• DSOM to Lead 2010 Labor Day Parade
• AFM Appoints Shirk as Assistant to the President
• USCIS Promises Improvements to the Visa Process
• Ray Hair Elected as AFM International President
• AFM Canada Launches Website: AFMCanada.org
• President Emeritus Victor Fuentealba Update
• AFM and Allies Push for Fair Pay for Musicians
• Musicians Cheer Vote on Private Copying
• AFM Comment on Anti-Counterfeiting Legislation
• Comments to the FCC Regarding Network Neutrality
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NEA Funding Update

On Friday, October 30^th, President Obama signed the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The bill provides $167.5 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, which is a $12.5 million increase over last year’s funding and their highest funding level in sixteen years.