Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Reminder on UC employee vacation cash-out options
A recent all-employee memo outlines options for University of California Lab employees to cash out or transfer accrued vacation to Los Alamos National Security, LLC on June 1, when LANS assumes management and operation of the Laboratory.

DOE to implement final remedy closure for landfills adjacent to Los Alamos Airport
Work is scheduled to begin later this month on final closure of two legacy landfills near the Los Alamos Municipal Airport.

Open-microphone sessions about UC and LANS benefits scheduled
The first in a series of “open-microphone” question-and-answer sessions regarding University of California/Laboratory and Los Alamos National Security, LLC benefits plans is Wednesday.

New entrance to parking area east of Diamond Drive to open mid-April
Laboratory employees will soon have a new entrance to the parking lot in the southeast corner of Diamond Drive and Jemez Road. The new entrance will be from Diamond Drive south of the existing intersection.

Proposals sought by Lab for research with UNM
The Laboratory and the University of New Mexico are accepting proposals for research in the areas of bioscience, materials, quantum information science and computer science, distributed sensor networks (including, but not limited to, chemical/biological detection), and nuclear futures (including nuclear applications) under the sponsorship of a Joint Science and Technology Laboratory.