Office of the Special Trustee ( OST )

OST carries out its mission in pursuit of the following three goals: To protect and preserve Indian trust assets by receipting and accurately accounting for income due to beneficiaries; To provide all tribal and Individual Indian Money account holders with information on their trust accounts that is timely and accurate; and To engage beneficiaries in the management of their trust assets to allow them to make informed decisions. FOIA Reference Guide FOIA Regulations PRIVACY ACT ADVISORY If you choose to submit a request, regulations at 43 CFR, Part 2 authorize the collection of the information you provide in the FOIA request form. The information you provide is protected by Privacy Act Systems of Records Notice DOI—71: "Freedom of Information Request Files System—Interior" (81 FR 33544). The information you provide is used by Bureau/Office FOIA Offices to respond to your request for agency documents. Disclosures of this information within the Department may be made to program offices within the Bureau/Office to locate the documents you are seeking, to legal counsel, others within the agency to review the Bureau's/Office's proposed response to your request, and to any other parties within the agency with a need-to-know interest in your FOIA request. Disclosures of this information may also be made outside the Department to parties for purposes detailed in the Routine Uses section of Privacy Act System of Records Notice DOI—71.