<p dir="ltr">Please see the message below from Nancy Beaumont, SAA Executive Director, about registering support for the Freedom of Information Improvement Act.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Nathan Tallman</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Nancy Beaumont &<a href="mailto:lt%3Bnbeaumont@archivists.org">lt;nbeaumont@archivists.org</a>>" <<a href="mailto:saaleaders@forums.archivists.org">saaleaders@forums.archivists.org</a>><br>Date: Nov 24, 2014 3:22 PM<br>Subject: [saaleaders] Encourage Your Members to Support the Freedom of Information Improvement Act!<br>To: "SAA Leader List" <<a href="mailto:saaleaders@forums.archivists.org">saaleaders@forums.archivists.org</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the <i>Action Alert</i> on the SAA home page (<a href="http://www2.archivists.org/" target="_blank">http://www2.archivists.org/</a>) about supporting the Freedom of Information Improvement Act.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Before you leave for your Thanksgiving holiday, take a moment to encourage your members to contact their Senators’ offices –
<b>by Monday, December 1</b> <b>–</b> to urge them to 1) support the bill and 2) ensure that it comes to a vote during this session of Congress.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of SAA’s key advocacy objectives is to make transparent and hold accountable government organizations at all levels. Improving the FOIA law as proposed would significantly advance that agenda. SAA’s Committee on Advocacy and Public
Policy has prepared an excellent issue brief on FOIA that you’ll find here: <a href="http://www2.archivists.org/statements/issue-brief-freedom-of-information-act" target="_blank">
http://www2.archivists.org/statements/issue-brief-freedom-of-information-act</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please help spread the word! <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards – Nancy <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Nancy P. Beaumont</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Executive Director</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">SAA promotes the value and diversity of archives and archivists. We are the preeminent source of professional resources and the principal communication hub for American archivists.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The SAA Foundation is the nation's leading source of nonprofit funding dedicated solely to the interests of archives and archivists. To make your tax-deductible contribution online, go to
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