This webpage provides policies and procedures for addressing harassment in the workplace.
Policies
The Department's Personnel Bulletin 18-01, Prevention and Elimination of Harassing Conduct, defines unacceptable conduct; outlines the rights and responsibilities of employees, supervisors, and managers; and establishes reporting procedures and accountability measures.
- Assistant Secretary Tara Sweeney Message on Continuing to Strengthen Our Workplace Culture
- Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affair’s Prevention and Elimination of Harassing Conduct Policy Memo
- Indian Affairs Harassment-Free Workplace and Harassment Claims, 8 IAM 4
- Indian Affairs Harassing Conduct Allegation Intake Form
Bureau Anti-Harassment and Workplace Conduct Policies
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Education
DOI Resources
- Personnel Bulletin: Transgender and Other Gender Non-Conforming Employee Policy
- DOI Ombuds Office: Collaborative Action Dispute Resolution (CADR)/Ombudsman
- DOI EAP: Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Information
- DOI Prevention & Elimination of Harassing Conduct
- DOI Office of Civil Rights
- DOI Workplace Environment Study Reports
- FY 19 FEVS – DOI Bureau/Office Agency Specific Items Results
- DOI Ombuds Program Video
BIA and BIE Resources
- BIA & BIE Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights Programs
- BIA Ombudsman Memorandum
- BIE Ombudsman Memorandum
- Indian Affairs Civil Treatment Leadership Training Completion
- BIA & BIE Work Environment Survey Action Plan
Important Resources (for reporting)
- DOI Employee Resources
- DOI Manager and Supervisor Resources
- DOI Employee Assistance Program Counselors
- BIA Employee Workplace Issues Resources
- Indian Affairs Harassing Conduct Allegation Intake Form
Contacts
BIA Human Resources Employee Relations Point of Contacts
AS-IA, Central Office, Alaska (interim), Eastern Oklahoma (interim), Midwest (interim) | Clayton Belgarde (Rocky Mountain, Eastern, and District 5-OJS) Human Resources Specialist Email: Clayton.Belgarde@bia.gov Phone: (605) 226-7402 |
Monica Cooper (Southern Plains, Alaska, Eastern Oklahoma, Pacific and Midwest) Human Resources Specialist Email: Monica.Cooper@bia.gov Phone: (605) 226-7402 | Lorna Cuny (Northwest, Southwest, and Navajo) Human Resources Specialist Email: Lorna.Cuny@bia.gov Phone: (605) 348-2567 |
Lena Fasthorse Buck (Western Region) Human Resources Specialist Email: Lena.FasthorseBuck@bia.gov Phone: (602) 379-9800 | Alicia De Cardona-Rivera (OJS) Human Resources Specialist (ER/LR) Phone: 571-560-0709 |
BIE Human Resources Employee Relations Point of Contacts
Glenn Himebaugh (BIE) Manager, Employee & Labor Relations Email: Glenn.Himebaugh@bia.gov Phone: (505) 563-5323 |
Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights Programs, serving BIA, BIE, and BTFA
Krista Hodges-Eckhoff Director, Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights Programs Phone: (202) 208-3667 |
BIA, BIE and BTFA Ombuds Point of Contact
Mary Chavez Rudolph DOI - Office of Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution Phone: (202) 494-3371 |
BIA, BIE and BTFA Alternative Dispute Resolution Points of Contacts
Molly Tepper Conflict Management Specialist, DOI CADR CORE PLUS/Mediation Program Email: Molly_Tepper@ios.doi.gov Phone: (202) 671-0762 |
OIG Hotline
Phone: 1-800-424-5081
