[Lawmakers charge Park Service oversees culture of sexual harassment]The agency’s newly appointed deputy director, Michael Reynolds, is scheduled to testify. Reynolds’s boss, Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis, has said that stopping sexual misconduct is his top priority. [Park Service chief apologizes for breaking ethics rules]At Canaveral National Seashore, investigations and interviews with nine current and former park employees revealed a troubling workplace culture in the remote park 57 miles east of Orlando. [Interior chief: ‘Culture’ of sexual harassment probably pervades the Park Service.] “In today’s Park Service, superintendents are apparently fire-proof,” said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group that has called on the Park Service to dismiss Palfrey.

Source: Washington Post September 21, 2016 10:07 UTC