"Minerals Service Had a Mandate to Produce Results" [1]
The Minerals Management Service -- now reorganized into three separate agencies -- began in 1997 nearly giving away public resources to oil companies as favors in a party that lasted until the BP gulf oil spill.
Jason DeParle reports for the New York Times August 7, 2010. [2]
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Source: NYTimes [2], 08/09/2010