Arizona Daily Independent
A General Accounting Office report released this month has found that the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) management shortcomings and other factors including a complex regulatory framework have hindered Indian energy development.
According to the report, the General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted the report because Indian energy resources hold significant potential for development, but remain largely undeveloped. The GAO’s report examined (1) factors that have hindered Indian energy development, (2) factors that have deterred tribes from pursuing tribal energy resource agreements (TERAs), and (3) the effectiveness of Interior’s efforts to build tribes’ capacity to enter into TERAs.
