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ACTION ALERT: Contact Legislators for 2026 Historic Preservation Funding
Thanks to the advocacy efforts of ACRA members and preservation allies across the nation, the National Park Service recently started to release fiscal year 2025 Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) money for SHPOs and THPOs – funding that states and Tribes need to...
Early Bird Conference Rates End in ONE WEEK!
This is the last week to get the early bird rates for the 2025 ACRA Conference in Raleigh! Head over to the conference page now to register at the lowest price of the year. The early bird prices will end after July 15. After that date, prices will go up in each...
One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB): A Summary & What it Means for CRM
President Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) into law at a White House ceremony July 4th, following hours of around-the-clock debate and arm-twisting in both chambers of Congress. The bill extends tax cuts first enacted in 2017, many of them permanently,...
2025 SHPO/THPO Funding Released by OMB
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has green-lit funding to SHPOs and THPOs for the current fiscal year, ending a three-month delay that threatened the ability of preservation offices to function. OMB has approved a notice of funding opportunity...
Your Congress in Action: June 30, 2025
Congressional Republicans are racing to finish their so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” before America celebrates its 249th birthday on July 2. No, that’s not a typo. According to some – including America’s second president, John Adams - the real Independence Day...
ACRA Comments on DOI RFI on Regulatory Reform
The Department of the Interior can improve the federal permitting process by ensuring adequate funding for SHPOs and THPOs, maintaining staff levels and providing training, and encouraging the use of programmatic approaches to Section 106, according to public comments...
Your Congress in Action: June 16, 2025
Funding freezes. Budgetary impoundments. Reductions in force. DOGE. Of all the tactics the Trump administration has sought to use to shrink the federal government, we can add a new one: the pocket recission. Recissions, as those who prefer watching C-SPAN over Netflix...
Now on Demand: Defining the Area of Potential Effects
If you missed today’s webinar on defining the area of potential effects, it is now available on demand! The Area of Potential Effects (APE) is the foundation of a federal agency’s efforts to identify historic properties in Section 106 review. At the same time, this...
Your Congress in Action: June 2, 2025
It’s been strangely quiet in Washington: after the House passed its “Big, Beautiful Bill,” Congress left town for its traditional Memorial Day recess. No new executive orders have emanated from the White House since before the holiday weekend. But the third branch of...
2025 Board Elections Start Today
The voting period for the 2025 ACRA Board elections opens today! The candidates in this year's slate are vying for 8 open positions, including: President-Elect Secretary Treasurer Small Firm Representative 4 At-Large Directors Each candidate has submitted a biography...