Support of NHPRC and the 2006 Budget
The President’s FY 2006 budget eliminates funding for NHPRC grants
and staff to administer the grants. The National Historical Publications
and Records Commission (NHPRC) is the grant making arm of NARA. NHPRC
makes grants to institutions for preservation of historical records and
to make historical records more accessible.
In the President’s budget, NHPRC has been targeted for zero funding
for grants and zero funding for staff to administer the NHPRC and its
grants program. If funds are not restored, that in effect eliminates
this grants program.
The Council of State Historical Records Coordinators (COSHRC) has
created an online petition to continue to express to Congress public
interest in restoring of funding for NHPRC.
Sign the online petition at:
www.savearchives.org and click on sign petition.
Update -
Jan 2006
