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Complaints are beginning to pile up against the U.S. Interior Department. And they're coming not just from outside critics but also from people in the agency. The problems surfacing are serious: managerial incompetence, bureaucratic snafus that are costing taxpayers billions of dollars, and a pervasive forgive-and-forget attitude toward senior department officials who cross ethical lines...
...Project on Government Oversight, a private watchdog group, released a study this week charging that Interior's Minerals and Management Service (MMS) has become far more lax the past four years in collecting unpaid royalties from the land it leases to oil and natural gas companies. From 2002 to 2005, MMS's auditing and compliance division collected $48 million not paid on mineral leases, which is "less than half the average $115 million collected annually in the division's first 20 years," according to Beth Daley, the watchdog organization's director of investigations. The drop in collections, Daley says, came...
DESIGN-HAPPY wunderstore Target has brought yet more affordable home-décor must-haves to the market this month with the introduction of a new collection by Victoria Hagan, a New York City--based interior designer. Victoria Hagan Perfect Pieces features tabletop accessories and furniture inspired by Hagan's love of country style, including signature details like brass fittings and studded nail trims. In-store products include mirrors and pillows, while target.com carries other items like trunks and coffee tables. The name of the collection comes from Hagan's idea that small changes with small pieces can make a room...
...campus pizzeria—popular with students looking for late-night, post partying nourishment—has changed its name, ownership, menu, and even its interior decor. Now a Unique Pizza and Subs franchise, the eatery, which opened this past Wednesday, features an entirely different pizza recipe...
...Auburn St. eatery has also shed the dingy interior that was a hallmark of the old Tommy’s in favor of brand new green and wood-paneled furniture and two flat-panel television sets, both of which feature cable television...