REVOLVING DOOR between industry and Interior Dept. continues with this administration

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Heard about this on NPR this morning:


"McKay also cited Sylvia Baca as someone who went from BP to Interior. She made the switch twice. In the Clinton administration, she served as the Interior Department's assistant secretary for land and minerals management and worked as the department's acting director of the Bureau of Land Management.

In 2001, Baca joined BP, where she worked in several senior management positions. Last June, Salazar brought her back to Interior, tapping her for the position of deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management.

He cited her "professionalism and detailed knowledge of Interior's land and energy responsibilities."

Asked about her hiring at a House hearing Wednesday, Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes said that Baca has recused herself from the oil spill because of her prior employment with BP.

"She has not been involved in offshore energy issues," he added."



http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127126854


The Interior Dept. is supposed to PROTECT our natural resources not facilitate industry. We need to push the prez to put someone like Bobby Kennedy Jr. in charge.