Announcements

KEY POINTS 

• Thunderstorm chances return to the forecast today and continue through the week. 
• The greatest storm coverage is expected today, lessening to isolated the rest of this week. 
• There is potential for continued storm chances through the weekend.

Make an appointment at the Nageezi Chapter House

October 7, 2022, at 9 AM- 2 PM 

October 14, 2022 at 9AM- 2pm 

Cut-off time: 1:30 pm

Surgery Dates are October 24-25, 2022 @ the Nageezi Gymnasium

Drive-Thru Service

October 4, 2022 @ LeChee Chapter House 10AM- 2PM

Drive Thru Service

September 26th, 2022 at Chinle Clinic, 9 AM to 3 PM

September 27th, at NN Fair Grounds Parking Lot, 9 AM to 3 PM. 

September 28th, at Shiprock Clinic, 9 AM to 3 PM.

During the period that I am on leave or on travel from the Department of Personnel Management, the following order of delegation will be in effect.

• Faryn Garcia, HR Recruitment Manger
• Reycita Toddy, HR Classification & Pay Manager
• Charlotte Bigthumb, HR Employee Relation Specialist
• Traci Shortey, HR IT Manager

Shiprock Service Center will be open during normal business hours on the following days during the 109th Northern Navajo Nation Fair. 

Friday, September 30, 2022, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM 

Saturday, October 01, 2022, 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM

The Navajo Nation Employee Benefits Program offers enrollment for additional life insurance through Metlife. The additional life insurance is referred to as Optional Term Life, a term life policy. The policy requires the completion and submission of a Metlife Optional Term Life election application.

The annual Open Enrollment period begins in October and will continue through the month of November for the election of dependent health insurance with the Navajo Nation Employee Benefits Program. Employees may this opportunity to submit an enrollment application to add eligible dependents to their health insurance coverage who may have not been added within 31 days from the date they initially became eligible.

The Navajo Nation Special Diabetes Program presents the 2022 End of SUMMER FOOD FESTIVAL at Pinon Chapter House!

Date: September 22, 2022

Time: 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

See flyer for more details.

KEY POINTS 

• Cooler, with widespread showers and thunderstorms Tuesday through Thursday. Some storms may become severe and/or cause flash flooding. 
• Moisture decreases for Friday and Saturday, however, scattered showers and thunderstorms remain possible. The threat forsevere weather and/or flash flooding will diminish. 

• Drier and warmer weatherspreading from west to east on Sunday

The Navajo Nation Special Diabetes Program presents the 2022 ZUMBA Fall Bash.

Date: September 22, 2022

Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

See flyer for more details.

I. QUESTION PRESENTED
For a sole source procurement, is a procuring party required to comply with the Navajo Nation Business Opportunity Act (“NBOA”)1, including: (1) checking the Business Regulatory Department (“BRD”) Source List (“Source List”) for priority vendors; (2) giving preference to priority vendors; and (3) obtaining a BRD clearance memo certifying compliance with the NBOA?

The Department for Self Reliance (DSR) Chinle office is closed due to a gas leak. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. DSR Customers are encouraged to work with DSR staff if they need assistance or have any issues that need to be addressed.  

The Special Diabetes Program and Cancer Prevention Program will have a noontime Zumba event behind Building #2 in Window Rock on Tuesday, October 3, 2022.  This will be part of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

August 18th & 19th
or
August 29th & 30th
From 9 a.m to 3 p.m. CUT-OFF Time is 2:30 p.m.
Surgery Dates:
September 12th to 15th

Window Rock, Ariz. – The Navajo Family Assistance Services (NFAS) would like to inform the public of a temporary cease in acceptance of certain applications.

Effective September 9, 2022, 5:00 pm, the NFAS program will pause acceptance of applications for LIHEAP, LIHEAP American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), CSBG, CSBG Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) and LIHWAP ARPA, until October 1, 2022.

Our Fleet Management department received the new Wright Express fuel credit cards, our current cards will all be expiring on September 30, 2022. To ensure the continual operation of the fuel cards, please make arrangements to pick up your new card. 

WEX fuel cards are distributed to all Fleet Service Centers pending on your service location. All cards will be available starting September 12, 2022, and it is required to bring in the old issuance of the new one. 

Fleet Management department will not be responsible for any transactions after September 30th, 2022, and will not reimburse for any purchases thereafter. If you have any questions, please call (928) 871-6426.

Navajo Nation Division of Community Development August Newsletter

Thursday, September 22^nd, 2022 at 9:00 AM

More information on Flyer. 

This is an official notice that Office of the President and Vice President will be closed tomorrow, September 1st, from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, and resume normal office hours after.

Window Rock, AZ- The Department of Self Reliance (DSR) Window Rock office will be moving temporarily to the Quality Inn Office Complex at 48 West Highway 264, Window Rock, Ariz. beginning September 6, 2022.

This advisory is from the Navajo Nation Risk Management Program to all Navajo Nation Programs, Department, Divisions, and Chapters.
The Fiscal Year 2023 Underwriting Exposure Summary (UES) Forms for the Navajo Nation Government and Chapters are now available online at www.navajo-nsn.gov, under “Public Services”, UES 2023. The UES has been revised and updated.

