Seems the folks over at the Interior Department believe that all work and no play is not the way to do business. According to an AP report the Government department responsible for handling billions of dollars in oil royalties got perks of sex and drugs from oil company employees.
The improprieties include rigging contracts, working part-time as private oil consultants, and having sexual relationships with and accepting golf and ski trips and dinners from oil company employees. Nice work if you can get it!
The sordid details were released in three reports Wednesday by the Department of Interior's inspector general. According to the report there was a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" by a small group of individuals "wholly lacking in acceptance of or adherence to government ethical standards."
The details of the report read like the script for "Animal House". For example, the reports said former head of the Denver Royalty-in-Kind office, Gregory W. Smith, used cocaine and had sex with subordinates. This in addition to the illicit relationships with big oil companies including Chevron and others.
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