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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Phillip Stone via Society of American Archivists <<a href="mailto:Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org">Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 9, 2026 5:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet (she/her) <<a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu">carleton@ohio.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SAA announcements]: Support NARA funding-Dear Colleague letter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From the Committee on Public Policy Representative John Larson of Connecticut is currently circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter in
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://connect.archivists.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=f2c6b23b-3711-4ff5-b438-71d27f02c136">Phillip Stone</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From the Committee on Public Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Representative John Larson of Connecticut is currently circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter in the US House in support of robust funding
for the National Archives and Records Administration. "Dear Colleague" letters are an instrumental part of the annual appropriations process and gathering signatures signals to the Appropriations Committee that the subject of the letter is valued by Representatives
across the House.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ACT TODAY! The deadline to gather signatures on this letter is
<b><u>Tuesday, March 10</u></b>. Please contact your Representative today (<a href="https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative" title="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.house.gov%2Frepresentatives%2Ffind-your-representative&data=05%7C02%7Cstonerp%40wofford.edu%7C1da384bbd0bf400e634e08de7c5a07ea%7Cddc49e5d0f0740439ddd408d78122303%7C0%7C0%7C6390849233146">find
your Representative</a>) and tell them that you would like for them to sign on to the "Dear Colleague" letter in support of the National Archives and Records Administration in FY27. You can tell your Representative's staff to contact Collin Duran in Representative
Larson's office for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This letter is only for the House at this time. Archives and Humanities advocates are actively working on a "Dear Colleague" letter
for the Senate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Phillip Stone<br>
College Archivist<br>
Wofford College<br>
Spartanburg SC<br>
<a href="mailto:stonerp@wofford.edu">stonerp@wofford.edu</a><br>
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