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Interior's Salazar pledges bureau overhaul

Tags: management , Ken Salazar , Diane Feinstein , Lamar Alexander , Wilma Lewis , Michael Bromwich , Interior , Senate Appropriations Committee , Gulf oil spill , reorganization , Meg Beasley

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Analysis: Who will inspect the inspectors?

Drilling regulators have been so close to the industry they've been accepting gifts from oil and gas companies and even negotiating to go work for them. Debra Roth, attorney for Shaw Bransford and Roth, explains the revolving door and what can be done about it.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , Debra Roth , Legal Loop , Interior , Suzanne Kubota

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Is blaming the MMS really fair?

WFED's Mike Causey reports.

Tags: best practices , pay and benefits , DorobekInsider , Mike Causey , Your Turn ,

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Interior creates two agencies to replace MMS

As the Department of Interior re-invents what used to be the Minerals and Management Service, we get an update from director Michael Bromwich on the new agencies.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , DOI , Office of Natural Resources Revenue , Bureau of Ocean Energy Management , Regulation and Enforcement , Michael Bromwich , Suzanne Kubota

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Minerals Management gets an extreme makeover

The Interior Department has created a new agency to collect billions of dollars in royalties for onshore and offshore drilling. We get details from Interior's Rhea Suh.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , DOI , Office of Natural Resources Revenue , Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and , Rhea Suh , Suzanne Kubota

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Lakewood-based agency hopes to close book on lurid MMS flap

The scandal-plagued Lakewood, Col., office of the former Minerals Management Service is closing Friday and will become the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, The Denver Post reports.

Tags: Lakewood , Colorado , BP Oil Spill , Denver Post , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

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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 imposing a first-ever ethics policy that bars inspectors from dealing with a company that employs a family member or personal friend. Attorney Debra Roth has details.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , DOI , Debra Roth , ethics , pay and benefits

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Minerals Service had a mandate to produce results

The causes of the spill remain unclear, but a number of the agency's actions have drawn fire.

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Interior Sec. Salazar outlines restructure at MMS

Secretary says agency "no longer exists" and details new agency's responsibilities.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , management , Ken Salazar , Diane Feinstein , Lamar Alexander , Wilma Lewis , Michael Bromwich , Interior , Senate Appropriations Committee , Gulf oil spill , reorganization , Meg Beasley

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Rep. Towns: Birnbaum resignation was right decision

The Congressman explains why he thinks she made the right choice.

Tags: management , Elizabeth Birnbaum , Edolphus Towns , Capitol Hill , FDA , Dorothy Ramienski , DorobekInsider

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