MMS Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum has been fired , sources say . Comment: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar insists Birnbaum resigned and has done a good job . Legislation has been introduced in part to help crack down on the MMS .
MMS Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum has been fired , sources say . Interior Department report cited inappropriate relationship between inspectors , oil industry . Interior Secretary Ken Salazar insists Birnbaum resigned and has done a good job . Legislation has been introduced in part to help crack down on the MMS .