October 19, 2010 (David Hammer, The Times-Picayune) Michael Bromwich, director of the Interior Department's new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, is seeking to hire 200 new inspectors to oversee offshore oil and gas drilling.
"Over the coming year, BOEM anticipates adding scores of inspectors and engineers to its staff," Bromwich said at the International Regulators Forum conference in Vancouver, Canada. "My hope is that we can add as many as 200 new inspectors, engineers, environmental scientists, and other key staff to support our agency in carrying out its important oversight functions. We are also strengthening standards for equipment, safety, environmental safeguards, and we are going to dramatically strengthen oversight."
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