New Interior ethics policy explained

Scandalized by federal regulators who had sex with oil company executives and negotiated with them for jobs, the agency that oversees offshore drilling is impos...

Sex scandals, conflicts of interest, and the BP oil spill have all plagued the Minerals Management Service over the past few years. But now, under a new name, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, the agency has enacted a new ethics policy. The rules will bar federal inspectors from dealing with companies that employ family members or personal friends. Debra Roth is a partner at the law firm Shaw, Bransford & Roth.

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