The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has put its entire staff on administrative leave following President Trump's executive order to eliminate seven federal agencies, including IMLS.
Keith E. Sonderling has been appointed as the acting director during this transition. Staff were notified via email about their 90-day paid leave, which included instructions to return government property and had their email accounts disabled.
IMLS is a small federal agency, with about 70 employees,
that awards grant funding to museums and libraries across the United
States. Last year it granted $266 million to support essential cultural institutions.
