HUD Tribal Assessment Tool Now Avaliable: The HUD Tribal Directory Assessment Tool (TDAT) v1.0 was developed by the Office of Environment and Energy's Environmental Planning Division (EPD) to assist users with historic preservation/Section 106 compliance and tribal consultation. Per 36 CFR §800.2(c)(2)(ii)(A), HUD and/or Responsible Entities must make a "reasonable and good faith effort" to identify federally recognized Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Alaska Natives and to consult with them on projects in which they are interested. TDAT was designed to help users quickly identify tribes and provide users with appropriate tribal contact information to assist with initiating Section 106 consultation. Two key aspects of TDAT are its ability to 1) link tribes' areas of interest down to the county level and 2) perform a variety of queries related to tribes. TDAT is located at: http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/environment/tribal/index.cfm

Please share this new assessment tool with your constituents (REs and Tribes). Encourage them to use it and provide regular feedback thru the ATEC@hud.gov email address. If you have questions, please contact David Blick at 202.402.5718.

The Federal Preservation Institute is pleased to bring you this compilation of newsletters from a variety of federal partners in preservation. 

National Park Service: Heritage News

Department of Defense: Cultural Resources Update

Fish & Wildlife Service: Historical Happenings

NPS Archeology Program: EGram

APT Washington, DC Chapter: Newsletter

Department of Energy: Partners in Preservation

Alliance of National Heritage Areas: Alliance Update