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POGO in the News - Natural Resources
Interior launches ethics program, By Katherine McIntire Peters, Government Executive Magazine, September 24, 2009
No More Sex and Drugs in the Interior Department, By Lydia DePillis, The New Republic, September 18, 2009
Salazar buries the RIK program, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, September 16, 2009
Interior to Eliminate Royalty-In-Kind Program, By Noelle Straub and Ben Geman, The New York Times, September 16, 2009
Scandal-Plagued Oil Agency Revamping Itself, By Derek Kravitz, Washington Post Investigations, October 20, 2008
Drilling Would Help No One But Mismanaged Oil Industry, By Steve Colby, Huffington Post, October 3, 2008
MMS scandal spawns call for jail time, huge fines, By Derek Sands, Inside Energy, September 22, 2008
Auditors assail improper relationship between Interior, oil industry, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, September 21, 2008
Second Interior Official Pleads Guilty in Sex, Drugs and Oil Scandal, By Sharron Coutts, ProPublica, September 18, 2008
Lakewood oil scandal overlooked, By Anne C. Mulkern, The Denver Post, September 17, 2008
GAO Auditors Question Interior's Collection of Energy Royalties, By Stephen Power, Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2008
US government oversight group calls on MMS to abandon RIK program, By Derek Sands, Platts , September 17, 2008
Congress to investigate oil and gas royalty collections, By Katherine McIntire Peters, Government Executive, September 16, 2008
Inside the Beltway, By John McCaslin, The Washington Times, September 12, 2008
Oil-and-Sex Scandal Spawns Criticism, Hill Hearing, By Derek Kravitz, Washington Post Investigations, September 11, 2008
Sex, Drugs, and Offshore Drilling, By James Ridgeway, MoJo Blog, September 11, 2008
Sex Scandal At Federal Agency Is Not New, By Jeff Brady , NPR: All Things Considered, September 11, 2008
Sex for Oil? Reports Blast Interior Dept., By Lisa Stark, Theresa Cook, Kate Barrett, Jason Ryan and Jack Date, ABC World News with Charles Gibson, September 10, 2008
Sex, drugs and oil: corruption scandal rocks US agency, , Agence France Press, September 10, 2008
Oil companies gave sex, drinks, gifts to federal overseers, By Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, September 10, 2008
Scandal at Interior Department involving oil companies, By Tom Costello, NBC News: Nightly News, September 10, 2008
How to Fix It: Stop Leasing Public Lands at Fire-Sale Prices, By James Ridgeway, Mother Jones, September 1, 2008
Taxpayer Watchdog: President Should Appoint MMS Director, , Natural Gas Intelligence, March 17, 2008
DOI officials dispute calls to change royalties program, By Nick Snow, Penn Energy Oil & Gas Research, March 12, 2008
Watchdog Group: MMS Director Should be Presidential Appointee, , NGI's Daily Gas Price Index, March 11, 2008
Justice Pounds a Watchdog, By Shawn Zeller, CQ Weekly, February 24, 2008
POGO loses suit over payment to whistleblower, by Gregg Leslie, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Blog, February 12, 2008
Interior Seeks Repeal of Offshore Royalty Relief in FY '09 Budget, , Natural Gas Intelligence, February 11, 2008
Groups Press for More Interior Oil, Gas Auditors, NGI's Daily Gas Price Index, , Intelligence Press, February 8, 2008
Steward to head royalty-in-kind program at MMS; ran agency records projects, By Jean Chemnick, Inside Energy, January 21, 2008
Interior Department unveils new ethics plan, by Anika Gupta, GovExec.com, July 6, 2007
Watchdog Group: Burton Exit First Step Toward Systemic Reform of MMS, , National Gas Intelligence, May 14, 2007
The Royalty Treatment, , NOW by PBS, May 11, 2007
Controversial Head of Interior's minerals agency resigns, By Tim Kauffman, Federal Times, May 8, 2007
Democrats Taking Closer Look at Agency Oversight of Oil, Gas Leases, By Jean Chemnick, Politico, April 17, 2007
