A new report issued by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) calls upon federal agencies to fulfill their obligations under law to consult Indian tribes on major infrastructure projects.
The federal support and expertise of the National Park Service may be headed toward historic African American cemeteries through the African American Burial Grounds Network Act.
Today, the Coalition for American Heritage submitted comments to safeguard historic preservation efforts that are being threatened by proposed changes that govern nominations to the National Register of Historic Places.
In the early 15th century, Portuguese explorers like Henry the Navigator began sailing to Africa, bringing back both goods and enslaved people. A new archaeological study of more than 150 skeletons dumped in Lagos, Portugal, reveals that many of the enslaved Africans were not given proper burials and that several of them may even have been tied up at death.
On March 1 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a blockbuster decision that has wide-ranging implications for preservation groups, Native American tribes, developers, and consultants.
The outcome of the November 6th midterm elections will determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Currently, both chambers are controlled by Republicans.
Last December, Congress passed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, a $305 billion transportation funding bill with significant implications for historic preservation.
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 Act (S. 1647, sponsored by Sen. Inhofe (R-OK)) – makes its way through Congress. It passed the Senate on July 30 as an amendment to H.R. 22.
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 Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) announced their introduction of the National Historic Preservation Amendments Act of 2015.
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 runoff election in Louisiana, the GOP has won at least 8 Senate seats and will have 243 seats (see here) in the House.
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.
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 Procedure 2014-12, 26 C.F.R. § 601.105).
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, the heart and soul of the city are dark and quiet.
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 couple of years of cultural resources management under my belt.
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 Management District. The case may have long-term ramifications for the protection of cultural resources and for cultural resources management (CRM) firms.
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 by federal agencies must be deposited in an appropriate digital repository.
Cultural Heritage Partners recently conducted a survey to gauge the size and scope of the cultural resources management industry, in partnership with the American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA).
In February the new House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a report on the regulatory burden of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) over the past five fiscal years, including how long reviews take, how much delay has been caused to projects, and how many man hours have been invested in the NEPA process.
At Cultural Heritage Partners, we regularly counsel clients seeking to amplify their impact in the art, cultural heritage and historic preservation fields. As we ring in a new year, we have our eye on several trends that may affect our clients.
The Presidio of San Francisco announced this week that Greg Werkheiser, a founding member of Cultural Heritage Partners, will lead the transformation of historic Fort Winfield Scott into a national home for service and leadership.