM 7
NPM-EDUC-26
 4/18/11 (signed)
 Expired 5/01/12
    

ENVIRONMENTAL-CULTURAL RESOURCES

NPM-CULT-1
12/17/07
Expired 12/17/08
NPM-ENV-2
 7/20/10
Expired 7/20/11 
NPM-ENV-2A1 NEPA Review of the Purchase of Fractionated Interests - Amendment 1  7/20/10 Expired 10/18/11; Superseded by 59 IAM 3

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

NPM-FM-2
12/20/05
Expired 12/20/06
 
 
 
 

HUMAN RESOURCES

NPM-HR-1
1/21/05
Expired 1/21/06
NPM-HR-1A1
1/12/06
Expired 1/21/07
NPM-HR-1A2
4/18/08
Expired 4/18/09; Superseded by 28 IAM 790
NPM-HR-3
3/22/06
Expired 3/22/07
NPM-HR-3A1
6/05/07
Expired 3/22/08
NPM-HR-3A2
8/28/08
Expired 3/22/09
NPM-HR-4
3/25/08
Expired 3/23/09; IA is following the DOI Policy
NPM-HR-5
1/19/06
Expired 1/19/07
NPM-HR-5A1
6/05/07
Expired 1/19/08
NPM-HR-6
1/19/06
Expired 1/19/07
NPM-HR-6A1
6/05/07
Expired 1/19/08; Superseded by 28 IAM 430
NPM-HR-7
3/30/06
Expired 3/30/07
NPM-HR-7A1
6/05/07
Expired 3/30/08
NPM-HR-8
7/07/06
Expired 7/07/07
NPM-HR-8A1
10/01/07
7/07/08;
Superseded by
28 IAM 303-H
NPM-HR-9
10/09/07
Expired 10/09/08
NPM-HR-11
7/27/07
Expired 7/27/08
NPM-HR-12
8/16/07
Expired 8/16/08
NPM-HR-12A1
10/06/08
Expired 8/16/09
NPM-HR-13
10/06/08
Expired 10/10/09
 
 
 
 

MANAGEMENT

NPM-MGMT-1
6/01/05
Expired 6/01/06
 
 
 
 

SELF-GOVERNANCE

    
    
 
 
 
 

TRUST SERVICES

NPM-TRUS-1
5/17/05
 
Expired 5/18/06; Superseded by NPM-TRUS-1A2
NPM-TRUS-1A1
5/17/06
Approved through 2011, but superseded b NPM-TRUS-1A2
NPM-TRUS-2
5/25/05
Expired 5/20/06
NPM-TRUS-2A1
7/18/06
Expired 7/18/07; Superseded by 76 IAM 3
NPM-TRUS-3
5/25/05
Expired 5/20/06
NPM-TRUS-3A1
8/23/06
Expired 7/18/07
NPM-TRUS-3A2
8/13/07
Expired 5/20/08; Superseded by 76 IAM 16
NPM-TRUS-4
5/25/05
Expired 5/20/06
NPM-TRUS-4A1
8/22/06
Expired 7/18/07; Superseded by NPM-TRUS-13
NPM-TRUS-5
5/25/05
Expired 5/20/06
NPM-TRUS-6
5/25/05
Expired 5/20/06
NPM-TRUS-6A1
8/15/06
Expired 7/18/07
NPM-TRUS-7
1/03/07
Expired 1/03/08; Superseded by 76 IAM 7
NPM-TRUS-8
5/16/06
Expired 5/16/07; Superseded by NPM-TRUS-8A1
NPM-TRUS-9
12/04/06
Expired 12/04/07; Superseded by 76 IAM 9
NPM-TRUS-10
11/17/06
Expired 11/17/07; Superseded by 76 IAM 10
NPM-TRUS-11
1/03/07
Expired 1/03/08; Superseded by 76 IAM 11
NPM-TRUS-12
11/17/06
Expired 11/17/07; Superseded by 76 IAM 12
NPM-TRUS-13
6/14/07
Expired 6/14/08
NPM-TRUS-14
6/18/07
Expired 6/18/08;
Superseded by 76 IAM 6
NPM-TRUS-15
6/14/07
Expired 6/14/08;
Superseded by 76 IAM 15
NPM-TRUS-16
5/16/07
Expired 5/16/08
NPM-TRUS-17
3/04/08
Expired 3/04/09; Superseded by 76 IAM 14
NPM-TRUS-21
2/19/08
Expired 2/19/09
NPM-TRUS-22
2/19/08
Expired 2/19/09
NPM-TRUS-26A1Management of Water-Related Functions within the Office of Trust Services, Amendment 110/10/10Extended through 10/01/12; now expired