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The National Park Service, part of the Department of the Interior, is responsible for all national parks, many monuments and historically important buildings and architecture. NPS was created in 1916 by Congress.

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Tough sledding (10/16/09) - - GovExec. com
October 16, 2009 | Carrie Dann
New Park Service rules limit snowmobile access in Yellowstone National Park.

Culture Clashes (10/14/09) - - GovExec. com
October 14, 2009 | Brian Friel
Bureaucratic rivalries run deep. Can leaders bring conflicting agencies into harmony?

Feds battle marijuana growers on public land (9/2/09) - - GovExec. com
September 02, 2009 | Katherine McIntire Peters
National parks and forests increasingly are sites of large-scale illicit drug operations, officials say.

Feds reach agreement with landowners for Sept. 11 memorial (8/31/09)
August 31, 2009 | Katherine McIntire Peters
Construction of Flight 93 Memorial in Western Pennsylvania will begin in November.

Communication Mistakes (8/28/09)
August 28, 2009 | Tammy Flanagan
Erroneous benefits information often is a result of misunderstandings.

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Bob Brewin: September 2009 - What's Brewin'
October 14, 2009
But all that came to a halt on May 30 at the direction of a National Park Service ranger and police officer. Mancinik called me Saturday afternoon from the memorial and told me...

NPS to Vets: Polish On - - Soon - What's Brewin'
June 03, 2009
The National Park Service plans to accommodate veterans and active duty troops who shine the base of the flagpole at the Vietnam Memorial. But it has asked the polishers to wait...

Vietnam Memorial Brass Polishing Update - What's Brewin'
June 02, 2009
No one seems to think it's a good idea for the National Park Service to bust a couple of veterans for polishing the brass on the base of the flagpole at the Vietnam Veterans...

A Capitol Police Radio System in the War Supplemental?
April 10, 2009
This year's firefighting tab includes $200 million for the National Forest Service and another $50 millon for the National Park Service. I live in the mountain West, am well...

On The Look Out
March 02, 2009
If government's job is to protect the people, it must be able to manage risk - before disaster strikes. ...

Tweets

	The nation’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree provided by the National Park Service will stop in Branson on Nov. 23 http://2branson.com/events/ by 2Bransoncom, November 24, 2009
	RT @glaciernps: Behind the scenes of the centennial story book, 100 Years, 100 Stories: http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/blogs_hardy.htm by ParksTraveler, November 24, 2009
	RT @LiberT Suspected elk poacher tracked down: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- National Park Service officials say they tracked http://ow.ly/EJSC by PuukoholaNP, November 24, 2009
	@Warlach nps, give me a shout when your in central next :) by KaosMinion, November 23, 2009
	Poaching Case Angers Eastern Band of Cherokees: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the National Park Service ... http://bit.ly/8KMHQE by WLOS_ABC13, November 23, 2009
	A NPS friend won a contest with a picture of Emily, hard at work for the chub! See #27: http://www.nature.nps.gov/PhotoContest/Winners/ by GCWildlands, November 23, 2009
	Just reserved my campsite on Santa Barbara Island. If NPS reservations are any indication, I may have the entire island to myself. Rock! by eddie_offermann, November 23, 2009

Web News

President Obama: 3 Americans held in Iran are not guilty
November 09, 2009 | WFED / Home Page / Today's News

Fees waived at national parks on Veterans Day
November 03, 2009 | Federal Eye

Repairs begin at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
October 23, 2009 | Federal Eye

National Park Service reassigns Gettysburg chief over cyberporn
October 23, 2009 | WFED / Home Page / Today's News

Report ignored explicit images found on park official's computer
October 18, 2009 | washingtonpost.com - The Fed Page: Inside the Government Workforce

Report Questions Security at National Parks
September 29, 2009 | Federal Eye

Power outages prompt move of National Park Service datacenter
September 16, 2009 | WFED / Home Page / Today's News

The more things change. . .
August 26, 2009 | Fedline

National Park Service Waives Some Park Fees
June 02, 2009 | Federal Eye

National Park Service On Wikipedia

The National Park Service (NPS) is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created on August 25, 1916, by Congress through the National Park Service Organic Act.It is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior, a federal executive department whose head, the Secretary of the Interior, is a Cabinet officer nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Most of the direct management of the NPS is delegated by the Secretary to the National Park Service...

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