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Get Outside for National Park Week!

Tune in this week to hear from the National Parks Service (NPS) about all the activities going on around the country for National Park Week April 21-29, including Junior Ranger Day and Park Prescription Day.

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Nine Iranians Charged in Cyber Theft Campaign

The United States Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment charging nine Iranian residents and citizens -- Gholamreza Rafatnejad, 38; Ehsan Mohammadi, 37; Abdollah Karima, aka Vahid Karima, 39; Mostafa Sadeghi, 28; Seyed Ali Mirkarimi, 34; Mohammed Reza Sabahi, 26; Roozbeh Sabahi, 24; Abuzar Gohari Moqadam, 37; and Sajjad Tahmasebi, 30 – with undertaking a massive cyber theft campaign on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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9th Circuit Adopts Federal Circuit Holdings in Whistleblower Appeal

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals adopted the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals’ holdings with regard to the test of whether an agency has carried its burden to prove whether the agency would have taken the same personnel action against an employee irrespective of the employee’s protected disclosures, and with regard to whether an employee may be disciplined for the manner in which he or she communicates a protected disclosure.

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