This post originally appeared on the Washington Monthly.
That the Minerals Management Service, the agency within the Interior Department responsible for offshore drilling, was farcical during the Bush/Cheney era is exactly a new revelation. MMS became one of the most corrupt government agencies in American history, embracing an anything-goes atmosphere that led [...]
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The Interior Department official who oversees offshore oil and gas drilling for the Minerals Management Service will retire May 31, the Washington Post reports.... ... Read Post
Bill Galston asks: So here’s my question: what is responsible for Minerals Management Service's (the division of the Interior Department responsible for offshore drilling) change of heart between 2000 and 2003 on the crucial issue o... Read Post
MMS MANAGES TO LOOK EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS.... That the Minerals Management Service, the agency within the Interior Department responsible for offshore drilling, was farcical during the Bush/Cheney era is exactly a new revelation. MMS... Read Post