Office of Environmental 

 Management and Safety 



F. William Billingsley, Director 



The Office of Environmental Management and Safety con- 

 tinued to ensure a safe and healthful environment fot all 

 Smithsonian employees, volunteers, and the visiting public. 

 The office provided consultation services, training, and tech- 

 nical support in the areas of environmental management, fire 

 protection, and occupational health and safety. The office also 

 informed the Smithsonian of applicable fire, safety, and en- 

 vironmental management laws and conducted inspections of 

 all Smithsonian facilities. FY 1998 marked the seventh annual 

 Secretary's Safety Awards Ceremony. The National Museum of 

 American History won the latge-faciliry award, and the 

 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center won the small- 

 facility award. 



Office of Physical Plant 



Michael J. Sofield, Director 



The Office of Physical Plant creates and maintains the in- 

 frastructure and environment within which the Smithsonian 

 museums, research institutes, and offices pursue their goals. 

 The work of the office includes capital construction projects; 

 repait, restoration, and alteration of buildings; crafts and trade 

 work to maintain facilities, operation of utilities systems; 

 landscaping and gardening for Smithsonian properties, 

 transportation and mail services; and architectural research 

 and historic preservation. For the first time ever, the Office 

 was able to commit more than $50 million to support repair 

 and restoration of Smithsonian facilities. 



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, continued to focus on 

 collaborative efforts to improve service to the Institution. 

 Among these were several specific organizational development 

 initiatives, focusing on internal relationships, communica- 

 tions and leadership. The Office also led the strategy to in- 

 crease funding for repair of the Smithsonian's physical plant, 

 which resulted in appropriation of $40 million in FY 1999. 



Office of Protection Services 



David F. Morrell, Director 



Deriving its legal authority from Title 40, United States 

 Code, Section 193, the Office of Protection Services (OPS) has 

 as its mission protecting and securing the National Collec- 

 tions and other properties entrusted to the Smithsonian 

 Institution and ensuring rhe safety and security of staff and 

 visitors, while permitting an appropriate level of public access 

 to the collections and properties. 



During this year, the Office of Protection Services recruited 

 and hired 82 Museum Prorection Officers (MPO). OPS con- 

 rinued its contract with Wackenhut Services Incorporated to 

 train all 82 MPOs. The two-week training course focused on 

 basic security operations within a museum setting. Wacken- 

 hut and OPS conducted seven in-service MPS training classes 

 this year. Wackenhut also assisted OPS in providing nine 

 basic supervisory training courses for sergeants and lieutenants. 

 The focus of the supervisory class was the development of effec- 

 tive communication skills. 



In addition, OPS also wotked with Wackenhut in designing 

 and implementing a "train the trainer" course. This course 

 provided OPS employees with various training methods ena- 

 bling them to train entry-level MPO's effectively. 



Also this year, James J. McLaughlin was selected as Deputy 

 Director of Operations on March 30, 1998; Douglas A. Hall 

 was selected as Chief of the Technical Security Division on 

 April 13, 1998; William Ruth was selected as Chief of the 

 Central Information on August 3, 1998; and Beverly Johnson 

 was selected as Chief of the Training Division on September 

 28, 1998. James Burford was appointed to the position of Spe- 

 cial Assistant to the Deputy Director on April 13, 1998. 



OPS staff developed 36 administrative and operational 

 policies. These policies were distributed to all OPS security 

 units and divisions. Security Managers and Division Chiefs 

 were instructed to introduce and explain each of the new 

 policies to their staff in order to ensure that all employees 

 understand OPS-wide requirements and responsibilities. 



In our continuing effort to upgrade and modernize security 

 systems throughout the Smithsonian, OPS worked closely 

 with the U.S. Army Engineering Support Center, Huntsville, 

 Alabama, and developed a proposal title "The Smithsonian 

 Security Modernization Program." This proposal provides the 

 program objectives to replace the Smithsonian Institution 

 Propriety Security System and the communications infrastruc- 

 ture to bring all Smithsonian museums and facilities to a 

 consistent standard of electronic security application. 



This year, like the two previous years, OPS staff worked 

 closely with the staff of "America's Smithsonian" to ensure 

 thar the last exhibition in Scottsdale, Arizona, was a success. 

 OPS staff monitored the security contract for the exhibition 

 and ensured that artifacts were escorted from Scottsdale to 

 Washington, D.C without incident. 



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