Announcements

The Office of the Navajo Tax Commission will be closed from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. The Department will be having their Annual Employee Appreciation Dinner/Celebration. The Office of the Navajo Tax Commission will re-open on July 31, 2024, at 8:00am. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Date: Friday, 9th August 2024

Location: Administrative Bldg 1, Parking Lot, Window Rock, AZ

Free on-site registration: 5:00 - 6:15pm

Run starts at 6:30PM

Please be advised when you have contacted our department to attend the Defensive Driving Class, we do expect you to attend. Should circumstances warrant you not to attend, please contact us as soon as possible to cancel your reserved spot. We will be establishing a waiting list for other NN personnel that can be next in line to fill a spot. In most cases personnel are not contacting us if not to attend, hence this memorandum. It is important you contact us if you are unable to attend.

The Department of Resource Enforcement requests the assistance of Navajo pet owners to help in addressing the overpopulation of dogs and cats on the Navajo Nation. In return for getting your pet(s) spayed/neutered within the project period, pet owners will receive a one-time cash incentive.

Dates: July 1 - September 6, 2024

This memorandum will serve as notice that the Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance under Department of Diné Education will be closed Friday, July 26 for the Chief Manuelito Scholarship Ceremony at the Diné College main branch in Tsaile at 8:30 am.

September 24th-25th, 2024

Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock, AZ

Thursday, August 1, 2024. 

8 AM - 5 PM

The current NN email migration process is ongoing.

For information on how to log into your email, please visit the DIT website at https://dit.navajo-nsn.gov/.

Thank you for your cooperation! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

Navajo Nation Special Diabetes Program is hosting events. 

See Flyers. 

This memo will serve as notification to all concerned that the following year end processing dates for the closing of the Fiscal Year 2024 activities for all General Funds programs which fund term ends on September 30, 2024. The FMIS System will be unavailable on September 30, 2024, therefore this will be the only notice provided from the Office of the Controller. Please prepare/plan as it is not guaranteed that your documents will be processed. The limiting factor depends on the workload. Do not wait to submit documents. This has been and is customary for the entire Navajo Nation for many years, please adhere accordingly

This memorandum serves to notify all Divisions, Departments, and Programs that the Real Estate Department will be temporarily unavailable for administrative services from July 22-24, 2024. During this period, our team will be participating in a staff development workshop aimed at enhancing our professional capabilities and skills. 

Through collaboration with the Navajo Division of Community Development, the Division of Social Services' Financial Assistance Unit will work directly with the 110 Navajo Chapters to distribute the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program applications. See memorandum and for flyer more information. 

Deadline to submit LIHEAP application: August 30, 2024, at 5pm, or when funds are depleted.

Registration is Free. Limited to 100 participants.

The Data Summit will assist the Advisory Group to identify strategies and initiate decision making about addressing challenges on the Navajo Nation with alcohol and substance abuse, domestic violence prevention, suicide prevention, and Missing, Murdered Dine’ Relatives.

This memorandum shall serve as an official notification and request to all Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, and Programs to make the necessary arrangements for your staff to set up information/outreach booths for the Annual Navajo Code Talkers Day Stand Down Event on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Navajo Nation Fair Grounds in Window Rock, Arizona. 

August 6 and 7, 2024

Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort, Flagstaff, Arizona

Navajo Nation Heritage & Historic Preservation Department's (NNHHPD) Bears Ears Inter-Governmental Cooperative Agreement Project has developed a monthly newsletter to provide consistent public education about Bears Ears National Monument's cultural, historical, and present-day significance to Diné. 

The Division of Behavioral & Mental Health Services (DBMHS) invites you to upcoming Youth & Elder Summits in Ft. Defiance, Lupton, and Dilkon, Arizona. 

DODE and its education partners are holding the Navajo Education Research Symposium in Flagstaff, AZ on Thursday, July 25. Tribal education leaders will share their discussions and research on the following theme: “The Importance of Data in Decision Making, Exercising Sovereignty, and Protecting and Preserving Cultural Intellectual Property in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”

This is notification that use of Fiscal Recovery Funds for travel is suspended until further notice, in accordance with Resolution CMY-28-24. All pcards assigned for travel under the Fiscal Recovery Fund (FRF) business units have been suspended as of Thursday, July 11 , 2024. Programs can no longer reconcile to the FRF business units.

 Navajo Nation Fair Grounds, Window Rock, AZ

Sunday, July 14, 2024 

9:00 AM - 5 :00 PM

The Department of Personnel Management (DPM) hosted a Fun Run & Walk Job Fair and Zumba on July 3rd, 2024, at 6 pm. Collectively, DPM, Navajo Special Diabetes Program, and the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice-President orchestrated the event.

The event captured 151 participants and 21 registered booths. Participants engaged in visiting the job fair booths, running or walking, and Zumba. It was a fantastic opportunity to both network and be active. DPM thanks both participants and Navajo Nation employees for their attendance. A very special thank you to the Navajo Police Department and Navajo Fire & Rescue for assisting with patrol and visibility. We look forward to future partnerships together.

