The agency now oversees roughly 100,000 wells, the most ever. It has pointed to its request for additional funding for inspections via fees charged to oil and gas companies as a way to fix oversight problems and other shortcomings identified by GAO and other investigations.
DMZ (demilitarized zone) In computer networks, a DMZ (demilitarized zone) is a physical or logical sub-network that separates an internal local area network (LAN) from other untrusted networks, usually the Internet.
(dÄ-mÄ­lâ²Ä­-tÉ-rÄ«zâ²) tr.v. deÂ·milÂ·iÂ·taÂ·rized, deÂ·milÂ·iÂ·taÂ·rizÂ·ing, deÂ·milÂ·iÂ·taÂ·rizÂ·es. To remove or forbid military troops in (an area): demilitarize a buffer zone between hostile countries.