when politicians have nothing useful to do they can always change the letterhead.
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.
of course, this will unnecessarily cost many $millions - not just for the federal agencies but for all of the companies who deal with the former MMS. In case there are any doubters, a small federal lab i once worked in changed it's name by adding a single word. The cost for the lab was in the neighborhood of $3M.
I suspect the name change will also presage establishment of a new bureacracy or shifting of offices since the soon-to-be former MMS also oversaw collection of royalties "from onshore mineral leases on Federal and American Indian lands."
What a lovely bunch of coconuts we have running our country.
