; and (4) establish and promote an inclusive culture of scientific excellence and integrity. 103. Authority of the Administrator (a) Officers and employees The Administrator, in accordance with title 5, United States Code, may appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as the Administrator determines appropriate, within the regulations and guidelines established by the Office of Personnel Management. (b) Property The Administrator may— (1) procure, acquire, construct, improve, repair, operate, and maintain such laboratories, research and testing sites and facilities, equipment, vessels, aircraft, buoys, satellites, surface observing sites, other similar infrastructure, autonomous or unmanned vehicles, and office and educational facilities as the Administrator deems necessary; (2) lease real and personal property; (3) sell and otherwise dispose of real and personal property and reinvest any proceeds from such sale or disposition of property into recapitalization of property; and (4) provide by contract or otherwise for necessary amenities for the welfare of employees and maintenance of property of the Administration. (c) Gifts The Administrator may accept gifts or donations of services for the benefit of the agency, including money or property, whether real, personal, or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible. (d) Contracts, leases, and agreements The Administrator may enter into and perform such contracts, leases, agreements (including cooperative agreements), or other transactions as may be necessary in the conduct of the work of the Administration. (e) Cooperation with Federal agencies and others The Administrator— (1) may use the services, equipment, personnel, land, and facilities of Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governmental entities, Indigenous peoples, and other appropriate domestic and foreign governmental and non-governmental entities, with consent and with or without reimbursement