Editing Project on Government Oversight (section)

=== Ending the Royalty-In-Kind program ===
In 2008, POGO released a report that documented corruption and mismanagement in the Department of the Interior's [[Minerals Management Service]] (MMS) royalty-in-kind program. The investigation revealed inadequate royalty accounting, as well as the provision of sex, drugs, and other favors to MMS officials by oil company representatives in exchange for favorable business deals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pogo.org/our-work/reports/2008/nr-rik-20080918.html|title=Drilling the Taxpayer: Department of Interior's Royalty-In-Kind Program|date=2008-09-18|website=Project on Government Oversight|language=en|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> Following this report and others by the federal [[Government Accountability Office]], the royalty in-kind program was terminated, and MMS was split into three different bureaus.<ref name="TNRMMS">DePillis, Lydia (September 18, 2009). [http://www.tnr.com/blog/no-more-sex-and-drugs-the-interior-department "No More Sex and Drugs in the Interior Department"].  ''[[The New Republic]]''. Retrieved 2010-07-01.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/09/16/16greenwire-interior-to-eliminate-royalty-in-kind-program-81731.html?pagewanted=all|title=Interior to Eliminate Royalty-In-Kind Program|last1=Straub|first1=Noelle|last2=Geman|first2=Ben|date=2009-09-16|website=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref><ref>Straub, Noelle (May 20, 2010). [https://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/05/20/20greenwire-interior-unveils-plan-to-split-mms-into-3-agen-72654.html "Interior Unveils Plan to Split MMS Into 3 Agencies"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref>