Save the NHPRC from Devastating Budget Cuts

 

The House of Representatives has proposed cutting the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) funding for 2011
from $10 million to $4 million as part of its overall effort to reduce
federal spending.  This is a 60% reduction for this year alone, and it
sets a very dangerous precedent for the upcoming 2012 budget
negotiations.

 

The National Association of Government Archives and Records
Administrators,  the Council of State Archivists, the Society of
American Archivists, and the Association for Documentary Editing are
working collaboratively to address this threat to NHPRC and the National
Archives.  Archivists across the U.S. are rallying to stop serious cuts
to NHPRC funding for 2011. 

 

NHPRC needs funding of at least $8 million for 2011.

 

What can you do?  Act now!  Between now and March 4, 2011:

 

Send emails/faxes on behalf of your organization to the members of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, urging them to support funding for
NHPRC of at least $8 million for FY 2011.

 

Circulate an action alert urging your members and colleagues to send
emails or faxes or, better yet, call their Senators, urging them to fund
NHPRC at a level of at least $8 million for FY 2011. 

 

Communications should come from individuals and organizations that have
received NHPRC grants or from those who have benefited from the projects
- genealogists, local government officials, historians, teachers, and
others. 

 

A sample letter for Senators is available on the "News You Can Use" page
of NAGARA's website (www.nagara.org <http://www.nagara.org/> ) - be sure
to personalize it with examples and references to your institution or
state.   A fact sheet on the importance of NHPRC is also available on
that page - use it or adapt it to share with your Senator.

 

To contact your Senators: www.senate.gov <outbind://7/www.senate.gov>  

 

To contact members of the Senate Appropriations Committee:
http://appropriations.senate.gov/ 

 

Thank you.

 

Paul R. Bergeron, NAGARA President

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