[SOA] Contact your Senator on NHPRC funding

[Janet Carleton]

From: "Victoria I Walch" <vwalch at statearchivists.org>
To: archival_leaders at aall.archivists.org, LocalGovt_Archives at lists.maine.edu
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:59:34 +0000
Organization: CoSA
Subject: [AALL] Fwd: ACTION ALERT:  Contact your Senator on NHPRC funding

You may know that the the House of Representatives Subcommitee on Financial 
Services and General Government voted to restore $10 million to the federal 
budget to fund the National Historical Publications and Records Commission 
(NHPRC) ($8 million for grants and $2 million for administrative costs). 
Thanks to all of you who faxed or emailed letters to your members of the 
House of Representatives to support that action. Our voices were heard, and 
make a positive impact. But of course, there is a next step--the Senate.

We understand the Senate may begin their work on mark-up as soon as next 
week (the week of June 18, much earlier than last year). It is important 
that archivists fax, email, or call the office of your senators as soon as 
possible and seek their support of restoring $10 million to NHPRC and $2 
million for administrative costs.

If you are in one of the states that has a Senator on the Subcommittee, it 
is particularly important for you to rally the support in your state 
(Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New 
Jersey, Washington). Contact information is available at 
<http://appropriations.senate.gov/financialservices.cfm>http://appropriations.senate.gov/financialservices.cfm 
or at 
<http://savearchives.pbwiki.com/f/SenateAppropCttee-June2007.doc>http://savearchives.pbwiki.com/f/SenateAppropCttee-June2007.doc.

If you do not have a senator on the subcommittee, please contact your 
senators and ask them to call their colleagues, particularly Chairman 
Richard Durbin (IL), to urge the restoration of funding.

Guidelines for faxed letters/emails are available at 
<http://savearchives.pbwiki.com/Letters>http://savearchives.pbwiki.com/Letters
The National Coalition for History also provides advice on the pending 
Senate action and an easy way to send emails at
<http://www.humanitiesadvocacy.org/action_ctr.html>http://www.humanitiesadvocacy.org/action_ctr.html

Your quick action on this couldn't be more important. Please send a copies 
of your letters to me so we can track them

Thank you!

Vicki Walch
Council of State Archivists
<mailto:vwalch at statearchivists.org>vwalch at statearchivists.org
319-338-0248

Democratic Subcommittee Members:
Senator Richard Durbin (Chairman) (IL)
Senator Patty Murray (WA)
Senator Mary Landrieu (LA)
Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Senator Ben Nelson (NE)

Republican Subcommittee Members:
Senator Sam Brownback (Ranking Member) (KS)
Senator Christopher Bond (MO)
Senator Richard Shelby (AL)
Senator Wayne Allard (CO)

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   Janet M. Carleton - <carleton at ohio.edu> - 740/597-2527
Digital Initiatives Coordinator / Women's Studies Bibliographer
      Alden 235A, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, Ohio
              <http://www.library.ohiou.edu/> 
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