Originally Posted by mithawk
I have worked in two highly regulated fields, one involving licensed radio frequency communications, and currently in finance. You may want to give the docs another read.

No thanks. I don't see the value in trying to parse a DoE press release as if it were a policy document, for reasons that should be obvious (it ain't policy). And I'm certainly not interested in the low-EQ, un-nuanced, absolutist interpretation of a non-policy document from National Review.

Having worked for companies in both of those fields you mentioned, plus food service, I still find your observation that compliance audits are "guilty until proven innocent" to be incomprehensible. Do you feel the same way if, for instance, in the process of operating a motor vehicle, an officer asks to see your driver's license?