Chu is one of the highest-profile ambassadors in the Obama administration's crusade to advance clean-energy technologies and create green jobs. Even before he took the ...
Poneman's national security expertise may help calm troubles at the department regarding information leaks about the nation's nuclear stockpile. He was on the team that ...
Will he stay, or will he go? That question is swirling around the nation's nuclear weapons complex, which D'Agostino oversees. The Bush administration appointee rose ...
Johnson brings an extensive academic background to a position that stresses energy technology, something that she emphasized at her April 23 Senate confirmation hearing: "By ...
It's hard to top the scientific credentials of his Nobel-laureate boss, Steven Chu, but Koonin holds his own. A Brooklynite with degrees from the California ...
Triay has spent most of her career with the Energy Department, beginning in 1999 in DOE's Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico. She headed up ...
Markowsky, 64, retired nine years ago as a senior executive with American Electric Power, the utility giant, where he oversaw fossil fuel-fired power generation, the ...
Miller, whose office promotes and funds nuclear power research, is well regarded among nuclear engineers and has not spawned concerns among environmentalists. But his personal ...
Sandalow had a head start in helping the Obama administration tackle America's oil dependency. Along with being an adviser on Obama's presidential campaign, Sandalow authored ...
Established: 1977
Address: 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585
Phone: 202-586-5000
2009 Budget: $70.1 billion
Employment: 15,597
Web Site: www.doe.gov
Functions: The Energy Department coordinates national activities relating to the production, regulation, marketing, and conservation of energy. It is also responsible for the federal nuclear weapons program and the high-risk research and development of energy technology. The department collects, analyzes, and publishes energy data.
