October 18, 2012
Gov. Nathan Deal and Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced
today that the state will restore
$125,000 to Kemp’s budget to keep the Georgia State
“Georgia
The extra funding provides for Georgia State Archives to be
open to the public through June 30 of next year. On July 1, the Georgia
Archives will be transferred to University System of Georgia, pending approval
of the move by the General Assembly. This transfer will include appropriations
required for operation and assets of the Georgia Archives. Additional staff
will be provided by USG at that time. Deal and Kemp intend to find efficiencies
by consolidating the Archives under the University System of Georgia, just as
the state has sought to do with the library system.
“From the beginning of this budget process, I have stated
that it was my hope that current access to the Archives could be maintained,” Kemp
said. “I greatly appreciate Governor Deal’s leadership and recognize the
difficult decisions that had to be made in order to identify this funding. He
has proposed a plan that supports Archives not just this year, but for years to
come.”
Deal’s budgetary commitment allows Georgia State Archives to
maintain its current access hours.
Source: http://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2012-10-18/deal-kemp-keep-georgia%E2%80%99s-archives-open
Editor’s Note: We at
NGS strongly believe that the actions of the
genealogists on the ground in Georgia and all the letters sent in by NGS
members and others really helped make a difference.
Congratulations
to us all for a swift and extensive response since the news first came out just
over a month ago!
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Update -- though the GA archives remains open, some staff reductions are still occurring -- read this piece to learn the latest, http://georgiaarchivesmatters.org/2012/11/12/new-threats-to-georgias-historical-records/
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