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SBA Proposes Massive Changes to Small Business Size Standards
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed big changes to its size standards, which if implemented would redefine many more CRM firms as small businesses. The SBA is required by law to review existing size standards and the methodologies it uses to...
Not Our First Rodeo
This post is authored by Charles M. Niquette, founding member of ACRA and Chairman of the Board of Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. Many in the historic preservation community are understandably alarmed by the current effort to eviscerate the regulations implementing...
How Your Firm Can Act: Request a Meeting with OIRA
CRM firms have an opportunity to express their views directly to the federal government about the ACHP's radical overhaul of the regulations that implement Section 106. All proposed regulatory changes must be reviewed by the Office of Information and Regulatory...
Aid in the Fight: Take the Survey on Employee Numbers by State
The ACHP has approved a radical overhaul of the 800 regulations that implement Section 106 of the NHPA, and ACRA is currently creating resources for CRM practitioners to aid in the fight to protect them. One resource ACRA is aiming to provide is the most current...
2026 ACRA Virtual Advocacy Week
Each spring ACRA brings members to Washington, DC to meet with their Representatives and Senators and discuss issues important to cultural resources management. However, we know that not everyone can make the trip to the nation's capitol, so this year we are adding...
Your Congress in Action: August 10, 2026
Once upon a time, August in Washington was quiet. Hot and humid, to be sure, but quiet. Members of Congress would leave town for their home districts or vacation homes. The President would fly off to Martha’s Vineyard or a ranch someplace for R-and-R. And all the...
NEW: Section 106 Action Center
As you have likely seen, the ACHP has approved a radical overhaul of the 800 regulations that implement Section 106 of the NHPA. These changes, if put into effect, will threaten the protection of historic properties and snag projects in delay, confusion and...
Share Your Comments About CMMC Compliance
The Pentagon has suspended the next phase of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program and is inviting small businesses to provide information on the cost and burdens of the program. The CMMC program's goal is to verify that contractors with the...
ACHP Hot Topic Recap
More than 250 ACRA members joined a Hot Topic yesterday to discuss the ACHP's radical overhaul of the 800 regulations that implement Section 106. On the call, ACRA members echoed the concerns that ACRA has raised about the proposal, including how it makes public...
ACHP Proposed Regulations: The Small Business Impact
The ACHP's proposed rewrite of the 800 regulations has generated a lot of opposition about their impact on preservation and cultural resource reviews. But the process by which the Council has brought forth their proposals also is raising questions - including about...