Office of Natural Resources Revenue

Drilled, Baby, Drilled: The strange battle to keep Big Oil from cheating

For a good time, call 1-800-Minerals Management Service -- Our shmuck of the week

​The Lakewood-based federal agency that forever altered our assumptions about what government bureaucrats do when no one is looking will change its name today from the Minerals Management Service to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue. And good riddance to the scandal-plagued MMS, which wa ... More >>

Ken Salazar's shakeup at Interior: Where will it all end?

There's a new sheriff -- and a lot of new acronyms -- in town.​In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil slick disaster, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is barreling ahead in his efforts to reform the embattled Minerals Management Service, the once-obscure agency responsible for overseein ... More >>