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POGO Urges Royalties Agency to Withdraw Rule that Would Benefit Oil Industry over Taxpayers POGO Opposes the SEC’s Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules POGO Asks Inspector General to Review Interior Official’s Move to Oil Company POGO Joins Letter Objecting to Interior’s Proposed FOIA Rule POGO Urges Congress to Protect Inspector General Independence Interior Blowout Preventer Rulemaking Violates Public Access Laws POGO Urges President Trump to Fill Inspectors General Vacancies POGO Uncovers Ethic Concerns at BLM POGO Letter to White House Regarding Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Size POGO Letter to Secretary Salazar Regarding Bureau of Land Management and the Revolving Door POGO Letter of Support for Amendment to Slow Revolving Door between Industry and Interior POGO Letter Expressing Strong Support for the Stop Cozy Relationships with Big Oil Act of 2010 POGO joins letter to President Obama urging continued public access to monitoring of Gulf oil spill

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POGO Calls for Congressional Action to Reform Onshore and Offshore Royalty Systems

testimony | April 16, 2021

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Oil Spill Response Exercises Exposed Serious Vulnerabilities

analysis | July 1, 2020

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Interior Department Needs More Oversight to Prevent Corruption Amid a Crisis

analysis | April 8, 2020
POGO Calls for Congressional Action to Reform Offshore Royalty System

testimony | March 20, 2020
Royalty Relief Procedures Cost Taxpayers Tens of Billions

testimony | February 5, 2020
An Acting Director and a Permanent Move

analysis | December 5, 2019
Report: Interior Gives Oil Companies Discounts on Drilling Rights

analysis | November 4, 2019
Interior Secretary’s Move to ‘Enhance’ Ethics Could Legitimize Bad Behavior

analysis | September 12, 2019
Mining for Access at the Interior Department

investigation | September 4, 2019
Trump Administration Pulls Punches in Drilling Safety Rollback

analysis | May 17, 2019