National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
A. General Categorical Exclusions
Exclusion Text
1. Routine administrative and management activities including, but not limited to, those activities related to budgeting, finance, personnel actions, procurement activities, compliance with applicable executive orders and procedures for sustainable or “greened” procurement, retaining legal counsel, public affairs activities (e.g., issuing press releases, newsletters and notices of funding availability), internal and external program evaluation and monitoring (e.g., site visits), database development and maintenance, and computer systems administration.
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