Guides
Practical guides for your tribe.
Longer reads that help you evaluate, fund, and plan, written in plain language.
- How to choose tribal government software Choosing software for any part of a tribal government comes down to five questions: where the data lives, whether it follows your own code, whether records can be proven, what it costs over time, and whether it survives a staff retirement. This guide walks each one.
- Funding a records system with grants Federal justice and public-safety funding, including CTAS and BIA programs, commonly covers court technology. Because the system is a one-time, on-premises investment, it fits how these grants are structured. This guide outlines the common paths.
- On-premises, explained in plain words On-premises means the software runs on your own computers instead of a company's cloud. This guide explains what that changes for cost, control, offline use, and privacy, without the jargon.
- Preparing for a clerk's retirement When a long-tenured clerk retires, the office's knowledge can walk out the door. The way to protect the office is to put the procedures into a system before that day, so the work does not depend on one person's memory.