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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Tomorrow is Ohio Statehood Day and many of us will be in attendance advocating for a variety of issues related to our profession. Here is another important advocacy issue that
needs your immediate attention!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is likely to be targeted for defunding this year and needs your help! Please take a few minutes to contact your
local Congressional representative and urge them to support funding NHPRC at $10 million (see details below).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Robin <o:p></o:p></p>
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Co-chair, SOA Advocacy & Outreach Committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Robin Heise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Records Manager/Archivist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Greene County Records Center and Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">535 Ledbetter Road, Xenia, OH 45385<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Tel: (937) 562-6489<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fax: (937) 562-6485<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Email:
<a href="mailto:ghill@co.greene.oh.us">rheise@co.greene.oh.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.greenecountyohio.org/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="239" height="114" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0558F.409F2440" alt="Growing Greene, Agriculture to Aerospace.
GreeneCountyOhio.org"></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Action needed</b>:<span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt"> </span>Urge the mem<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">b</span>ers of the House Appropriations Subcommit<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">t</span>ee on Financial Services a<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">n</span>d
General Government to provide <b>$10 million in funding for the National Historical Publications and Records Comm<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>ssion for Federal FY 2016.<span style="letter-spacing:2.1pt">
</span></b>The Subcommittee will consider NHPRC funding on June 16-so <span style="color:#C00000;letter-spacing:.05pt">
y</span><span style="color:#C00000">our help is needed to reach the members by March 11, 2015.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:12.2pt"><b>The issue</b>:<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">T</span>he President's proposed budget for Federal Fiscal Year 2016 recommends funding of only $5 million for the National H<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>storical Publications and Records C<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>mmission.<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>This is a 35% reduction in NHPRC's budget in just the past five <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
y</span>ears.<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>While NHPRC ma<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">k</span>es substantial contributions with very limited funding, another
<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">y</span>ear at a static $5 million will seriously cripple this impor<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">t</span>ant program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:21.0pt"><b>What you can do</b>:<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt">
</span>Email, fax or call your member of Congress to urge support for NHPRC <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
f</span>unding at $10 million.<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>If your local representative is not a member of the Subcommittee,
<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">y</span>our organization can fax or email letters to the Subcommittee chair and the Ranking mem<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">b</span>er requesting a funding level of $10 million.<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt">
</span>We also encourage you to email, fax or call <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
y</span>our representatives urging their support and asking them <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
t</span>o share their concerns with the House Appropriations Subcommittee.<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span><b><span style="color:#C00000">Email, call or fax by March 11, 2015.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.45pt">Make <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
y</span>our request direct and clear.<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>
Ask the Subcommittee to fund NHPRC, a grant program of the National Archives, at $10 million for FY 2016.
<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>Whether calling, faxing, or emailing, a few short sentences, including a specific example about the benefits of NHPRC to your organization and constituents, is all that is needed.<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>Fax or email <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">y</span>our letter, as postal mail does not reach Congressional offices in a t<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>mely manne<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>.<span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt">
</span>Even better, call, or follow up <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">y</span>our fax/email with a call.<span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt">
</span>Each contact will make a <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">d</span>ifference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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It is imperative we make the voice of the archival community heard loud and clear.
<span style="letter-spacing:2.1pt"> </span><b>The time is now, the choice is ours.<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt">
</span></b>We can only ma<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">k</span>e a difference if we take action.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText">Contact:<span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Gover<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">n</span>ment<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><i>Chair</i>:<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>Ander Crenshaw
<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">(</span>R, FL)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>Ranking member</i>:<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>Jose Se<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>rano (D, NY)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i>Mem<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">b</span>ers:</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText">Mark Amodei (R-NV) Kevin Yoder (R, KS)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText">Ja<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>me Her<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>a-Beutler (R<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">-</span>WA) Mike Quigley (D-IL)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText">Tom <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">G</span>raves <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
(</span>R, GA) Chaka Fattah (D-PA)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:168.45pt">Scott Rigell (R-VA) Sanford Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) Steve Womak (R, AR)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2 style="margin-top:3.9pt">Why Congress should fund NHPRC at $10 million for FY 2016:<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>Points to make in letters/calls/email<o:p></o:p></h2>
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Federal budget reductions m<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">u</span>st be done in a way that ensures savi<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">n</span>gs without recklessly damaging essential programs like NHPRC.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><span style="color:#30302E">Programmatic reasons to fund NHPRC:</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#30302E">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#30302E">
</span><span style="color:#30302E">When Congress created NHPRC, it recognized that the history of this country does not take place in federal offices in Washington D.C. alone, and that significant evidence of national issues exists in the states, regions, and
lives of individuals around the countr<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">y</span>.
<b><i>Give examples of how NHP<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">R</span>C grants have ensured that historical ev<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span>dence of your state/region has been made accessible and why it is critical to the national story.
</i></b>For example, a grant funded to preserve and digitize records relati<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">n</span>g to the building of the Erie Canal<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>provides essential evidence of both the beginning of westward mig<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>ation, as well as documenting the first major public works project in the United States.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#30302E">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#30302E">
</span><span style="color:#30302E">Federal funding is provided to states to support the infrastructure in transportation, telecommunications, law enforcement, education, healthcare, banking, and many other areas of life in the United States.<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>NHPRC f<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">u</span>nds support the historical and cultural infrastructure of the United States by ensuring that the essential evidence of how this country's history and people effect and are affec<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">t</span>ed
by national developments and issues.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2>Fiscal reasons to fund NHPRC at $10 million<span style="font-weight:normal">:</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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</span>Since NHPRC's inception in 1964, it had been authorized at $10 million.<span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt">
</span>In 2014 dollars, that $10 million would be equivalent to more than $76 million.<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>NHPRC is already operating under serious fiscal reductions- further cuts would be devastating to program outc<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>mes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Historical records projects are "jobs-heav<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">y</span>." On the average
<b>75% of funds for NHPRC pr<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>jects are <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
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</span>Other historical and cultural programs of the federal government are slated for increases in the President's Budget:<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt">
</span>NEH received <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">$</span>2 million more, IMLS $9.6 million more, and NEA funding is proposed to increase $2 million.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Archives are more than historical and cultural institutions.<span style="letter-spacing:2.15pt">
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</span>All archives are <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">p</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>manent re<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">p</span>ositories of institutional records providing research, access and transparenc<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">y</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>NHPRC <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>equires a 50% c<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>st-share fr<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>m all its grantees, stimulating expenditure of local dollars to match the federal investment.<o:p></o:p></p>
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