The Office of Indian Trust Transition (OITT) was organized in November 2001 by DOI Secretarial Order 3235 as a temporary office under the Department of the Interior by the authority of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994. OITT was created to provide support in DOI’s efforts to reorganize the fiduciary Indian trust functions within the Department into a more efficient, effective and reliable organization. In accordance with the provisions of the establishing Order, the duties and existence of the OITT were terminated and considered obsolete on December 31, 2002.