Guide Overview
This guide serves as a comprehensive reference for internal and external stakeholders regarding the proper usage, positioning, and placement of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) official seal. By following these guidelines, we aim to ensure consistency and accuracy in representing the DOE's visual identity across various communications and platforms.
Official Agency Seal
The Department's official seal first appeared in the 1978 issue of the Federal Register. The eagle represents the care in planning and the purposefulness of efforts required to respond to the Nation's increasing demands for energy. The sun, atom, oil derrick, windmill, and dynamo serve as representative technologies whose enhanced development can help meet these demands. The rope represents the cohesiveness in the development of the technologies and their link to our future capabilities. The lightning bolt represents the power of the natural forces from which energy is derived and the Nation's challenge in harnessing the forces.
The color scheme—dark green, dark blue, gold, black, and white—is derived from nature, symbolizing both the source of energy and the support of man's existence. The blue field represents air and water, green represents mineral resources and the earth itself, and gold represents the creation of energy in the release of natural forces.
Seal Usage
The Secretary and his designees are authorized to affix replicas, reproductions, and embossing seals to appropriate documents, certifications, and other material for all purposes as authorized by this section.
The DOE seal can be used in limited circumstances, detailed at the Government Printing Office’s Code of Federal Regulations.