What does the Department of Energy Do?

What was the reason for developing the Department of Energy during the Carter administration?

 

The Department of Energy was instituted to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. The 2008 budget is $24.2 billion a year, with 16,000 federal employees and approximately 100,000 contract employees.

 

What do they do?

 

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