sure the land is being leased responsibly and that the development is being done responsibly? let me start by saying that in 2009, when secretary salazar and i came into our new positions, we inherited an oil gas program that was on the verge of collapse. close to 50% of the possibilities being offered for lease were being protested or litigated. that is unacceptable. literally hundreds of leases that have been awarded by the department of interior specifically the bureau of land management were tied up in protest. the millions of dollars we had create collected from oil and gas companies were placed in suspense accounts until those protests and litigation could be resolved. the rules that were in place to govern the oil and gas operations and ensure production verification of the oil and gas that were being extracted were over 20 years old. technology has advanced significantly in that time, but no one was paying attention to updating those rules. we had epa and fede
to open up communication. we have to use communications, persuasion, and we rely on the professional attitude of most of the professionals with whom we work in the agencies. that is something we depend upon. we also have a hard time measuring our success. it will be made before we come up on our second anniversary of being fully staffed. we have six professionals and a staff assistant. we are a bit challenged in that respect. we know we have to make the most of what we have because in this budgetary environment, we cannot expect anything different. we try to figure out how to be smarter about the way we work. we are looking forward to suggestions from our customers as to how we can measure what we are doing and the effectiveness of what we are doing. if you have ideas, please let us know. we depend upon our customers to do a lot of the oversight. we will talk about that a little bit with what our panelists, gavin baker, omb watch is one of those organizations where the govern
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