September 1, 2009
On a cold, blustery January 28, 2009, the newly appointed Secretary of the Interior of the United States, Ken Salazar, arrived at the headquarters of Minerals Management Service at the Federal Center in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colorado.
With him were two men: Interior’s Inspector General Earl Devaney, a former Secret Service agent and police officer, and Salazar’s chief of staff Tom Strickland, the former U.S. attorney for Colorado.
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July 29, 2009
Despite Exceeding Benchmark Goals State Fired Jackson Equities Manager
By Ben Gose
Wyoming’s extreme focus on income—as opposed to “total return,” the measure that most money managers focus on—can lead to some tortured decisions that may be hampering the long-term growth of the permanent funds.
The statute that created the Wyoming Permanent Minerals Trust Fund required any income [...]
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