General Attorney - Washington, United States - Department Of Energy
Description
Summary
Remote Restricted to Washington, D.C. area
This position is in the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation, Regulation, and Energy Efficiency which is responsible for overseeing the Department of Energy's (DOE) legislative and regulatory programs, and legal matters related to energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Duties
DOE's exciting and critical mission is to ensure America's security and prosperityby addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.
Come be on the forefront of legislative and regulatory developments in energy and administrative law
The purpose of this position is to provide legal analysis and advice on matters and problems that arise in the development of highly visible legislative and regulatory proposals, focused on energy conservation standards for residential appliances and commercial equipment.
The successful candidate will develop, draft, review, participate in negotiations and provide comment on legal documents primarily concerned with DOE's responsibilities in this area.
This successful candidate will also provide legal analysis and advice as program counsel for certain other programs within EERE, SCEP, and FEMP.
This analysis and advice will span several statutory authorities and will require coordinating legal advice among several offices within DOE's Office of the General Counsel.
Responsibilities may include reviewing and advising program offices on the development of regulations, reports, guidance, correspondence, and other agency documents, and ensuring compliance with applicable enabling statutes, Executive Orders, and other requirements.
Regulatory responsibilities include advising program offices on rulemaking requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act; reviewing DOE regulations to ensure compliance with applicable enabling statutes, Executive Orders, and other statutes governing the regulatory process; advising program offices on the development of directives and guidance.
Responsibilities also include, reviewing and commenting on rulemaking and regulatory/deregulatory activities of DOE or other agencies to ensure adequate consideration of DOE concerns, and to assess the impact of those activities on DOE's statutory missions or policies.