by amanda@acra-crm.org | Oct 20, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Oct 10, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Oct 6, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Oct 3, 2025 | ACRAsphere
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an interim final rule (IFR) today 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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Sep 30, 2025 | ACRAsphere
The Trump administration has released its changes to federal procurement regulations, mostly keeping in place the so-called “Rule of Two” that enables small businesses to win contracts. The changes follow President Trump’s April Executive Order “Restoring Common Sense...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Sep 29, 2025 | ACRAsphere
With government funding set to expire at the end of the day Tuesday, there is a good possibility that federal agencies will need to cease operations if Congress and the White House fail to pass a spending bill to keep them open. Once a rare occurrence, government...
