Highlights: ›› USCG continues its active partnership with GSA and NPS in ensuring the success of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act (NHLPA), with 10 historic lighthouses entering into this program over the reporting period. The NHLPA program enables local communities to promote heritage tourism by transferring the ownership of historic lighthouses to new owners who rehabilitate and restore them as properties available for public visitation. ›› As the primary point-of-access for the general public, NASA’s Visitor Centers represent a successful and high-priority partnership for the agency. Operated by private entities and located on or adjacent to NASA Centers, Visitor Centers provide a venue outside of the standard security requirements for the agency to receive and present information to the public. KSC and JSC are perhaps the most well-known and most visited of the NASA Centers, and their presence has contributed significantly to heritage tourism in their respective geographical areas. Meeting federal resiliency goals. Some agencies did not identify resiliency or sustainability, defined as “the capacity to recover quickly,” as significant issues in this reporting cycle. Most agencies did, however, note the importance of federal infrastructure resiliency and had made efforts to meet EO 13693 ( Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade -2015) objectives of energy efficiency and resiliency and “green design.” The number of historic federal buildings now being LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council continues to rise. GSA continues to be in the forefront of historic building resiliency. Many federal agencies reported policies and procedures across real property management and planning departments specifically addressing the need to consider repurposing of existing facilities—both historic and non-historic. Agencies continue to ensure their operations and actions are carried out in an environmentally, economically, and fiscally sound manner. Incorporating sustainable practices into their missions conserves energy and natural resources, reduces pollution and contamination releases, enhances the workplace through less exposure to hazardous materials and chemicals, and strengthens national security by encouraging energy independence. Several agencies have been compiling data to evaluate the threats of rising sea levels, increased risk of fire, drought, and erosion, to include potential effects to archaeological and historic sites.
Responding to interest from the movie Hidden Figures, KSC hosted several events to honor the legacy of female and African American employees and their contributions to the U.S. Space Program. In December 2016, it hosted a panel discussion with the director, composer, and actors of the film. Several screenings of the film were open to the public. Additionally, in honor of Women’s History Month and African American History Month, presentations were given in 2017 by authors Wanda Harding, Richard Paul, and Steven Moss. From the left are: former CNN space correspondent John Zarrella;Ted Melfi, writer and director of Hidden Figures; Actresses Octavia Spencer,Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monáe; Pharrell Williams, musician and movie producer; and Bill Barry, NASA chief historian.
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