Senators Seek Way to Mend Faulty Oil and Gas Contracts, By Jean Chemnick, Politico, March 27, 2007
BP faces new charges in corrosion, By Megan Baldino, KTUU, Alaska, February 5, 2007
Lubrigate: Oil Company Cheated U.S. out of Millions, By Justin Rood, TPMMuckraker.com, January 24, 2007
Oil Royalties Slip-Sliding Away, By Jeff Tyler, Marketplace, January 16, 2007
Letting oil companies say 'Trust us', By Ashley Milne-Tyte , Marketplace, January 15, 2007
Pipeline closed six hours due to leak, By Angela Unruh, KTUU, Alaska, January 9, 2007
Study Suggests Incentives on Oil Barely Help U.S., By Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, December 22, 2006
A billion here, a billion there, By Edward T. Pound, U.S. News and World Report , December 10, 2006
Agency bills BP in fee dispute, By Brett Clanton, Houston Chronicle, December 8, 2006
Report: Oil Royalty Program Ineffective, By Ian Talley, Houston Chronicle, December 6, 2006
Blowing the Whistle on Big Oil, By Edmund L. Andrews, The New York Times, December 3, 2006
Fighting Mad: Tycoon Jack Grynberg says the energy industry has stolen millions from him -- and billions from the government. What if he's right?, By Alan Prendergast, Westword News, November 16, 2006
Panel to analyze royalties system, By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle, November 15, 2006
Black Gold: Offshore oil and gas drilling has the potential to boost the economy or spoil the environment, or maybe both, By Katherine McIntire Peters, GovExec, November 1, 2006
Oil giant tries to shirk royalty payments to Indians, By Michelle Chen, The NewStandard, October 11, 2006
Uncle Sam is happy to get paid in crude, By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle, October 7, 2006
Now, oil-rich leaders mock Bush team, By Jay Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 25, 2006
Department of Billion-dollar Bungling, By Douglas Waller, Time, September 16, 2006
Seattle firm softened warnings about BP’s pipeline monitoring, By Steve Miletich and Hal Bernton, Seattle Times, August 26, 2006
Report Criticizing BP's Controls Is Investigated After Alterations, By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2006
BP's Alaska Woes Are No Surprise For One Gadfly, By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2006
Crude Awakening, , PBS NOW Show, June 16, 2006
Firms Harvesting Energy From Public Land May Owe U.S.; Under the False Claims Act, Groups Sue for More Fees , By T. R. Reid, Washington Post, May 7, 2006
Oil and Gas Companies Shortchanging Taxpayers by Hundreds of Millions of Dollars - Where is Congress?, , Press Release from Members of Congress, January 23, 2006
As Profits Soar, Companies Pay U.S. Less for Gas Rights , By Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, January 23, 2006
Conflict of interest for Christine Todd Whitman? The EPA's ombudsman says Whitman muzzled him for criticizing a sweetheart Superfund settlement with a big investor in her husband's firm., By Mark Hertsgaard, Salon.com, January 14, 2002
Unocal to Pay U.S. More Than $21 Million for Underpayment of Oil Royalties, , Department of Justice Press Release, December 3, 2001
EPA to Transfer Ombudsman; Whitman Proposes IG Oversee Superfund's Sites Watchdog, By Edward Walsh, Washington Post, November 29, 2001
A Tug-of-War Over Ombudsman's Role; EPA Guidelines Would Limit Watchdog; Legislation Would Furnish Independence, By Edward Walsh, Washington Post, August 17, 2001
Making them pay: How big oil companies shortchange taxpayers on royalties, By Jim Morris, U.S. News and World Report, May 14, 2001
More public drilling? Let's collect bills first, , USA Today, April 6, 2001
Phillips Petroleum Pays $8 Million to Resolve Oil Royalty Claims: More Than $415 Million Paid to Date by 15 Companies, , Department of Justice Press Release, February 9, 2001
EPA's Quiet Man in the Middle, Watchdog Group Honors Ombudsman for Being Public's Voice, By Edward Walsh, Washington Post, December 8, 1998
