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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">From: ALA Washington Office <a href="mailto:DistrictDispatch@alawash.org">
DistrictDispatch@alawash.org</a> January 08, 2018:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What happened:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">At the end of 2017, the
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<span style="color:blue">Museum and Library Services Act of 2017</span></a> was introduced by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). The 2017 MLSA (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">S.
2271) </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">reauthorizes the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), showing congressional support for the federal agency. IMLS administers funding through the Library Services Technology
Act (LSTA), the only federal program that exclusively covers services and funding for libraries. LSTA provides more than $183 million for libraries through the Grants to States program, the National Leadership Grants for Libraries, the Laura Bush 21st Century
Librarian Program, and Native American Library Services.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Why this is important:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A federally funded agency or program typically requires an "authorization", which is legislation passed by Congress
providing its justification. The authorization must be periodically reauthorized. IMLS and LSTA were last authorized in 2010, and the authorization expired in 2016. Although an authorization is not a requirement for a program to receive federal funding, passage
of a reauthorization sends a strong signal of support to the Appropriations Committees.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An agency lacking an authorization risks becoming a target for elimination by "budget hawks" in Congress. With the
FY 2019 budget looming, it is important for IMLS to be reauthorized.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information: <a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/12/senators-introduce-museum-library-services-act/">
http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/12/senators-introduce-museum-library-services-act/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#45556C">JEFF MARTIN</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#B68451">Manager, Library Development</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#45556C">Washington State Library | Office of the Secretary of State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#45556C">6880 Capitol Blvd SE, Tumwater, Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#B68451">w:</span><span style="color:#45556C"> 360-704-5248 |
</span><span style="color:#B68451">f:</span><span style="color:#45556C"> 360-586-7575<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jeff.martin@sos.wa.gov">jeff.martin@sos.wa.gov</a><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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