All that really needs to be done (other then dissolve the agency!) is fire the non-career SES’s & schedule C clowns plus vigorously enforce on the GS’ers the regulations banning political activities or participating in activities that are to influence policy. Something that Hansen (the NASA global warming guru!) got away with for 20+ years!
And yes I know NASA is not part of DOE! He is simply the most egregious example I could think of off the top of my head, he is just not a DOE’er. However the principle is the same!
What are "SES's and "schedule C clowns".