Advisory Committee Correspondence
2019- TSGAC Letter: Comments on Tribal Engagement with the NIH All of Us Research Program
TSGAC outlined a number of concerns, including: Lack of respect for Tribal data sovereignty. Data sovereignty involves a Tribe’s right to govern the collection, ownership, and application of their own data. Because the parameters of All of Us are broad and ambiguous, Tribes feel unsafe and unwilling to partake in the research. Lack of cultural …
2019- SGAC Comments: Department of the Interior Self-Governance Advisory Committee Comments Regarding Proposed DOT Self-Governance Program Regulations
On behalf of the Department of the Interior Self-Governance Advisory Committee (SGAC), we write to provide our comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed rule to establish and implement the Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program (TTSGP or Program), as authorized by Section 1121 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, 49 C.F.R. 29.