Evidently the mandarins at the top of the Department of Energy believe that taxpayers work for them, not vice versa.  How else to explain the astonishing arrogance of bureaucrats at a federal agency refusing to answer Trump Transition Team questions about their work?  Their hysteria over answering questions has turned to insubordination.   Arlette Saenz and Maryalice Parks of ABC News quote the arrogant response of the DOE’s spokeshuman: "The Department of Energy received significant feedback from our workforce throughout the department, including the National Labs, following the release of the transition team’s questions. Some of the questions asked left many in our workforce unsettled," Eben Burnham-Snyder, director of public affairs at the Energy Department said. "Our career workforce, including our contractors and employees at our labs, comprise the backbone of DOE and the important work our department does to...(Read Full Post)