Maintenance continues on the historic East Gate Guard Tower Friday as part of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s commitment to maintaining structures throughout the Lab campus in accordance with historical specifications. The maintenance includes masonry repairs to flooring, exterior walls and stairs as well as reattaching some of the handrails for safety and reattaching a panel cover. The tower will be re-roofed at a future date. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
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Program Offering Free Medical Screening To Former Energy Department Employees Introduces Early Lung Cancer Detection With Low-Dose CT Scan
Rebecca Trujillo, right, of Española speaks with NNSA Los Alamos Field Office Project Management Specialist Sophia Calabaza. Trujillo retired from both LANL and the Former Worker Health Program. Calabaza oversees worker’s programs for the Department of Energy NNS’s Los Alamos Field Office. Courtesy photo
DOE News:
Officials from the Department of Energy, the Worker Health Protection Program and several health-related organizations joined in Los Alamos last week to announce the expansion of medical screening and the addition of an early lung cancer detection program for former workers Read More
NNSA Selects PanTeXas Deterrence For $1.5 Billion Annual Management And Operating Contract At Pantex Plant
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced today it has selected PanTeXas Deterrence, LLC for the Management and Operating (M&O) contract for the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.
PanTeXas Deterrence is a limited liability company, which consists of BWXT Technical Services Group, Inc. (BWXT TSG); Fluor Federal Services, Inc. (Fluor); SOC LLC (SOC); and the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS).
“For over 40 years, Pantex has been the nation’s primary nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly center, Read More
Catch Of The Week: Snowflake Data Breach
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Everyone knows having a super strong and unique password is the best way to protect your online accounts, right? Righttt?
Maybe once upon a time, but in today’s world the best way to protect your accounts is by using MFA (multi-factor authentication) to protect your accounts.
This was recently demonstrated, very painfully, by the Snowflake data breach.
What is Snowflake? Snowflake is an American company offering cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed “data-as-a-service”. This allows corporate users Read More
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez Of New Mexico Urges Bipartisan Passage Of National Defense Authorization Act
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez led a group of nine members calling on House leadership to ensure the swift, bipartisan passage of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Vasquez fought to protect jobs, increase safety and quality of life for service members and ensure New Mexico remains at the forefront of national security.
“For over 60 consecutive years, Congress has passed an NDAA in a bipartisan and bicameral fashion that has been signed into law by the President. This amazing feat, regardless Read More
Manhattan Project National Historical Park Los Alamos Visitor Center Extending Hours During Behind-The-Fence Tours
MPNHP Visitor Center at 475 20th St. Courtesy photo
MPNHP News:
Manhattan Project National Historical Park (MPNHP) is extending the Los Alamos Visitor Center hours concurrently with the Behind-the-Fence Tours planned for Tuesday, June 11 through Thursday, June 13.
Following these dates, the visitor center will return to normal operating days and hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. MDT/MST, Friday to Monday.
The Visitor Center is at 475 20th St.
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- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. MDT, Tuesday June 11;
- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. MDT, Wednesday June 12; and
- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. MDT, Thursday June 13.
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Historic East Gate Guard Tower Undergoes Maintenance
The historic East Gate Guard Tower is undergoing maintenance as part of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s commitment to maintaining structures throughout the Lab campus in accordance with historical specifications. The maintenance includes masonry repairs to flooring, exterior walls and stairs as well as reattaching some of the handrails for safety and reattaching a panel cover. The tower will be re-roofed at a future date. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
TechSource Named DOE Small Business Of The Year
TechSource officials accepting the DOE Small Business of the Year Award Tuesday in Minneapolis from left, Deno Photinakis, VP for Technical Solutions and Deputy Managing Director, NCR PMO; Kristi Daugherty, Deputy Director for Operations, LA PMO; Brian D’Andrea, Chairman and CEO and Jim Rhone, Senior VP and Managing Director, NCR PMO. Courtesy/TechSource
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
TechSource, Inc, headquartered in downtown Los Alamos, has been named the Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business of the Year, a prestigious recognition of its “outstanding Read More
LRG First Tuesday Breakfast June 4 Moved To El Parasol!
LRG News:
Lab retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the Laboratory Retiree Group (LRG) monthly breakfast social between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 4 at El Parasol,
LRG will pay for attends coffee and tea. Individuals will pay for their breakfast and other drinks.
Contact sgirard@losalamos.com or 505.672.3497 for more information.
More information about the LRG can be found at https://lalrg.org. Read More
LAPS Board Selects Ryan Adams To Fill Dist. 2 Vacancy
Ryan Adams
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Board of Education has selected Ryan Adams to fill the vacancy in District 2, which resulted from the resignation of former School Board President Antonio Jaurigue. District 2 includes Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock.
Adams will be sworn in at the start of the June 11 School Board meeting.
Board members cited Adams’ “fresh perspective and new eyes” as well as his experience in accounting as reasons for their selection. Adams is a relative newcomer to Los Alamos. He has children attending elementary, middle and high school.
“I am humbled Read More