Apply to Participate in ELA Program

The Branch of Geospatial Support (BOGS) provides geospatial software and support to authorized: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) employees, federally recognized Tribal employees, and contracted or compacted Tribal employees.

Organizations seeking to participate in the Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) program are required to apply to gain access to geospatial software and resources.

For a complete list of available ELA software, please refer to the ELA Product List. All products listed on the product list are provided at no cost to ELA participants.

What You Need

All applicants must complete the BIA ELA Application or Tribal ELA Application.

You must submit all required parts of your application. If your application is incomplete, we will inform you and provide an explanation of what needs to be completed. You must then resubmit a completed version of your application.

Eligibility

Software licensing will be distributed to individual organizations comprised of Tribal members and/or BIA employees. An organization is defined as a business unit of a BIA Region, BIA Agency, or a Tribe.

Fees

There is no cost to apply, but the Department of the Interior and BIA are not responsible for application preparation costs.

How to Apply

Submit Online

Download and complete the BIA ELA Application or Tribal ELA Application form.
Submit your complete ELA application packet in a single email to: geospatial@bia.gov

Next Steps

After we receive your application, we’ll send you a confirmation email within five business days.

Decisions will be emailed to applicants within 15 business days.

Additional Information

Organizations must maintain an Active Status in accordance with the ELA Participation Policy to retain the privileges of using the ELA resources.

User Reconciliation Form

The User Reconciliation Audit (URA) form helps to ensure that information in BOGS's database about the software being used by an organization, along with the names of the software users at the corresponding organization, are accurate.

Once a year, BOGS sends a URA form to the primary geospatial software contact at each organization to verify the ArcGIS software they are using and to add or remove any users if needed. This information provides DOI and BIA the opportunity to keep track of the number of active ELA program participants and plan for the future.

The deadline to return the URA form to the Geospatial Support Help Desk is August 31 every year.

If you miss the deadline, BOGS will assume your account is no longer needed. It will then be deactivated. As a result, you will not be able to participate in the ELA program, order ArcGIS software version updates, use the Geospatial Support Help Desk, or sign up for online courses.

If your account becomes inactive and you want to reactivate it, please contact the Geospatial Support Help Desk at geospatial@bia.gov.

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Contact Us

Branch of Geospatial Support

Office of Trust Services, Division of Program Management and Coordination, 13922 Denver West Parkway Building 54, Suite 300
Lakewood, CO 80401

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. MDT, Monday-Friday

geospatial@bia.gov

405-230-0480