Tuknik Government Services LLC awarded Contract to provide Program Management Office (PMO) services for the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians at the Department of Interior

CHANTILLY, Va., July 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuknik Government Services, LLC (TGS), subsidiary of Koniag Inc.'s Government Services Sector and an SBA 8(a) certified small business and Indian Economic Enterprise, has been awarded a 3 year contract to support the Department of Interior Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians. 

TGS will provide Program Management Office(PMO) services in support of the transition to a new trust funds accounting system (TFAS) which is used by approximately 1100 DOI employees and 500,000 trust beneficiaries in Albuquerque, NM.

The current TFAS system includes investment portfolio data management, cash management, and trust accounting services.  It is critical that the transition be as seamless as possible to ensure the Trust Fund payments are distributed on time.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of the Special Trustee (OST) for American Indians was created to improve the accountability and management of Indian funds held in trust by the Federal Government.  As trustee, DOI has the primary fiduciary responsibility to manage both Tribal trust funds and Individual Indian Monies (IIM) accounts. 

"We are honored that the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians' (OST) has selected TGS for this important business transformation initiative to reengineer processes and systems that support its mission to maintain over 500,000 accounts for more than 250 Tribal entities. "said Kevin Razzaghi, President of TGS, "the new system will support the fiduciary management, accounting processing, and technologies associated with the receipting, disbursing, and investing of Indian trust assets must support the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994."

About Tuknik Government Services LLC 
Tuknik Government Services, LLC(TGS) is a small disadvantaged Alaska Native Corporation and Indian Economic Enterprise qualified company and is a member of the Koniag Government Services sector. TGS provides information technology solutions and professional services to Government clients. For more information, please visit www.tuknikgs.com.

About Koniag Government Services  
Koniag Government Services provides oversight, management and shared services to the companies that comprise the Koniag Government Services sector, including Tuknik Government Services. Koniag Government Services (KGS) companies have supported Federal, State and Local customers for more than 20 years. Professional services include Application Development, Telecommunications, Enterprise Infrastructure Support, Cyber Security, Physical Security, Facilities Management, Cultural and Environmental Resources Support and Management Consulting Support.   KGS supports clients in more than a dozen locations across the United State as well as in more than 30 worldwide sites.  We have built a reputation for consistent performance and forging long term partnerships with our clients.  For more information, please visit www.koniaggss.com.

Media Contact: 
MaryAnn Hoadley 
Koniag Government Services 
703-488-9303 
[email protected]

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