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=Department of Energy=

Leadership:
Secretary: Dr. Steven Chu Under Secretary of Nuclear Safety :Thomas D'Agostion Chief of Staff: James O'Connor

Mission Statement:
The Department of Energy's overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental clean up of the national nuclear weapons complex. The Department's strategic goals to the achieve the mission are designed to deliver results along five strategic themes: Energy Security, Nuclear Security, Scientific Discovery and Innovation, Environmental Responsibility, Management Excellence.

National Security:9.1 billion
includes: weapons, nuclear defense nonproliferation, naval reactors

Energy and Environment: 10.1 billion
Energy: 3.9 billion Environment: 6.2 billion

Article 1: Support Plug-In Hybrid Electric School Buses
DOE recently announced it will be providing $10 million over 3 years to the development of Hybrid School Buses. This is 50% of the expected cost of the project. Creating a hybrid bus will help reach President Obama's goal of a million plug in hybrid cars on the road by 2015. The research will also include the development of at electric motor that can run for 40 miles without using any fuel.

Article 2: $41.9 million towards growth of Fuel cell market
The DOE will be giving out $41.9 million to 13 projects working on the development of fuel cell technology as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This money will also help the commercialization of the fuel cell. new jobs will also be created in manufacturing, installation, maintenance and support services. This will help lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage growth for a domestic supplier.

Article 3: $93 Million from Recovery Act to Support Wind Energy Projects
To help increase Americas renewable energy portfolio the DOE is putting out $93 million towards wind energy. The money will be given to National Research Centers, universities and the private sector.