Executive Order on Federal Contracting

Arguing that the federal procurement process has long “tolerated unpredictable costs, bloated overhead, and weak performance incentives,” President Trump issued an Executive Order late last month making fixed-price or performance-based contracting the...
Your Congress in Action: May 4, 2026

Your Congress in Action: May 4, 2026

ACRA’s preservation partners are not normally name-checked on late night talk shows. Of course, these are hardly normal times, which may explain why Seth Meyers cited the National Trust for Historic Preservation as part of his April 27 show. Why did the Trust rate a...

Hot Topic Discussion 5/7: Project Management

Join us on Thursday, May 7 for the next session of our Hot Topics series, which give CRM practitioners the opportunity to participate in discussions and problem-solving for pressing issues facing the industry. The topic of this session will be project management and...

ACRA Testimony to House Appropriations

ACRA urged House lawmakers to provide robust funding for historic preservation programs in the upcoming fiscal year 2027 budget, despite proposals from the Trump administration to make significant cuts. In written testimony submitted to the House Interior...