On March 16, President Trump sent an outline of his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget to Congress. It includes devastating cuts to federal history and humanities funding including elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services and Title VI/Fulbright-Hays international education programs.
Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero has announced the appointment of retired Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente as the new Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, effective February 6.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was enacted in 2015, reauthorizing the nation’s law governing K-12 education. Most importantly for many of NCH’s constituent groups, the law restored designated funding streams for history and civics. To learn more about these programs click here. Even though ESSA authorized money for the programs, now we need to more >
Effective January 8, 2017, Dr. Turkiya L. Lowe entered on duty as the National Park Service’s new Chief Historian. She holds a Ph.D. in African American history and a Master’s degree in United States history from the University of Washington, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in history from Howard University.
On January 19 the federal government issued its final rule governing Institutional Review Boards (IRB), which “explicitly removes” oral history and journalism from the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects. It was originally promulgated as the “Common Rule” in 1991. The historical community, collaborating through the National Coalition for History, has long argued that more >
The Institute for Advanced Study and the Civil War Trust today jointly announced a plan to significantly expand the land that will be preserved adjacent to the current Princeton Battlefield State Park while enabling the Institute to construct new housing for its faculty on its campus. The National Coalition for History is a member of more >
Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero recently announced the appointment of Mark A. Bradley as the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO). The President of the United States approved Mr. Bradley’s appointment, which will become effective December 25, 2016. He succeeds John P. Fitzpatrick, who moved to the National Security Council in more >
Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero recently announced the appointment of Alina Semo as the new Director of the National Archives Office of Government Information Services (OGIS). OGIS, an organization established under the OPEN Government Act of 2007, provides policy guidance and mediation services for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) activities government-wide.
On November 16, the Congressional Commission on an American Museum of Women’s History (AMWH) submitted its much-anticipated report to Congress and the President. The commission affirmed the need for a physical national museum honoring the impact and experience of women in America.
In July, NCH was made aware by the leadership of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) that the history office at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) was likely to be defunded and closed at the end of the 2016 fiscal year on September 30. One historian in the three-person office had more >
