National Park Service
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The National Park Service is celebrating its centennial by going international, embracing digital culture and exploring new ways of fundraising and promoting itself.
August 26, 2016 -
The National Park Service turned 100 this week. Former Homeland Security Department CHCO Jeff Neal celebrates America's "best idea ever".
August 26, 2016 -
An Aug. 23, 2011 earthquake shook Washington, D.C., sending federal workers outside and causing $15 million in damage to the Washington Monument.
August 23, 2016 -
As National Park Service director, Jonathan Jarvis is responsible for overseeing 400 NPS locations covering more than 80 million acres. Jarvis is using this year's 100th anniversary to not only promote the national parks but also to raise funds to keep them spiffy. Jarvis tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about NPS' next generation connectivity.
August 22, 2016 -
NPS is working to build accessibility into the culture despite the unique challenges posed by the nature of the agency’s mission.
August 19, 2016 -
With visitor levels rising every year to the national parks, the National Park Service is on a long-term plan to increase accessibility to pretty much everyone. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed this with Jeremy Buzzell, chief of the national accessibility branch at NPS.
August 15, 2016 -
A new contracting project from the Department of Energy is helping the National Park Service save thousands of dollars a year in its smallest region by becoming more energy efficient.
August 12, 2016 -
The National Park Service has seen the light, so to speak. In the D.C. region, the staff has been changing out the lighting for the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and other sites.
August 12, 2016 -
With hundreds of facilities throughout the U.S., the National Park Service has a big energy and water bill. It's been using energy savings performance contracts to cut that bill. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed this with Doug Jacobs, the deputy associate regional director for lands, planning and design, and with spokewoman Jenny Anzelmo Sarles. Jacobs describes the unusual challenges facing an agency where so many of its facilities are outdoors.
August 08, 2016 -
What happens when a government agency receives bad publicity for something it is doing? Find out this week when Federal News Radio reporters Nicole Ogrysko and Meredith Somers join host Mike Causey on Your Turn. August 3, 2016
August 02, 2016 -
The National Park Service celebrates its 100th birthday later this month. Federal News Radio counts down the 10 most visited national parks.
August 02, 2016 -
The National Park Service celebrates its centennial this year with a record-breaking level of visitors and an expansion that includes nine new monuments.
August 01, 2016 -
The National Park Service has nearly $12 billion in maintenance backlog it needs to clear. Bob Wilbur, chief of the Park Facility Management Division, has a plan to tackle it.
August 01, 2016 -
It turns out the federal government isn't immune to the newest video game phenomenon that is 'Pokemon Go.'
July 12, 2016 -
The House Appropriations Committee dealt a significant budget blow to the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday as lawmakers debated the agency's role in the water crisis surrounding Flint, Michigan.
June 15, 2016