**These new forms are mandatory for processing. No other formats will be allowed. 

September 14, 2022 

September 28, 2022 

October 12, 2022 

Location: Window Rock Police District- Training Room

See Flyer for more details

Staff Development & Training Department invites you to attend any one of our scheduled compliance trainings for the month of September.

All training will take place via ZOOM. Dates and Registration links are located on the flyer. Please register prior to training and be on time.

Be safe and have a great week!

September 13^th & 14th, 2022. Information & Registration Link is on Flyer.

There has been a change to the URLs of the Navajo Nation websites. Due to a change in policy with our Digital Certificate provider, 4th -Level domains is no longer supported effective July 21, 2022. Unfortunately, most of our websites use "www" in the 4th-Level domain location in our website URLs(addresses). e.g. www.am1.navajo-nsn.gov

Friendly reminder on the change to the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The new National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number “988” goes live across the U.S. on Saturday, July 16, 2022.  ALL 988 calls will be routed directly to the national suicide hotline.

These sessions are 1-hour talks relating to the main topics coming in the new Fiscal Year 2023. These talks are not the main titles to the training sessions being scheduled in the future. 

Presented by Mrs. Vera A. Hyatt

Apply for a Special Personal Loan for all Navajo Nation Employees Only. July 1st through September 30th, 2022. Details on Flyer.

We are pleased to announce that all regular status employees including Political-at-will, Professional-at­will, and Seasonal, who participate in the Navajo Nation Employee Benefits Plan have coverage for  COVID-19 At-Home Test Kits under the Navajo Nation Employee Benefit Plan, Pharmacy Benefit. 

All are welcome to visit the Dells Tour Bus

When:

Thursday, July 14, 2022
11 AM - 3 PM MST

Resolution CJY-41-21 was passed by a majority vote by the 24th Navajo Nation Council, then signed into law by Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez. The resolution authorized the division to continue the previous program which is to be funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (APRA) through the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund (FRF). With this authorization and the assistance of the division's Project Development Department, the division was able to secure a contract with Building Nations, LLC, a Navajo-owned Priority 1 vendor, to aid in the distribution of funds to Navajo artists and businesses.

On December 27, 2020, Public Law 116-20 Consolidation Act authorized Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) to provide emergency financial assistance for the payment of rent, utilities, and other expenses/costs related to rental housing for families directly or indirectly affected from the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.

Window Rock, AZ – The Navajo Family Assistance Services (NFAS) office, under the Navajo Nation Division of Social Services (DSS), celebrated the World Water Day 2022, March 22, 2022. World Water Day is an annual United Nations Observance which celebrates the value of water while raising awareness of people living without access to safe drinking water.

December 14, 2021 – December 15, 2021. Information & Registration Link is on Flyer

Happy Holidays! Be Safe and Have a great weekend.

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 @ 9AM - LOCATION: via Teleconference

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted 988 as a new three-digit number to be used nationwide to reach the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline, starting July 16, 2022.

On Tuesday, the Navajo Nation announced the first confirmed case of the COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 Strain Variant B.1.1.7 also referred to as the U.K. variant, from a COVID-19 test sample that was obtained in the western portion of the Navajo Nation. The U.K. variant is currently the most dominant variant in the United States and has been detected in all 50 states, including many cases in the Four Corners states.

Visit our new website!

This is to inform all Navajo Nation Departments and Programs that the Office of Background Investigations telephone lines are temporarily down.

The U.S. Census Bureau is sending postcards between June 24 and July 3 to an estimated 1.3 million post office boxes in communities where P.O. boxes are the only mailing address available. The postcards alert households that a census taker may drop off census invitations soon or will visit later to interview them. The postcards also provide information on how to respond to the 2020 Census online or by phone.

This memorandum shall serve as official notification of the Spring Council Session scheduled for Monday, April 20, 2020 at 10:00 AM at the Navajo Nation Council Chamber.
In light of the national emergency regarding COVID-19, the Spring Council Session will be held via teleconference and livestreamed.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer announced a new Public Health Emergency Order, extending the 57-hour weekend curfew for two additional weekends in the month of April and closing essential businesses during weekend curfews due to community spread of COVID-19. As of Wednesday, the total number of positive COVID-19 cases reached 921 with 38 deaths.

This memorandum serves as notification to the Navajo Nation Legislative Branch and all employees, the Legislative Branch will resume operations and regular business hours on Monday, March 16, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.

This is notice to all insured members of the Navajo Nation Employee Benefit Plan during this unprecedented time. The Employee Benefit Plan has exceptional benefits designed to help employees and their family recieve adequate healthcare services as well as offer disability benefits to employees in the event of their inability to work due to a serious illness.

As we learn more information about the COVID-19/novel coronavirus developments and the increasing concerns regarding the global spread of the COVID-19 virus, the health and well-being of our Navajo people is the top priority for the Nez-Lizer Administration, and this includes all of our Navajo Nation employees. At the time of this memorandum, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation.

The Navajo Nation Veterans Administration Central Administration and Fort Defiance Agency offices will be relocating this week. We are moving across the street to the former Dine Power Authority building in Window Rock, Arizona.

In the meantime, we will have limited services to provide until we are all settled into the new building. No later than Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 8:00am

Newsletter 2020