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09-13-2006, 01:28 PM
Interior Department staffers knew back in 2000 they had bungled offshore lease agreements signed with oil companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico but covered up their multibillion-dollar mistake for six years, an investigator said today.
In a statement prepared for his appearance today before a House panel, Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney warned lawmakers the department responsible for collecting oil royalty payments on behalf of the federal government is rife with "managerial irresponsibility and a lack of accountability"
"Simply stated, short of a crime, anything goes at the highest levels of the Department of Interior," Devaney said in the statement describing the general culture of the department.
More (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4184169.html)
In a statement prepared for his appearance today before a House panel, Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney warned lawmakers the department responsible for collecting oil royalty payments on behalf of the federal government is rife with "managerial irresponsibility and a lack of accountability"
"Simply stated, short of a crime, anything goes at the highest levels of the Department of Interior," Devaney said in the statement describing the general culture of the department.
More (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4184169.html)