petersuber<p>Update. The National Museum and Library Services Board (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NMLSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NMLSB</span></a>) just sent an open letter to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a>), Keith Sonderling.<br><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/binary-data/ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT/file/000/006/6639-1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publishersweekly.com/binary-da</span><span class="invisible">ta/ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT/file/000/006/6639-1.pdf</span></a></p><p>"It is our considered determination that the Museum and Library Services Act of 2018, as codified in Title 20 of the U.S. Code, outlines specific statutory mandates that cannot be paused, reduced, or eliminated without violating Congressional intent and federal statute…All such statutory obligations may not be discontinued or delayed under an Executive Order or other executive action."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>