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Secretary of State outlines risks to election, archival and appraisal grants; HAVA fund may sustain operations through 2027
Summary
Deputy Secretary of State Lauren Hibbert told the House Appropriations Committee on April 15 that several federal grants the office uses for archival work, professional regulation IT upgrades and election administration face uncertainty and could require the office to supplement or scale back programs if funding is not renewed.
Deputy Secretary of State Lauren Hibbert told the House Appropriations Committee on April 15 that several federal grants the office uses for archival work, professional regulation IT upgrades and election administration face uncertainty and could require the office to supplement or scale back programs if funding is not renewed.
The committee heard that small grants from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) — roughly $40,000 a year — support the office's roving archivist work; an Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) grant of about $120,000 has funded IT integration for the Office of Professional Regulation; and Help America Vote Act (HAVA) resources provide the bulk of the elections division's operating capacity.
"We have 2 FTEs that do this work, and these 2 grants combined cover about half of 1 of those FTEs," Hibbert said of the NHPRC awards. She described the archivists' work as highly technical and pivotal after flood events and other record-damaging incidents. The NHPRC-funded staff help…
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