...missions. DOE'S mission and priorities have changed dramatically over time so that the Department Is now very different from what It was In 1977 when It was...DOE suffers from significant management problems, ranging from poor environmental management of the nuclear weapons complex to major Internal Inefficiencies...

...missions. DOE's missions and priorities have changed dramatically over time so that the Department is now very different from what it was in 1977 when it was created in response to the nation a energy crisis. Energy research, conservation, and policy-making dominated early DOE priorities....

...responsibilities. DOE's mission and priorities have changed dramatically over time so that DOE is now very different from what it was in 1977 when it was...conservation, and policymaking dominated early DOE priorities, national defense and environmental clean-up now overshadow those efforts. Meanwhile, new mission areas...

...responsibilities. DOE's mission and priorities have changed dramatically over time so that DOE is now very different from what it was in 1977 when it was...energy crisis. While energy research, conservation, and polieymaking dominated early DOE priorities, national defense and environmental clean-up now overshadow...

...changed dramatically over time so that the Department is now very different from what it was in 1977. While energy research, conservation and policymaking...now environmental cleanup overshadow its budget." 6 Thanks to this continual "empire building," the Department's budget has increased by 155 percent...

...changed dramatically over time so that the Department is now very different from what it was in 1977. While energy research, conservation and policymaking...production and now environmental cleanup overshadow its budget."8 Thanks to this continual "empire building," the Department's budget has increased by 155...

...missions. DOE's mission and priorities have changed dramatically over time so that the Department is now very different from what it was in 1977 when it was...DOE suffers from significant management problems, ranging from poor environmental management of the nuclear weapons complex to major internal inefficiencies...

...operations. DOE's mission and priorities have changed dramatically over time so that the Department is now very different from what it was in 1977 when it was...and now environmental cleanup overshadow its budget. When DOE was created in 1977, it inherited the national laboratories with a management structure that...