Bingaman aims to bolster DOE authority to hire personnel for heightened mission

摘要

The Energy Department would receive new authority to hirenand rehire employees faster, at a time when it needs to staff upnquickly to handle a surge in funding, under a draft bill releasednby Senator Jeff Bingaman last week.nThe New Mexico Democrat proposed the bill as part of ancomprehensive energy measure that he said he would like tonbring to the Senate floor for a vote late this month.