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  • Interior Lawyer Knows Colorado (Denver Post - December 4, 2006)

    The 16-year-old was starting a teen center to give kids in his Western Slope hometown of Rifle something to do. He'd borrowed a building. He got furniture donated. But he wanted to put in arcade games, and the taxes on the machines would sink his small enterprise.

    So he went before the Rifle City Council to make his case. He got the tax break - his first political victory.  moremore

  • Secretary Kempthorne Announces Selection of Melinda Loftin As New Director of Interior Ethics Office (October 17, 2006)

    Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced the selection of Melinda J. Loftin as the new Designated Agency Ethics Official for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Before her selection for this Senior Executive Service position at Interior, Loftin worked at the Department of the Air Force as an Associate General Counsel, a Deputy Designated Agency Ethics Official and Director of the Ethics Office. moremore

  • Secretary Kempthorne Praises Senate's Confirmation of Four Members of Interior's Leadership Team (October 2, 2006)

    Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne today praised the Senate's confirmation by unanimous consent of four members of his policy team. They are David Longly Bernhardt, Solicitor; C. Stephen Allred, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management; Mary A. Bomar, Director of the National Park Service; and Robert W. Johnson, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation. The Senate completed action on these confirmations early Saturday morning, Sept. 30, 2006. moremore