Editing National Park Service (section)

====External administrative costs====
The NPS pays external administrative costs to outside organizations that provide the logistical support that the NPS needs to operate its facilities. These costs include rent payments to the [[General Services Administration]] for building space, postage payments to the postal machine vendor and other direct payments.<ref name="FY2010" />

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! Functional area
! FY 2010 (in thousands)<ref name="FY2010" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/upload/FY_2010_greenbook.pdf |title=Budget Justification and Performance Information, Fiscal Year 2010, National Park Service, The United States Department of the Interior, 2009 @ nps.gov |access-date=September 24, 2014 |archive-date=April 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412201254/http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/upload/FY_2010_greenbook.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
! % of total
|-
| Resource stewardship
| {{right|$347,328}}
| {{right|15.3%}}
|-
| Visitor services
| {{right|$247,386}}
| {{right|10.9%}}
|-
| Park protection
| {{right|$368,698}}
| {{right|16.3%}}
|-
| Facility maintenance and operations
| {{right|$705,220}}
| {{right|31.1%}}
|-
| Park support
| {{right|$441,854}}
| {{right|19.5%}}
|-
| External administrative costs
| {{right|$155,530}}
| {{right|6.9%}}
|-
| Total (2010)
| {{right|$2,266,016}}
|
|}