Reorganization of the Minerals Management Service in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--Reorganization.

Administrative agencies.

Government productivity.

Oil spills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2010

Summary:

Discusses legislative efforts to reorganize Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), previously known as Minerals Management Service. Provides background and context on BOEMRE origins and its organization at the time of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Discusses reorganization-related administrative actions of Secretary of Interior Kenneth L. Salazar to address perceived conflicts among BOEMRE missions, and his call for Congress to enact organic legislation. Identifies potential Congressional options with regard to BOEMRE reorganization, and provides three historical examples of reorganizations elsewhere in the Federal Government, in which functions were either split up or consolidated in response to perceptions of competing or unbalanced agency missions

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Microfiche version Library of CongressCongressional Research Service Reorganization of the Minerals Management Service in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Publisher Number:

CRS-2010-GVF-0727

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