Secretary Kempthorne Accepts Recommendations of
Inspector General Following Receipt
of Investigative Reports
Secretary Testifies Before House Natural Resources Committee

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced that the Department of the Interior and Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) have accepted the four recommendations offered last week by Interior’s Inspector General in three separate investigative reports on certain MMS employees, including those in the MMS’s Royalty In Kind (RIK) program. Kempthorne made the announcement today during testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources.

“The Inspector General recommended four actions,” Kempthorne said. “We are undertaking all four actions. We have initiated appropriate administrative corrective actions. We have enhanced our ethics program and oversight capacity in Denver where the RIK Program operates. We are crafting a code of conduct. We have implemented organizational changes.” more

• Read Secretary Kempthorne's Testimony
• Read Inspector General's Reports

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Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Initiates Action Following Receipt of Inspector General Reports

WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today initiated action following yesterday's receipt of Inspector General reports on Minerals Management Service (MMS) Royalty In Kind (RIK) program employees. more

• Secretary Kempthorne’s Memorandum to C. Stephen Allred and Randall Luthi
• C. Stephen Allred and Randall Luthi’s Memorandum to Secretary Kempthorne

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Statement by Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
on Inspector General Reports

WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today issued the following statement following receipt of Inspector General reports on Minerals Management Service (MMS) Royalty In Kind (RIK) program employees. more