DOGE put all the staff for the Institute of Museum and Library Services on administrative leave this will affect grants and other funding at local levels
This is an article about it. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/agency-funding-libraries-and-museums-puts-all-employees-on-leave-ahead-of-major-cuts/ Here is information on the importance of IMLS/ museums and libraries as a whole: https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Museum-Facts-2024.pdf https://www.americansforthearts.org/sites/default/files/aep5/PDF_Files/ARTS_Brochure_Mockup.pdf Remember knowledge is power, the more educated you are the less like you are to be manipulated this is why fascists burn books and dismantle education. They want us stupid they want us powerless. Libraries and museums are a integral part of keeping our society educated and informed we have to stand with them and with our communities.