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Your Congress in Action | December 18, 2023
As 2023 nears its ending, ACRA looks back at some of the past year’s biggest federal policy developments, how ACRA advocated on behalf of CRM, and how they could impact the industry for years to come. Chaos on the Hill . . . On Capitol Hill, the year started with...
ACRA Principles on SOI Professional Qualification Standards
ACRA’s Board of Directors has approved a set of principles the organization believes should guide any changes to the Secretary of the Interior Professional Qualification Standards. The Standards describe in terms of academic attainment, training, and experience...
Webinar 12/14: CERCLA and Section 106
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act -- otherwise known as CERCLA or Superfund -- provides a Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases...
Your Congress in Action: December 4, 2023
Congress returned to Washington last week following its Thanksgiving break, and while a government shutdown is not in the cards for December, lawmakers still have some big issues to contend with. Shortly before the holiday break, Congress passed and President Biden...
Special Session for ACRA Members: NPI & DoD Legacy Resource Management Program
The National Preservation Institute would like to invite ACRA members to an informational meeting on NPI's new partnership with the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program. This special session ONLY for ACRA members will be held on December 12 at 3:00...
Your Congress in Action: November 20, 2023
Congress is heading home for Thanksgiving break, which for many lawmakers could not come soon enough. If you think your workplace is stressful, consider that last week, a U.S. Senator nearly got into a fistfight with a union leader during a Senate hearing, a House...
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for 2024 Webinars
DEADLINE EXTENDED - Earn $ for Your Expertise We heard from a number of you that you needed a bit more time to send in your proposals for 2024 webinars, and we have good news: the deadline has been extended to Wednesday, December 20. As a reminder, we hope to offer a...
NCSHPO Survey on SOI Standards for Rehabilitation
In March 2023, the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers established a working group to carefully examine issues and perspectives related to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation in their present form and application. Now...
Now on Demand: A Guide to Archaeological Bones for Dating and Isotopic Analysis
If you missed last week's webinar on dating and isotopic analysis, it is now available on ACRA Webinars on Demand! In this webinar, Dr. Maren Pauly and other representatives from Beta Analytic and its subsidiary Isobar Science provide a better understanding of dating...
ACTION NEEDED: Tell Congress to Support the HPF
The House of Representatives is considering whether to debate legislation that will support cultural resource management – your elected representatives need to hear from you! For more than 40 years, the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) has provided critical funding to...