President approves $470 million for NARA.

• Position: ARCHIVES - National Archives and Records Administration - Brief article

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) received a Fiscal Year 2010 budget of $469.87 million under the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed by President Barack Obama on December 16, 2009.

This represents an increase of 2.31% over last year's funding of $459.27 million. For NARA's FY2010 operating expenses, the president and Congress have provided $339.77 million, an increase from last year's appropriation of $330.30 million.

For continued development of the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), Congress appropriated $85.5 million, up from last year's $67 million. For repairs and renovations at NARA-owned facilities, lawmakers appropriated $27.5 million. This includes $17.5...