Quick TakeThe End of Interior’s Royalty Policy Committee?On April 21, 2019 the Royalty Policy Committee's charter expired, halting the committee's work and leaving its future uncertain TCS2019-05-13T15:11:35-04:00May 8, 2019|2 min read
Issue BriefHardrock Mining on Federal LandsOne law from 1872 prevents taxpayers from getting paid for gold, silver, and other minerals on federal lands TCS2019-03-05T13:55:36-04:00Feb 5, 2019|6 min read
Sales SummaryEnd of Year Oil and Gas Lease Sales Bring Low Bids for TaxpayersDOI offers up three million acres for oil and gas development in eight December lease sales TCS2019-04-10T16:07:46-04:00Dec 17, 2018|3 min read
ReportThe Art of the Land DealFundamental problems in the appraisal functions and operations of land management agencies have caused taxpayers to get shortchanged in federal land deals TCS2019-04-10T16:07:51-04:00Dec 13, 2018|3 min read
Deep Dive, Federal LandsFederal LandsFind out how federal lands are being (mis)used in this deep dive. TCS2019-04-30T15:28:19-04:00Nov 30, 2018|50 sec read
GraphicDepartment of the Interior Oil & Gas Lease Sales 2009-2018The total amount of acres the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management has leased for oil and gas development in each calendar year 2009 through 2018 TCS2018-12-17T10:15:48-04:00Oct 27, 2018|34 sec read
Public Comments To RPCTCS Presents comments at the Fourth Meeting of the Royalty Policy CommitteeTCS president Ryan Alexander attended the Denver, Colorado meeting of the Royalty Policy Committee and provided comments in person on committee recommendations. TCS2019-04-10T14:03:51-04:00Sep 13, 2018|4 min read
royalty policy committeeThe Royalty Policy Committee to Hold its Fourth MeetingThis will be the first RPC meeting without Vincent DeVito who had been serving as chairman of the committee since its authorization in March of 2017 by Sec. Zinke. TCS2019-04-10T14:05:20-04:00Sep 12, 2018|5 min read
COMMENTS TO THE RPCTCS President’s Comments Ahead Of the Denver Royalty Policy Committee MeetingThe RPC has an opportunity to fix a broken royalty and revenue collecting system. TCS2019-04-10T14:06:08-04:00Sep 12, 2018|4 min read
Comments to the RPCTaxpayers for Common Sense Submits Comments to DOI’s Royalty Policy CommitteeLeading up to its fourth meeting in Denver, Colorado TCS submits comments on RPC recommendations. TCS2019-04-10T14:07:28-04:00Sep 7, 2018|22 min read
