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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#2E477C" vlink="#2E477C"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> NCH Newsletter [mailto:newsletter@historycoalition.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 10, 2013 6:41 PM<br><b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet<br><b>Subject:</b> National Coalition for History Update April 10, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://historycoalition.org" title="» National Coalition for History Home Page"><span style='color:#A42F42;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=655 height=163 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://historycoalition.org/images/banner-news.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div id=content><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #A42F42 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:white'><h1 style='background:white'>Washington Update for April 10, 2013<o:p></o:p></h1></div><div><div><h3 style='background:white'><a href="http://historycoalition.org/2013/04/10/advisory-board-report-offers-strategies-to-strengthen-21st-century-national-park-service/" title="Permanent Link to Advisory Board Report Offers Strategies to Strengthen 21st-century National Park Service">Advisory Board Report Offers Strategies to Strengthen 21st-century National Park Service</a><o:p></o:p></h3><h4 style='background:white'>Wednesday, April 10th, 2013<o:p></o:p></h4><p style='background:white'>Strategies to strengthen the work of the National Park Service as it prepares for its centennial in 2016 are included in a report released today by the National Park System Advisory Board (NPSAB). The report, <a href="http://www.nps.gov/resources/advisoryboardreport.htm"><em><span style='color:#A42F42'>Engaging Independent Perspectives for a 21st-Century National Park System</span></em></a>, summarizes the board’s recommendations to National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis for the future in four areas: stewardship, education, relevancy and the National Park Service workforce. <a href="http://historycoalition.org/2013/04/10/advisory-board-report-offers-strategies-to-strengthen-21st-century-national-park-service/#more-5338"><span style='color:#A42F42'>Read more…</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><h3 style='background:white'><a href="http://historycoalition.org/2013/04/10/obama-administration-submits-fy-14-budget-to-congress/" title="Permanent Link to Obama Administration Submits FY ’14 Budget to Congress">Obama Administration Submits FY ’14 Budget to Congress</a><o:p></o:p></h3><h4 style='background:white'>Wednesday, April 10th, 2013<o:p></o:p></h4><p style='background:white'>On April 10, 2013, President Obama sent his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request to Congress. In general, programs affecting historians, archivists and other National Coalition for History (NCH) stakeholders would receive funding levels comparable to those they received in the FY ’13 budget (pre-sequester). <a href="http://historycoalition.org/2013/04/10/obama-administration-submits-fy-14-budget-to-congress/#more-5327"><span style='color:#A42F42'>Read more…</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=footer><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#D1D1E3'>If you do not want to receive this newsletter, please use the following form to <a href="http://historycoalition.org/newsadmin/user/login.php">unsubscribe.</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>