Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment

The Under Secretary for Energy and Environment, also known as the Under Secretary of Energy, is a position within the United States Department of Energy. The Under Secretary oversees the Department's energy and environment programs, including environmental cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex, nuclear waste management efforts, and applied energy research and developmental activities. The incumbent Under Secretary is Bud Albright, who was confirmed on September 3, 2007. [cite web | title="Department of Energy - Clarence H. Albright, Jr." | url=http://www.energy.gov/organization/5467.htm | accessdate= September 24 | accessyear= 2007 ]

The Under Secretary of Energy is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Under Secretary is paid at level III of the Executive Schedule, [cite web | title="US CODE: Title 42,7132. Principal officers" | url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00007132----000-.html | accessdate= September 24 | accessyear= 2007 ] meaning he or she receives a basic annual salary of $152,000 as of 2006. [cite web | title="Salary Table 2006-EX" | url=http://www.opm.gov/oca/06tables/html/ex.asp | accessdate= September 22 | accessyear= 2007 ] Previous Under Secretaries by recency include Acting Under Secretary Bill Ostendorff, [cite web | title="Department of Energy - Leadership" | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070710214157/http://www.energy.gov/organization/leadership.htm | accessdate= July 10 | accessyear= 2007 ] Acting Under Secretary Dennis Spurgeon, [cite web | title="Department of Energy - Leadership" | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070610015141/http://www.energy.gov/organization/leadership.htm | accessdate= June 10 | accessyear= 2007 ] David K. Garman, [cite web | title="Department of Energy - Leadership" | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061209225423/http://www.energy.gov/organization/leadership.htm | accessdate= December 9 | accessyear= 2007 ] and Robert G. Card. [cite web | title="energy.gov - About Us" | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030620140241/www.energy.gov/aboutus/history/card.html | accessdate= April 3 | accessyear= 2003 ]

The Under Secretary is assisted by the Associate Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, the Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, and the Director of the Office of Legacy Management. [cite web | title="Department of Energy - Leadership" | url=http://www.energy.gov/organization/leadership.htm | accessdate= September 24 | accessyear= 2007 ]

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