AAM President Ford W. Bell made the following statement in response to President Obama’s FY13 budget request, released on Monday, February 13: “I am heartened to see that President Obama has recognized the value of museums by retaining current funding levels for the IMLS Office of Museum Services ($30,859,000), especially when he proposed cuts for
Mixed News for Museums as Congressional “Super Committee” Fails The failure of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “Super Committee”) signaled a temporary reprieve from the proposed limitation in the deductibility of charitable gifts, which was being seriously considered as the negotiations broke down. The bad news is that massive across-the-board spending
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