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ACRA Leadership in Recent Media
Members of ACRA's leadership team have been featured in multiple media sources recently! First, ACRA's Chief Lobbyist Andrew Goldberg sat with hosts Nic Frederick and Laura Thorne on the EPR podcast to examine something foundational: how do we build the infrastructure...
FCC Seeking Comments About Their Current NHPA Framework
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comments about its current National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) framework, to "further expedite, simplify, and reduce the costs of environmental review." The request comes as part of a review of its...
ACRA & Preservation Partners Letter to Senate on Permitting Reform
ACRA and its national preservation partners have urged the Senate to reject the historic preservation provisions in the Senate permitting bill in a letter they sent to the Hill earlier today. The letter points out that, while the preservation community shares the goal...
Webinar 10/29: IT Compliance for CRM Contractors Working With Federal & State Agencies
We all know that a great deal of trust comes with the work we do in CRM. Local, state, and federal government agencies, Tribal communities, stakeholders, and even our own employees, all trust that we routinely handle sensitive data safely. Your biggest data-security...
Your Congress in Action: October 19, 2026
Members of Congress are out on the campaign trail, leaving Washington mostly quiet. But that does not mean that work on major issues has halted. With the Senate still poised to take up the permitting reform bill the week after the election, the bill’s threats to...
ACTION ALERT: Tell Your Senator to Oppose the Permitting Reform
Senators have released a “permitting reform bill” that would effectively end Section 106 as we know it – and they plan to vote on it in as little as five weeks. We need you to tell your congressional representatives that this bill will not only threaten historic...
2026 Board Election Results
Thank you to all who voted in the 2026 ACRA election! This year's election was extremely close, and we eagerly anticipate welcoming new members to the Board of Directors at the ACRA Conference in San Diego. We greatly appreciate the service of our departing board...
A Message to Members from ACRA President Shawn Patch
Over the last year, I have been inspired by how the CRM industry has responded to unprecedented attacks on Section 106. When the ACHP issued its radical rewrite of the 800 regulations last summer, ACRA and its members mobilized, working with all our preservation...
Your Congress in Action: October 5, 2026
The U.S. Senate left Washington last week, as Senators jetted home to join their House counterparts on the campaign trail. But before they left, four Senators left behind a major piece of legislation they hope Congress will pass after the election: a 417-page...
Senate Permitting Reform Bill: Additional Details
The Senate permitting reform bill unveiled yesterday would make the biggest changes to the Section 106 process since its enactment in 1966, limiting the number of undertakings subject to review and sharply curtailing consultation with SHPOs, THPOs and others,...