Hot Summer Days: SHA Visits the Hill
SHA Member Sarah Miller visits Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) On June 24 and 25, the Society for Historical Archaeology visited several members of Congress and their staffers to urge them to…
Governmental Affairs
Revised Regs Implement Sunken Military Craft Act Permitting Requirements
On August 31, 2015 Naval History and Heritage Command published in the Federal Register a set of revised regulations which implement the Sunken Military Craft Act (SMCA) permitting requirements for…
Your Chance to Weigh In! NPS Revising U.S. World Heritage Tentative List
For the first time in almost ten years, the National Park Service (NPS) is revising the Tentative List of nominees to the World Heritage List. Inclusion on the Tentative List…
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 Economy Act – the DRIVE…
COME TO PRESERVATION ADVOCACY WEEK IN WASHINGTON, DC!
Society for Historical Archaeology members are invited to join the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO) and Preservation Action for Preservation Advocacy Week, March 2-4, 2015! Preservation Action…
Historical Archaeology in a Changed Climate
The effects of a changed global climate are proving to be the largest and most daunting challenge facing the Earth’s inhabitants. Rapidly melting Arctic ice, the increased ferocity of ever…
SHA Storms the Hill!
The government affairs update in May included a long list of issues being pursued and monitored by SHA and its government relations counsel Cultural Heritage Partners. To ensure that key…
A Very Busy May for Governmental Affairs
May was an eventful month for the Society for Historical Archeology’s Governmental Affairs Committee and SHA’s government affairs counsel, Cultural Heritage Partners. A number of proposals were introduced and discussed…
Congressional Attack on National Science Foundation Funding: FIRST Act Moves To Next Phase
by Eden Burgess On March 13, 2014, the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act, or FIRST Act (H.R. 4186), was referred to the full Committee on Science, Space, and…
#WhyArchMatters: What You’re Saying
Last week, we launched our first-ever online petition to send a message to US Representatives Eric Cantor and Lamar Smith to continue supporting publicly funded archaeology. This has been part…