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Feedback Needed: 3D Data Survey
ACRA has partnered with the tDAR–Center for Digital Antiquity for an online survey on the use of 3D data in Cultural Resource Management — and we hope you wll take a few minutes of your time to participate! This survey aims to gather insights into how 3D data are...
ACRA Testimony to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
ACRA has submitted written testimony to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in advance of its hearing today on Section 106 of NHPA. In the testimony, ACRA calls Section 106 “an American success story, balancing the commitment to build the infrastructure...
Take Action NOW: Senate Hearing on Section 106
This week, Senators on the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will take part in a key committee hearing on the Section 106 consultation process. It is vital that our members in the states represented on the Committee share with them the importance and...
Now on Demand: Cultural Asset Mapping – Opportunities for the CRM Industry
If you missed yesterday’s webinar on cultural asset mapping, it is now available on demand! Cultural Asset Mapping is an emerging practice that identifies and visualizes a community’s cultural assets—historic and intangible—through tools ranging from physical trails...
Senate Hearing on Section 106
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a hearing next week about Section 106 of NHPA. The hearing, which the Committee has billed as an opportunity to “Examine the Section 106 Consultation Process Under the National Historic Preservation Act,”...
Now Open: Call for 2026 Webinar Proposals
Do you have a great idea for a webinar for CRM professionals? Do you have a presentation you give regularly that you think would be great for a larger audience? If so, we want to hear your proposals – the call for 2026 webinar sessions is now open! As a means of...
Tell Us Your Thoughts on DBE Changes
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued an interim final rule (IFR) that ends the use of race- and sex-based presumptions of disadvantage for establishing eligibility under the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concessions DBE (ACDBE)...
Your Congress in Action: October 20, 2025
The partial federal government shutdown is nearing its fourth week, with no signs of ending. Both parties remain dug in: Republicans want to pass a “clean” stopgap continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open while Congress finishes the fiscal year 2026...
Webinar 10/23: Cultural Asset Mapping – Opportunities for the CRM Industry
CRM professionals are adept in using creative methods to balance development and preservation for their clients in innovative ways. Cultural Asset Mapping is an emerging practice that identifies and visualizes a community’s cultural assets—historic and...
Your Congress in Action: October 6, 2025
To the ever-growing list of tumultuous events besetting the federal government this year, we can now add that old chestnut of the partial government shutdown. At the stroke of midnight October 1, many federal agencies turned into pumpkins, lacking appropriations for...