NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, December 21, 1994

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

94-680 - White House (District of Columbia) - Two Shooting Incidents

Just after 2 a.m. on Saturday, December 17th, Park Police officers on patrol in
the Ellipse on the south side of the White House heard the sound of gunshots in
that area.  Secret Service police officers combed the south lawn of the White
House and found three bullets; a fourth was found to have penetrated a window
of the State Dining Room.  All bullets were 9mm. No suspects have yet been
identified.  On Tuesday, December 20th, Park Police officers shot and wounded
M.C., who was brandishing a knife on the sidewalk along
Pennsylvania Avenue on the north side of the White House.  M.C. had charged
across the avenue with the knife taped to his hand and had reportedly
threatened an officer shortly before the confrontation.  Reports also indicate
that M.C. had prior convictions in California for armed robbery and assault
with a deadly weapon.  [Capt. Marvin Ellison, RLES, RAD/NCRO, and Associated
Press reports, 12/19-20]

94-681 - Haleakala (Hawaii) - Serious Concessioner MVA

On November 30th, rangers were called by local police and were first on the
scene at a vehicle accident which had occurred on the steep and winding highway
up Mt. Haleakala about four miles from the park's entrance.  A truck belonging
to one of the park's guided horse tour operators which had been transporting
seven horses had rolled over when the truck's brakes quit and it failed to
negotiate one of the road's many hairpin turns.  The driver, who was ejected
from the vehicle, displayed symptoms of a pneumothorax and was taken by
helicopter to Maui Memorial Hospital.  He has since recovered from his injuries
and been released from the hospital. One of the seven horses was killed in the
accident, and three of the remaining six were injured and had to be put down. 
[Phil Dendel, HALE, 12/15]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

1) SF-171 - The Federal Register for December 16th (Vol. 59, No. 241, Page
65086) contains a notice announcing a new application process for federal jobs. 
The summary by OPM Director James King reads as follows: "Beginning on January
1, 1995, federal agencies may not require an SF 171, Application for Federal
Employment.  Instead, applicants may apply for most jobs with a resume, the
Optional Application for Federal Employment, or any other written format of
their choice.  For unique jobs with specialized requirements or jobs filled
through automated systems, agencies may have been authorized to require special
forms.  A new OPM flyer, Applying for a Federal Job, describes what applicants
should include in their resumes or applications.  The flyer and the Optional
Application for Federal Employment are being printed for distribution in
December.  Applicants can get copies beginning in December from local OPM
Employment Information Offices, by calling OPM's automated telephone system at
912-757-3000 or by TDD at 912-744-2299.  These items will also be available in
December in electronic format from OPM's bulletin board at 912-757-
3100...Before appointment, agencies will ask individuals to complete a
Declaration for Federal Employment to determine their suitability for federal
employment.  The Declaration for Federal Employment replaces the SF 61-B,
Declaration of Appointee, and will also be available in December."  In the
question and answer section which follows, the notice provides additional
information for agency employees: ""When recruiting from only its own employees
and not seeking candidates through outside-the-register or competitive
examining, an agency may require a particular form, for example, the Optional
Application for Federal Employment.  Although it may make existing supplies of
the SF-171 available to its employees, an agency many not require the SF 171
because after December 31, 1994, it is no longer an authorized form..." 
Further details and informational contact numbers can be found in the Federal
Register notice.

MEMORANDA

No memoranda.

Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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