No, I meant the department in charge of oversight
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/21/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- The federal agency responsible for overseeing the oil industry has been renamed amid a massive reform effort following the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the Department of the Interior announced Monday.
The Minerals Management Service will be called the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, according to an order signed by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar requesting the name change.
The announcement coincided with the swearing-in of the bureau's new head, former Justice Department Inspector-General Michael Bromwich, who is tasked with overhauling the troubled government agency. Critics, including President Barack Obama, have said the MMS has too often catered to the interests of the industry it is responsible for policing.
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Please show me where Mr. Bromwich has one iota of experience in operations related to any of the major industries over which this department must regulate.
I deal with cities every day and must deal with folks that have never developed a subdivision, but regulate what I do. They have much to much power and much to little knowledge. When I make factual arguments, they argue with opinions that have no basis in fact. So, tell me, when two professional engineers with many years of experience disagree as to how something should be done, how will this gentlemen have any chance of figuring out what's right? He'll just go with how he feels and the tax payers will get to pay for all the mistakes. I realize he can't be expert in all areas, but how about some operating experience in the main business and others in the department with like experience in other areas?
Sorry for the vent; I'm tired of dealing with people with little or no operating experience that want to make decisions we all pay for when they are wrong. In my business, if I error, I pay for it. I have very strong incentives to know what I'm doing and fully understand the risk. If one of these folks errors, you and I pay for it and they get moved to another area; I seldom see them get fired. And if they do, the next person just comes in, takes over and says it wasn't me.
Best,
Dave