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DOT Seeks Feedback on Proposed Section 106 Exemption for Rail Rights-of-Way

Last December, Congress passed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, a $305 billion transportation funding bill with significant implications for historic preservation....
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Greg and Marion Werkheiser Talk Government Affairs

Marion and Greg Werkheiser sat down with Clint Tankersley, host of the HiFi History podcast, to talk about how cultural heritage advocates can successfully influence...
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CHP Joins EU Transparency Register; Gains EU Parliament Accreditation

We are happy to announce that on September 11, CHP officially joined the European Union Transparency Register. The Register is Europe's only official database for...
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DRIVE Act: Clearing Things Up

A lot of news (and panic) is rapidly circulating among the preservation and archaeological communities as the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the...
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Legislation Introduced to Reauthorize the Historic Preservation Fund

At a briefing on the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) on Capitol Hill on June 17, 2015, Historic Preservation Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Michael Turner (R-OH) and...
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The Election: Effects on Preservation

The Republicans took control of the Senate and strengthened their hold on the House on November 4. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is headed for a...
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GAPP Holds Successful Kickoff Summit

The Gas and Preservation Partnership (GAPP) held its inaugural Summit, Honoring Our History-Fueling Our Future, in Pittsburgh on March 21, 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel....
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IRS Publishes HTC Safe Harbor

As one of its last items of business in 2013, the IRS released its long-awaited Revenue Procedure addressing Historic Tax Credits on December 30 (Revenue...
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Shutdown Silences Culture

While front page news remains focused on the shutdown’s impact to the still-fragile economic recovery, the looming debt ceiling debate, health care and tax reform,...
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Not Your Grandparents’ Preservation Movement: An Interview with Thomas Visser

A few years ago, I arrived in a small midwestern city with a master’s degree from the University of Vermont’s Historic Preservation Program and a...
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Koontz Case Could Affect Cultural Resources

On June 25, the Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Alito, reversed the Florida Supreme Court's holding in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water...
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CHP Report On Proper Digital Archiving of Archaeological Data Released

Cultural Heritage Partners has prepared a report concluding that current archaeological, historic preservation, and records management laws and regulations require that digital archaeological data generated...
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DOJ Clarifies Policy on Tribal Use of Eagle Feathers

On October 12, 2012, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy formally recognizing Native Americans’ right to possess and use protected eagle feathers...
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