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... the Obama Foundation website, the Foundation agreed “to transfer up to [$3.3 million] to the National Archives Trust Fund (NATF) to support the move of classified and unclassified Obama Presidential records and artifacts from Hoffman Estates to NARA-controlled facilities that conform to the agency’s archival storage standards for such records and artifacts, and for the modification of such spaces.”
The letter goes on to state: “The first transfer of $300,000 was already made on August 9, 2018. An additional interim transfer will be made within 180 days of that date. Subsequent payments are subject to the negotiation of terms of the digitization process and museum operations.”
The Obama Foundation rented an abandoned warehouse from Hoffman Estates for the purpose of storing the documents, the Daily Herald reported, and last month extended the original lease to 2026.
The letter goes on to state: “The first transfer of $300,000 was already made on August 9, 2018. An additional interim transfer will be made within 180 days of that date. Subsequent payments are subject to the negotiation of terms of the digitization process and museum operations.”
The Obama Foundation rented an abandoned warehouse from Hoffman Estates for the purpose of storing the documents, the Daily Herald reported, and last month extended the original lease to 2026.