It is time to ABOLISH the DOE.
My first instinct as President would be to show up the a new department every day for a three month period and personally shake the hand of every employee there and tell every third person the GTFO because you be FIRED. Start back at the first department and do the same thing, only this time fire every other person. That would bring the amount of Federal employees to the level of only 2 - 3 times the needed amount. every government employee claims they could make more money as a private sector employee, I would give them the opportunity to prove it.