Programmatic Agreement (PA) Among Region 8 of the General Services Administration; the State Historic Preservation Office of Colorado; and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Regarding the Preservation, Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Leasing of Historic Properties (2004, Superseded by the Regional PA)

Programmatic Agreement By and Among the United States of America, Acting by and Through its General Services Administration, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the California State Historic Preservation Officer, and the City and County of San Francisco Regarding the Conveyance, Rehabilitation and Preservation of the Old US Mint Building, San Francisco, California. 

Programmatic Agreement Among the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Roseburg Health Care System, the Oregon State Historic Preservation Officer, the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the Seismic and Functional Improvement of the Roseburg VA Medical Center, Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon

This program comment exempts undertakings that may affect historic rail properties within rail rights-of-way from Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The program comment adopts a two-pronged approach: an activities-based approach and a property-based approach.

Executive Summary In conjunction with its regular quarterly meeting, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) hosted a summit meeting of Federal agencies November 14, 2002, to discuss cultural heritage tourism. Many Federal agencies are already supporting heritage tourism in various ways through their missions and programs. This meeting provided an opportunity for comparing notes on these activities, and to begin discussing ways to improve the coordination and consistency of such efforts.

This ACHP report from 1979 contains formulas and models for assessing the potential value of historic preservation in terms of energy conservation. Three case studies examine disparate property types - an early federal housing project, a commercial complex, and a adaptively used carriage house - and the report provides readers with tools for undertaking such analysis. The report documents how rehabilitation of historic buildings can produce significant energy conservation benefits over the life of the buildings.

Answers to common questions about the use of the Program Comment for Federal Communications Projects

Treaties From 1778 to 1871, the federal government’s relations with Indian Tribes were defined and conducted largely through the treaty-making process. These treaties recognized the sovereignty of Indian Tribes. They also established unique sets of rights, benefits, and conditions for the treaty-making Tribes that agreed to cede millions of acres of their homelands to the United States in return for recognition of property rights in land and resources and federal protections.