What is United States Department of Energy?
{{Infobox government agency |name = United States Department of Energy |seal = Seal of the United States Department of Energy.svg |seal_width = 175 |seal_caption = Seal of the U.S. Department of Energy |logo = Flag of the United States Department of Energy.svg |logo_caption = Flag of the U.S. Department of Energy |logo_width = 175 |picture = US Dept of Energy Forrestal Building.jpg |picture_width = |picture_caption = James V. Forrestal Building, Department Headquarters |formed = {{Start date and years ago|1977|8|4}} |preceding1 = [[Federal Energy Administration]] (FEA) |preceding2 = [[Energy Research and Development Administration]] (ERDA) |dissolved = |jurisdiction = |headquarters = [[James V. Forrestal Building]]<br>1000 [[Independence Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Independence Avenue]]<br />[[Southwest, Washington, D.C.|Southwest]], [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |coordinates = {{coord|38|53|13|N|77|1|34|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |employees = 12,944 federal (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/rankings/detail/DN00|title=Department of Energy|first=Partnership for Public|last=Service|date=|work=bestplacestowork.org|access-date=December 25, 2016|archive-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225182421/http://bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/rankings/detail/DN00|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />93,094 contract (2008) |budget = $27.9 billion (2015)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Budget for Fiscal Year 2015|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/energy.pdf|publisher=Department of Energy|accessdate=December 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226034459/http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/energy.pdf|archive-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |chief1_name = [[Chris Wright]] |chief1_position = [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]] |chief2_n