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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Maura. This is interesting. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Karren Reish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Maura Walsh via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 8, 2025 10:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> JRegensburger@library.ohio.gov; lstac@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lstac] News bits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"sans-serif 10pt",serif;color:black">CAUTION: This is an External email. Please send suspicious emails to
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#194975">Amen!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#194975">We just launched a small subaward and the new EO on grants came in shortly after our informational webinar. If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s a link:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/improving-oversight-of-federal-grantmaking/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/improving-oversight-of-federal-grantmaking/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Happy Friday & weekend to all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41;mso-ligatures:none">Maura Walsh, MLIS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41;mso-ligatures:none"> (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>JRegensburger--- via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 8, 2025 10:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [lstac] News bits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was heartened last week to see the Senate Appropriations Committee included funding for IMLS in their version of the budget.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The full text of the Senate’s appropriations bill can be found here (IMLS on page 329-330):
<a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/fy26_lhhs_senate_report.pdf">
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/fy26_lhhs_senate_report.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I also took Teri’s email yesterday about the opportunity to support the Second Lady’s Summer Reading Challenge as a positive sign for IMLS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I know there’s a long road ahead when it comes to the budget (and everything else), but I’m going to hang on to hope where I can.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jeff</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E3F75">Jeff Regensburger (he/him/his)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">274 E. 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">T:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A"> 614.644.6863</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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