S. Elizabeth (Liz) Birnbaum akashanda seMutungamiriri weMinerals Management Service kubva muna Chikunguru 15, 2009 kusvika paakasiya basa musi waMay 27, 2010 pakati pekudonha kwemafuta kweDeepwater Horizon
. Musi waJune 15, 2010, Mutungamiri Obama akasarudza Michael R. Bromwich, aimbova muchuchisi wehurumende uye muongorori mukuru weDhipatimendi reRuramisiro, kuti atungamirire kuedza kugadzirisa BOEMRE. Bob Abbey, panguva iyoyo akanga ari mutungamiriri weBureau of Land Management, akatora nzvimbo yoMutungamiriri Anobatira weBOEMRE kusvikira kutsiviwa kwake kwasimbiswa. Pakati pekuedza kurongazve sangano rakakombwa, musi waChikumi 21, 2010, Bromwich akapika semutungamiriri mutsva weBOEMRE, uye Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar akaburitsa Chirevo cheMunyori icho chakatumidza zita reMinerals Management Service Bureau yeOcean Energy Management, Regulation uye Enforcement. Rinodokusvika gore rimwe gare gare, William K. Reilly, uyo akanga achitungamirira komisheni yakapiwa mutoro wokunzvera kuputika kweHorizon, akanokorwa mashoko achiti "vakachinja zita, asi vanhu vose vakafanana" uye "zvinonyadzisa" achinongedzera kumamiriro ezvinhu azvino.