Our next planned event is planned tentatively for August 9, 2024 @ 6:30 pm in Window Rock, Arizona. See you there!

A Woman's Guide to Increasing Healthspan and Wealthspan

Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 12:00 MDT

This memorandum is to inform all Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, and Programs that the Facilities Maintenance Department will not have administrative, maintenance or custodial services for all agencies on Friday, July 19, 2024, due to staff development. 

INVITATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING SEC. II. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES REGULATIONS

The cooling units at Administration Building Two have been successfully removed and replaced without complications. Staff may now enter the building without restrictions. 

Eligibility requirements:

- Enroll member of the Navajo Nation

- (18) years of age

- Employed full time (2) years or more

This memorandum informs all Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, Programs, and the General Public that the Information Management Section (IMS) will be closed on Friday, July 12, 2024. The IMS Team will assist the Navajo Police Training Academy and the Search and Rescue Team.  

This memorandum informs all Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, Programs, and the General Public that the Information Management Section (IMS) will be closed on Monday, July 8, 2024. The IMS team will be assisting at the Navajo Police Training Academy's Class #60 Family Orientation. 

This advisory is to inform the public and all Navajo Nation employees that there will be major ground construction taking place in Window Rock, Arizona, beginning Monday, July 8 and extending to Friday, August 9, 2024. 

Join Good Health & Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC), Navajo Breast & Cervical Cancer Prevention Program (NBCCPP), Navajo Birth Cohort Study (NBCS) and Navajo Special Diabetes Program (NSDP) for a Back to School Blessings Gourd Dance on July 24, 2024 at the Pow Wow Grounds on the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds, Window Rock, AZ. We will have Morning Wellness Activities from 8am-10am, health booths from 10am-3pm, Gourd Dance from 11am-3pm. Please bring your own canopy, tables and chairs. See attached flyer and registration form. Deadline to register for Health Booth set-up is July 12th, 2024. 

I would like to extend a warm invitation to your organization to attend the Cody Jesus Invitational Bull Riding Youth Day, which will take place Friday, July 5, 2024 at 1:00pm to 4:00pm at Nakai Hall in Window Rock, Arizona. All Navajo Nation programs and departments may set-up information booth(s) on Friday, July 5, 2024, starting at 10am. A registration form is attached.

Please be informed that effective immediately, the Department of Personnel Management (DPM) will implement the attached Change in Address Form. The personnel action form for Change in Address will no longer be utilized. This will assist all Navajo Nation employees, current and former, in a more convenient way to update their address information. 

Happy 4th of July to Navajo Nation Departments From NNTU.

The staff from the Department of Diné Education and the Navajo Nation Board of Education wish all Navajo Nation staff a Happy Fourth of July!

The Department of Personnel Management in collaboration with the Office of the President and Vice President welcome the public, applicants, new graduates, to engage with our tribal departments and entities. Come explore employment opportunities, network, run or walk, and enjoy some refreshments with our team. The event sponsors are not responsible for any theft/accident. This is a drug and alcohol family free event. Divisions/departments/program are encouraged to sign up to participate. Please see flyer and attached documents for more information.

The Navajo ALTCS Program provides case management services works in partnership with the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System for the State of Arizona’s Medicaid program. Medicaid provides long term care service at little or no cost to financially and medically eligible Arizona residents who are aged, blind, disabled or have a developmental disability

The Department of Diné Education is providing this lookback at big updates and events from the previous month.

As of Monday, June 24, 2024, the Summer Enrichment Program is closed and NDWD is no longer hiring students for temporary summer employment. 

Please be informed that the Navajo Nation Division of Community Development (DCD) will be providing limited services from July 1st to July 3rd, 2024. This is due to the Chapter Technology Conference & Training being held at Henderson Fine Arts Center, San Juan College in Farmington, NM.

This is to inform all occupants of Administration Building Two of the scheduled work involving the replacement of five (5) cooling units in Building Two. TD Industries will be onsite from July 8, 2024, at 7:00 AM until July 9, 2024, at 7:00 PM to remove and replace the rooftop cooling units. 

The Department of Diné Education was among the Navajo Nation departments and the Office of the President and Vice President who welcomed guests to the End of School Year Bash in Fort Defiance.

The Facilities Maintenance Departments (FMD) phone line and internet have been restored and are now fully operational. We are currently processing work order requests.

On Thursday, June 27, 2024, the Navajo Nation Office of Management and Budget will conduct orientation sessions on the preparation and processing of the FY 2025 budget at the Navajo Division of Transportation in Window Rock, AZ. 

The orientation will inform staff persons who work with budgets on the pertinent requirements, timelines, and other key features of the Navajo Nation annual budget process. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DR. BUU NYGREN, President of the Navajo Nation, do hereby proclaim June 21, 2024, as Navajo Nation Syphilis Awareness Day and urge the citizens of the Navajo Nation to support, reduce and prevent the spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV.