DOJ – A former Security Specialist with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for attempting to bribe a DOE employee to secure government contracts for a private company. Edward Doherty, 35, of Washington, D.C., and Weymouth, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to three years’ probation, with the first six months in home confinement, and a $10,000 fine.