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Senate Appropriations Report Proposes $1 Million Increase for OMS
Advocacy Alert – September 20, 2019 Senate Appropriations Report Proposes $1 Million Increase for OMS This week the Senate Appropriations Committee released its draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies … -
Contact Your Senators: $5 Billion Proposed to be Diverted from the Senate Labor-HHS-Education Funding Bill
Advocacy Alert – August 15, 2019 Contact Your Senators: $5 Billion Proposed to be Diverted from the Senate Labor-HHS-Education Funding Bill Even though Congress is on recess, critical funding decisions are being considered now. In … -
#InviteCongress: Recess Underway, Make the Case for Museums
Advocacy Alert – August 2, 2019 Recess Underway – Invite Congress and Make the Case for OMS! The coming weeks and months are a critical time in the process to help secure the proposed increases for the federal agencies that … -
Summer Advocacy Session: #InviteCongress, National Voter Registration Day, and Legislative Update
Advocacy Alert – July 10, 2019 Summer Advocacy Session: #InviteCongress, National Voter Registration Day, and Legislative Update Wondering how you and your museum can participate in “Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum … -
Museums Matter – Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum and Legislative Updates
Advocacy Alert – June 26, 2019 Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum and Legislative Updates Did you know that a visit to the museum can change how elected officials think about museums? The August congressional recess is a great time … -
Contact Congress Now! – Chance for Historic Funding Increase for the Office of Museum Services
Advocacy Alert – June 10, 2019 Contact Congress Now! – Chance for Historic Funding Increase for the Office of Museum Services The House FY 2020 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations measure, which includes an historic $8 million … -
Great news! House Subcommittee Approves $15 Million Increase for IMLS (UPDATED BELOW)
UPDATE 5/8/2019: An additional $10 million was added to IMLS during full House Appropriations Committee consideration on May 8, for a total increase to IMLS of $25 million, including an historic $8 million increase to $42.7 million for … -
Representatives to Consider IMLS Funding; Thank Senators for Support of OMS
Advocacy Alert – April 22, 2019 Two Action Items for Museum Advocates 1. Urge Your Representative to Support the Office of Museum Services Following the Alliance’s recent live testimony on Capitol Hill (starting at the 1 hr 36 … -
Act Now: Urge Your Senators to Support the Office of Museum Services
Advocacy Alert – April 1, 2019 Act Now: Urge Your Senators to Support the Office of Museum Services The process for determining federal funding levels for FY 2020 has already begun in earnest. After a strong showing of 178 bipartisan … -
Friday 3/22 Deadline: Ask Representatives to Support the IMLS Office of Museum Services
Advocacy Alert – March 18, 2019 Friday (3/22) Deadline for Key Museum Funding Letter; Contact Legislators Today After being targeted for elimination by the President’s budget in details released today, the IMLS Office of Museum …
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