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Energy Department

Senior Energy Dept. Official Gave Jobs To 3 Of His Own Children

An internal investigation has found that a senior Energy Department official was actively involved in securing summer jobs for his three college-aged children.

2013/06/10

File photo of recently confirmed Secretary of Energy nominee Ernest Moniz. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Senate Confirms Physicist Moniz As Energy Chief

Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation’s new energy secretary.

2013/05/16

Vice President Joe Biden (Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

Obama Administration Had Advance Warning On Electric Car Failure

Newly released documents show that the Obama administration was warned as early as 2010 that electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. was not meeting milestones set up for a half-billion dollar government loan, nearly a year before U.S. officials froze the loan after questions were raised about the company’s statements.

2013/04/24

File photo of President Barack Obama. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Obama Nominates 3 to Cabinet-Level Positions

President Barack Obama filled in more pieces of his second term leadership team Monday, nominating a trio of new advisers to lead the Energy Department, Environmental Protection Agency and budget office.

2013/03/04

File photo of President Barack Obama. (credit: Getty Images)

Obama Nominates Wal-Mart’s Burwell as Budget Chief

President Barack Obama has tapped Wal-Mart’s Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget chief, thrusting her into the center of Washington’s heated partisan budget battles and is filling vacancies at the Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency, an official says.

2013/03/04