Editing National Park Service (section)

==Offices==
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The national headquarters is located in the [[Main Interior Building]], 1849&nbsp;C Street NW, several blocks southwest of the [[White House]]. The central office is composed of eleven directorates: director/deputy directors; business services; workforce management; chief information officer; cultural resources; natural resource stewardship and science; office of the comptroller; park planning, facilities and lands; partnerships and visitor experience; visitor and resource protection; and the [[United States Park Police]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/contactinformation.htm#regions |title=Washington Contacts |publisher=Nps.gov |access-date=October 3, 2010 |archive-date=August 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828033811/http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/contactinformation.htm#regions |url-status=live }}</ref>

Regional offices are in [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], [[Atlanta]], [[Lakewood, Colorado|Lakewood, CO]] ([[Denver]]), [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha, NE]], [[Philadelphia]], [[San Francisco Bay Area|San Francisco]] and [[Seattle]]. The headquarters building of the [[National Park Service Southwest Regional Office]] is architecturally significant and is designated a [[National Historic Landmark]].

The NPS is an [[U.S. Department of the Interior#operating unit|operating unit of the U.S. Department of the Interior]]. The [[Director of the National Park Service|NPS director]] is nominated by the [[president of the United States]] and confirmed by the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/index.htm |title=NPS About US |publisher=Nps.gov |access-date=October 3, 2010 |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126164346/http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The director is supported by six senior executives.

These executives manage national programs, policy, and budget from the Washington, DC, headquarters. Under the deputy director of operations are seven regional directors, who are responsible for national park management and program implementation. Together this group is called the ''National Leadership Council''.<ref>National Park Service Headquarters Organization, March 2009{{full citation needed|date=March 2020}}</ref>