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News Releases Hundreds turn out for Lab sponsored small-business forum
Apr. 22, 2010—Los Alamos Smalll Business Program Office Manager Dennis Roybal, right, talks with Donna Bohannon and Ron Bohannon at the Small Business Forum Tuesday at Ohkay Owingeh Conference Center. Donna Bohannon is owner of Tierra West, a small-business civil engineering firm. The forum drew 417 businesses for a half day of networking and breakout sessions led by Lab staff. Learn more about the Lab's Small Business Program Office by writing to business@lanl.gov or call (505) 667-4419.
Fast Facts
People
11,127 total employees
Los Alamos National Security, LLC 8,683
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force) 419
Contractors 606
Students 1,101
Place
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 36 square miles of DOE-owned property.
More than 2,000 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 8 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $5.9 billion
Budget FY 2012: Approx. $2.2 billion
57% Weapons programs
9% Nonproliferation programs
7% Safeguards and Security
8% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
4% Energy and other programs
11% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics (LANS and students only)
34% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe,
Española, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 46
70% male, 30% female
43% minorities
63% university degrees
· 23% hold undergraduate degrees
· 16% hold graduate degrees
· 24% have earned a Ph.D.
Major Awards
121 R&D100 awards since 1978
31 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal
The Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines