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ACRA, SAA, and SHA History Matters Campaign Webinar
The change in the federal administration has brought potential impacts to the business of cultural resource management and changes to higher education. ACRA works to respond to Congress when potential legislation that affects our work or federal budgets is either...
DOGE & Department of Interior Operations
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has announced plans to consolidate a wide range of administrative functions currently handled by individual bureaus and offices, placing in charge a former representative of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to make key...
Department of Interior Emergency Procedures
The Department of the Interior announced late Wednesday its plans to implement emergency permitting procedures to accelerate the development of domestic energy resources and critical minerals, enabling many energy projects to move forward with at most seven days of...
Your Congress in Action | April 21, 2025
Presidential declarations, executive orders (EOs) and agency pronouncements keep pouring out of the federal government at a pace that makes it hard to keep up. With Congress on its traditional two-week recess bookending Easter, the Trump administration’s actions are...
Now on Demand: Researching Historic Properties
If you missed today’s webinar on researching historic properties, it is now available on demand! “Hey, what can you tell me about this building?” is often a conversation opener when someone finds out you’re an architectural historian. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, it’s...
Your Congress in Action: April 7, 2025
With so much disruption and churn happening in Washington these days, it’s hard to get everyone to focus on one thing at a time. But President Trump has seemingly managed to do just that by singlehandedly re-ordering the global trading system with one stroke of his...
2025 Conference Registration OPEN
You can now register for the CRM industry’s premier event of the year! Our 31st annual conference will be held in Raleigh, NC from September 11-14, 2025 at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. This year’s conference theme — Policy and Protecting Cultural Resources — is...
Webinar 4/10: Researching Historic Properties
“Hey, what can you tell me about this building?” is often a conversation opener when someone finds out you’re an architectural historian. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, it’s a building or an area you already know a lot about. Other times, however, and especially if...
ACRA Comments on NEPA Interim Final Rule
ACRA has submitted comments to the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) opposing its interim final rule eliminating CEQ’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. CEQ issued its interim final rule last month in response to President Trump’s...
One Week Left for Nominations to the ACRA Board of Directors
If your firm is interested in having someone serve on ACRA's Board of Directors, now is the last call for 2025 nominations - the deadline is Friday, April 4! Positions that are up for election in 2025 are: President-Elect Secretary Treasurer Small Firm Representative...