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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 4, 2018 6:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet <carleton@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> National Coalition for History Washington Update for December<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="line-height:normal;box-sizing: border-box"><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Senate Committee Advances Museum and Library Authorization Bill</span></strong><br>
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced S.3530, the Museum and Library Services Act of 2018, to the full Senate. Within this bill is authorization for IMLS, the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian program, the 21st Century Museum
Professional program, and expansion of the act to cover tribal jurisdictions. Re-authorization for the bill now extends to 2023, if passed and signed by the President.
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">NCH Urges National Archives to Revisit Department of the Interior Records Schedule</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">The National Coalition for History
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<span style="color:firebrick">joined 12 other open government and transparency groups</span></a> in questioning NARA's planned handling of certain records from the Department of the Interior. As part of NARA's request for comment on its planned records schedule
for the Department of the Interior, the organizations together coordinated on a letter that summarizes the problem with the proposed process and urges NARA to reconsider.
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Congress Postpones Government Funding Vote Until Dec. 21</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">House Republicans have pushed back funding for the federal government once again to Dec. 21, pending passage of a funding extension by Dec. 7. Until a bill to fund them passes, inaction leaves
numerous agencies and programs in an uncertain state, including the <strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">National Archives and National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Smithsonian
Institution, and the National Park Service</span></strong>. Earlier this year, funding was provided for
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">International Education and Foreign Language Studies, the Department of Education and Civics Academies and Grants, IMLS, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Library of Congress</span></strong>.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><br>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">National Archives Works to Improve Access to Records with $3.5 Million in Grants</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">The National Archives has announced $3.5 million in grants to museums and institutions to aid the transfer of documents and records to digital formats. The purpose of the grant program is to
help institutions increase public access to archives around the country. These grants are made through the NHPRC, the grant-making arm of NARA.
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Semiquincentennial Commission Meets to Plan Nation's 250th Birthday Celebrations</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">On Nov. 19, 2018, the Semiquincentennial Commission met to begin planning efforts for the 2026 celebration of the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding. The 33-member bipartisan organization
will meet to coordinate on a full program that tracks the history of the nation from 1776 to 2026 and beyond. <a href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=376f53d8c0&e=994dc209a0" target="_blank"><span style="color:firebrick">Click
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