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Forwarded from Indiana, Shelby Co., IN list:
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ballard" <john.ballard(a)anu.edu.au>
To: <INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 7:34 PM
Subject: Closing Land Patents website
> The U.S. Department of the Interior, has been directed by court order to
> disconnect all databases that allow access to "individual Indian trust
> data". Since the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is under the directive
> of the DOI, it has been disconnected, along with some other vital
> databases.
>
> You can read the DOI memos concerning the court orders at:
>
> http://www.doi.gov/
>
> Below are more links if you are interested in the latest news about the
> court order disconnecting the DOI's databases, including our favorite
> Land Patent Search at the Bureau of Land Management.
>
> Briefly, the databases that seem to be affected are:
>
> Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
> Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
> Bureau of Reclamations (BOR)
> Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS)
> Minerals Management Services (MMS)
> National Parks Service (NPS) another favorite!
> Office of Surface Mining (OSM)
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/12/11/interior.reut/index.html
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48980,00.html
>
> Official US Executive Websites and their acronyms:
> http://www.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
> --
>
> Dr J A Ballard <john.ballard(a)anu.edu.au>
> Graduate School, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200,
Australia
> Tel +61 2 6125 5487 Fax +61 2 6125 4829
>
>
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Dwayne Crandall
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