<P> Located in Washington, D.C., EIA has about 325 federal employees and a budget of $122 million in fiscal year 2017 . </P> <P> By law, EIA's products are prepared independently of policy considerations . EIA neither formulates nor advocates any policy conclusions . The Department of Energy Organization Act allows EIA's processes and products to be independent from review by Executive Branch officials; specifically, Section 205 (d) says: </P> <P> "The Administrator shall not be required to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the Department in connection with the collection or analysis of any information; nor shall the Administrator be required, prior to publication, to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the United States with respect to the substance of any statistical or forecasting technical reports which he has prepared in accordance with law ." </P> <P> More than 2 million people use the EIA's information online each month . Some of the EIA's products include: </P>

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