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Subcontracting is becoming more important as the size of 

 the average contract rises due to consolidation and larger 

 construction projecrs. During the year we evaluated three 

 new subcontracting plans submitted by SI prime contractors 

 and monitored performance on six existing large contracts. 

 We also had extensive discussions and meetings with the 

 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is contracting with 

 various large and small businesses via its multiyear MOU 

 with the Smithsonian to upgrade Si's security systems. 



Office of Facilities Services 



Richard H. Rice, Jr., Senior Facilities Services Officer 



The Office of Facilities Services, along with other organiza- 

 tions in the Facilities Services Group, focused much 

 attention to managing for results and strategically aligning 

 the entire organization to move toward a more performance- 

 based, customer-oriented system. The Office also led the 

 strategy to increse funding for repair of the Smithsonian's 

 physical plant, which resulred in appropriation of $47.9 mil- 

 lion for FY 2000, including repairs at the National 

 Zoological Park. 



Office of Physical Plant 



Michael ]. Sofield, Director 



The Office of Physical Plant creates and maintains the 

 infrastructure and environment within which the Smith- 

 sonian museums, research institutes, and offices pursue 

 their goals. The work of the office includes capital con- 

 struction projects; repair, restoration, and alteration of 

 buildings; crafts and trade work to maintain facilities; op- 

 eration of utilities systems; landscaping and gardening for 

 Smithsonian properties, Transportation and mail services; 

 and architectural research and historic preservation. Ken 

 Olmsted joined the office as Deputy Director in 1999. 

 During the year, the office maintained its emphasis on 

 projecrs that support repair and restoration of Smithsonian 

 facilities and broke ground for the National Museum of the 

 American Indian Mall Museum. 



Office of Protection Services 



David F. Morrell, Director 



Deriving its legal authority from Title 40, U.S. Code, Sec- 

 tion 193, the Office of Protection Services (OPS) has as its 

 mission, "Protecting and securing the National Collections 

 and other properties entrusted to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion and ensuring the safety and security of staff and visitors, 



while permitting an appropriate level of public access to col- 

 lections and properties." 



During this year, the Office of Protection Services re- 

 cruited and hired 131 Museum Protection Officers (MPOs). 

 The OPS Training Division conducted seven two-week 

 basic training courses for all new MPOs. The two-week 

 training courses focused on basic security operations within 

 a museum setting. OPS continued its contract with 

 Wackenhut Services Incorporated to provide supplemental 

 training to OPS staff. In a two-day MPO refresher course 

 developed by OPS and Wackenhur, 500 MPOs received re- 

 fresher training. OPS and Wackenhut also conducted 1 1 

 two-day Supervisory Security Officer refresher training 

 courses for 150 supervisors. In addition, OPS contracted 

 with Wackenhut to provide three five-day administrative 

 training courses for 75 administrarive personnel and one 

 five-day supervisory administrative course for 20 adminis- 

 trative supervisors. 



In April 2000, OPS worked closely with the U.S. Park 

 Police and the Washington D.C Metropolitan Police De- 

 partment in implementing citywide security precautions 

 during the 50th annivetsary of the United Nations held at 

 the Department of Commerce near the National Museum of 

 American History. 



Also this year, Francis Roche was selected as Assistant Fi- 

 nancial Management Officer in May 1999. David Voyles was 

 selected as Chief of the Audits and Compliance Office in Au- 

 gust 1999. In addition, Howard Blum was selected as Chief 

 of the Security Services Division in August 1999. 



In our continuing effort to upgrade and modernize secu- 

 rity systems throughout the Smithsonian, OPS continued to 

 work closely with the U.S. Army Engineering Support Cen- 

 ter, Huntsville, Alabama. During this year, OPS evaluated 

 and selected two modern off-the-shelf electronic security 

 management systems, responsive to the Smithsonian's need 

 to replace the Smithsonian Institution Proprierary Security 

 System. OPS also worked to ensure that the Institution was 

 prepared to meet the technological requiremenrs for the 

 year 2000. OPS also worked closely with the Smithsonian's 

 Office of Physical Plant to complete the design and installa- 

 tion of a new security system fot the National Museum of 

 the American Indian Cultural Resources Center. In addi- 

 tion, OPS completed engineering designs and began system 

 replacement installation at the National Air and Space Mu- 

 seum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Arts and 

 Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution Building, and 

 Renwick Gallery. 



The National Conference on Cultural Property Prorecrion 

 was held in Los Angeles, California, from March 7 to 1 1, 

 1999. The conference was cohosted by the J. Paul Getty 

 Trust. For over 20 years, this self-supporting conference has 

 provided an opportunity for the diffusion of knowledge 

 among security, library, and administrative professionals. 

 The theme for the conference was "Cultural Property Pro- 

 tection From the Ground Up." The conference attracted 

 close to 300 participants from the United States, Canada, 

 and abroad. 



