Times-Picayune:

WASHINGTON — Amid criticism from President Barack Obama and others that the Minerals Management Service has a “cozy relationship” with the oil and gas industry, Elizabeth Birnbaum was fired today as the agency’s director, according to an administration official.
She was due to testify this morning at the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on the Interior, but an official with the Department of Interior, MMS’ parent agency, appeared in her place.
Birnbaum, a former general counsel for the conservation group American Rivers, was director of MMS for a little more than 10 months.

Maybe someone with actual experience in, you know, drilling might have been a better choice in retrospect.