The Institute responds to the needs of every Federal agency to carry out its responsibility to integrate our national historic preservation policy and legal requirements with its own mission. As leaders of the nation-wide historic preservation program, Federal agencies must bring the same high quality of professional and technical knowledge and skills to historic preservation that they bring to their other responsibilities.

The Institute helps personnel obtain the knowledge and skills in historic preservation that enable them to serve their agencies by:

• Knowing how to integrate historic preservation responsibilities with the mission, GPRA, and the budget.
• Making more cost effective decisions on use of agency funds.
• Creating positive working relations with local preservationists, Indian tribes, and State Historic Preservation Officers.
• Identifying cultural resources early in program and project planning.
• Preparing contract documents that procure qualified professionals to produce useable products.
• Recommending a sensible range of alternative solutions to preservation issues.
• Demonstrating how a good historic preservation program is an asset to any Federal agency.