by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jul 7, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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,...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jul 1, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jun 30, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jun 23, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jun 16, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jun 13, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
