Goals: Los Alamos Lab

Safe, Secure Workplace

Make safety and security integral to every activity we do

Safety and security are crucial.

We will work to make safety and security the personal responsibility of all of us, develop programs and engineered controls to improve safety and security Labwide, and make Los Alamos a safer place through employee involvement and continually improved leadership.

Exemplary information security

Implement an information security system that reduces risk while providing exemplary service and productivity

Top-flight information security is essential.

We will assure that the whole Lab is tackling information security, that we have reduced risk, and that we are planning for the future.

Environmental Stewardship

Establish excellence in environmental stewardship

We protect our employees, the public, and the environment.

We will assure audiences that the Laboratory is a good environmental steward by cleaning up contaminated sites, using the NMED Consent Order as our guide to cleanup, and minimizing impacts on natural resources.

Reliable Nuclear Deterrence

Assess the safety, reliability, and performance of LANL weapons systems

We’re committed to safe and effective weapons systems.

We constantly assess the nuclear weapons stockpile for safety, security, and reliability, maintain the stockpile through life extension, alternative design, pit manufacturing, and system surveillance, and endeavor to hire and keep the best technical experts in the weapons field.

The Future Weapons Complex

Transform the Laboratory and the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile to achieve the 2030 vision, in partnership with the Complex

We’re aligning our weapons work with DOE’s vision.

We continually evaluate existing infrastructure and make needed changes, strive to meet our future needs, and want the best in science and engineering.

Global Threats and Energy Security

Leverage our science and technology advantage to anticipate, counter, and defeat global threats and meet national priorities, including energy security

Los Alamos serves the security interests of the nation and the world.

Los Alamos science enhances global security, is creating a science future, and understands national priorities in nuclear, critical infrastructure, energy and environmental security.

National Security Science Lab

Be the premier national security science laboratory and realize our vision for a capabilities-based organization

We will innovate, anticipate, and deliver science that matters.

We will realize a capabilities-based approach to science for the needs of U.S. national security, understanding national security science needs, and supporting capabilities-based science by providing intellectual, financial and functional resources.

Responsive Infrastructure

Provide efficient, responsive, and secure infrastructure and disciplined operations that effectively support the Laboratory mission and its workforce

Let's strive for operational excellence that others will use as a benchmark.

We will overcome aging infrastructure to maintain world class science and technology, provide new software and tracking tools coupled with standardized operations to make tracking maintenance and repairs easier and more cost effective, and eliminate and consolidate unused space to boost cost effectiveness of Lab facilities.

Performance-Based Management

Implement a performance-based management system that drives mission and operational excellence

We will manage effectively to meaningful metrics.

We are developing a clear Labwide performance baseline, increasing our capability to develop and use forward-looking measures, and implementing tools to systematically drive process improvement.

Business Excellence

Deliver improved business processes, systems, and tools that meet the needs of our employees, reduce the cost of doing business, and improve the Laboratory’s mission performance

We spend taxpayer dollars wisely.

We will implement modern tools to meet the needs of employees, implement efficient processes to provide integration and perform our work, and demonstrate compliance and manage our costs while meeting mission goals safely and securely.

Effective Communication and Community Programs

Communicate effectively with our employees, customers, community, stakeholders, and the public at large

We will communicate well, inside and outside.

Communications will be as highly regarded as our science and technology; employees, customers, and stakeholders will see us as integral to their success; and stakeholders will regard us as responsible—and responsive.

Successful Workforce

Develop employees and create a work environment to achieve employee and Laboratory success

The Laboratory's continued success depends on a skilled and motivated work force.

We will develop employees to help better meet the Laboratory’s mission, implement efficient processes to better meet the needs of the Laboratory, and enhance the workplace environment.

LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER