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
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
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