NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

INCIDENTS

Shenandoah NP

Former YCC Employee Convicted Of Credit Card Fraud

Last August, a ranger began investigating the suspicious use of a government fleet credit card, employing credit card information obtained from the park's budget office and working closely with a neighboring law enforcement agency to acquire video surveillance of the stolen credit card being used.

The ranger's investigative efforts lead to the identification of a juvenile YCC park employee as the primary suspect. The cooperating law enforcement agency, which was already investigating similar illegal activity by the same suspect, took over the case in order to convict the juvenile under the state system.

The juvenile was found guilty in local court of 23 counts of theft and fraud. Restitution has been made to the park.

[Brian Sikes, Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's InsideNPS. To see the full text, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the Morning Report web page ( HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/):

Northeast Region - Dennis Reidenbach will hang up his park ranger flat hat in early January after a 37-year career with the federal government. For the last six years, he has served as regional director of Northeast Region.

Valley Forge NHP - During a “Park For Every Classroom” workshop at Valley Forge in late November, participants learned how the program empowers educators to effectively teach about park history and significance with place-based learning activities and teacher-generated curriculum projects and lesson plans. 

Mount Rushmore NM - The new Mount Rushmore quarter was released at a ceremony in Custer, South Dakota, on November 6th. About 1,400 people attended the ceremony. 

Wilderness Stewardship - The deadline for submissions from any NPS employee, contractor, or partner for speakers, panelists, and poster presenters at the National Wilderness Conference next October has been extended to midnight on January 10th.

Hawaii Volcanoes NP - Hawai‘i Volcanoes recently held a luncheon to honor its many volunteers. In FY 2013, 1,193 volunteers worked 46,757 hours, the equivalent of about $1,035,200 in donations.

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The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov).

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