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DOE Contracting Woes Continue
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May 15, 2013
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March 1, 2013
House Report Highlights Need for Inspector General Nominations
The watchdog office overseeing the department that manages the nation’s public lands and natural resources has been rendered toothless for over 1,400 days.
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Topics: Energy and Natural Resources
February 26, 2013
Advocates Fight Oil Companies on Transparency
Major oil companies should stop fighting transparency laws that force extractive industries to disclose payments to governments, said Dominic Eagleton of Global Witness in an op-ed in The Huffington Post.
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Topics: Energy and Natural Resources
February 22, 2013
By Mia Steinle
Extractives Revenue Openness Initiative Holds First Meeting
Representatives from civil society, industry, and government came together last week to plan how to make the government’s collection of royalty payments from natural resources companies more transparent.
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Topics: Energy and Natural Resources
February 11, 2013
By Mia Steinle
Former Oil Exec Says Industry Should Embrace Transparency
A former oil executive wrote in The Guardian that the EU should not back down in the face of industry attempts to water down proposed transparency laws.
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Topics: Energy and Natural Resources
February 6, 2013
By Mia Steinle
POGO Joins Natural Resources Extraction Transparency Initiative
POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian will join a federal advisory committee that aims to ensure that the government and taxpayers are getting their fair share of revenues from natural resources that come from public lands.
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Topics: Energy and Natural Resources
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