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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2002

Last Updated: 3:17 p.m. EDT

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth wants the court official whose reports formed the basis of the Bush administration's contempt trial to keep investigating the Department of Interior for another year.

In an order filed today, Lamberth asks both sides of the Individual Indian Money (IIM) class action to comment on court monitor Joseph S. Kieffer III. Appointed a year ago this month, Kieffer's term is set to expire.

Attorneys representing 300,000 American Indian beneficiaries support Kieffer's renewal, they told Indianz.Com. The Interior and its attorneys have until April 11 to comment.

Kieffer was put into place April 16 of last year in response to concerns about the progress of trust reform. He has since delivered six reports critical of the Clinton and Bush administration's handling of the IIM system.

Related Documents:
1st Report: Historical Accounting (7/11) | 2nd Report: TAAMS (8/9) | 3rd Report: BIA Data Cleanup (9/17) | 4th Report: Trust Reform (10/16) | 5th Report: Historical Accounting (2/1) | 6th Report: 8th Quarterly Report (2/1) | Appointment of Court Monitor (4/16)

Relevant Links:
Indian Trust, Department of Interior - http://www.doi.gov/indiantrust
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Trust Reform, NCAI - http://130.94.214.68/main/pages/
issues/other_issues/trust_reform.asp

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