Obama names three to key US Interior Department energy posts
The Obama administration has named three new appointees at the Department of the Interior to oversee onshore and offshore oil and gas development, leaving a key opening at the agency that develops the five-year offshore leasing plan.
Janice Schneider was appointed assistant secretary for land and minerals management, where she would oversee all energy development activities. If confirmed by the US Senate, Schneider would supervise the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
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