Monday, May 16, 2005

Laboratory employees again are top contributors to Santa Fe County 2004 United Way campaign
Laboratory employees for the fifth consecutive year are the largest contributors to the United Way of Santa Fe County's annual giving campaign. Laboratory employees pledged or donated $113,242 to the United Way of Santa Fe County's 2004 giving campaign.

Retirement planning seminar is Tuesday
Benefits and Employment Services (HR-B) and Fidelity Investments Tax-Exempt Services Co. is hosting a retirement planning seminar Tuesday at the Reel Deal Theater in downtown Los Alamos. The seminar begins at 8 a.m.

Colloquium today looks back at Cerro Grande fire
Five years ago this month, a prescribed burn turned awry destroyed hundreds of homes in Los Alamos, burned some 48,000 acres in and around the Lab and led to a short-term closure of the Laboratory.

Tuesday is deadline for general plant construction proposals
Proposals are being accepted through Tuesday for funding of construction projects beginning in the 2007 fiscal year. The Security and Facility Operations (ADFSO) Directorate plans to include projects selected for funding in the 2006 fiscal year update to the Lab's 10-year comprehensive site plan.

Talk on reducing the global nuclear threat Tuesday at Bradbury Science Museum
Reducing the global nuclear threat is the subject of a talk Tuesday by Sara Scott of Nuclear Nonproliferation (N). The talk is at noon in the Bradbury Science Museum downtown and is free and open to the public.

Informational meeting Wednesday on purchase cards
As part of a Laboratorywide effort to increase and encourage the use of purchase cards (P-cards), the Laboratory has doubled the per-transaction and monthly limits for P-cards, with even higher limits possible with division management approval.