Browne to deliver State of the Lab address Wednesday

Laboratory Director John Browne will give his annual State of the Lab address at 8:10 a.m. Wednesday in the Administration Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3.

His talk, "Living Our Vision," is open to all Laboratory badgeholders and will be shown live on Labnet Channel 9.

Browne will focus on the key issues facing Los Alamos, including the status of its mission, new challenges since the Sept. 11 incidents on the east coast, recruitment and employee development and infrastructure renewal. The director also will look at how the Laboratory is doing in meeting its institutional goals, the latest report card from the Department of Energy and challenges still ahead.

Browne is scheduled to speak to community leaders from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 4 in the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center also at TA-3.

Nobel Prize winner Heeger to give Director's Colloquium today

Materials that conduct electricity is the subject of a Director's Colloquium today by Alan Heeger, a University of California, Santa Barbara professor.

His presentation, "Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers: The Fourth Generation of Polymeric Materials," is scheduled to begin at 1:10 p.m. in the Louis Rosen Auditorium at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center at Technical Area 53. It will be broadcast live on Labnet Channel 9 and can be accessed via the Internet using Real Media Player. For more information, see Monday's Daily Newsbulletin.

Senior managers accelerate schedule for required management training More than 250 managers are taking courses as part of the Laboratory's Required Management Training plan. According to John Zondlo of Training and Development (HR-6), the Laboratory implemented Required Management Training as part of its response to the University of California's analysis of the hard drive incident in 2000. The Senior Executive Team decided to accelerate the completion of the Required Management Training modules by group-level managers. Under the accelerated schedule, all training must be completed by June 30. Managers must complete the following five required courses: Orientation to Management (# 17556), Essentials of Supervision (# 13605), Management Responsibilities for Safety and Security (#21875), Fiduciary Responsibilities of Managers (21876) and Managing and Supervising People (#21877). A sixth course, Project Management Overview (# 7257), also is required for those managers who manage major construction projects that cost more than $500,000. Training and Development offers these courses on a monthly basis at the Canyon School Complex. The modules are offered twice each month. Zondlo said newly appointed managers will receive notice they have been assigned to Training Plan # 4843. They will be directed to enroll in the next series of Required Management Training modules, typically in the month following their assignment to the plan. The modules are offered back-to-back over a four-day period. All group-level managers have been assigned to the Required Management Training plan and should have received an electronic mail message confirming this requirement. Group-level managers who haven't received this confirmation should write to leadership@lanl.gov by electronic mail. All managers are required to complete the "immersion" option - all five modules over four days, course #21878 - unless they have already completed some modules, in which case they should complete the remaining modules as soon as they can get registered for an upcoming session, said Zondlo. Managers can register for courses at the Virtual Training Center at http://www.hr.lanl.gov/TIOCourses/TIOCourses.asp?WebSubCat=LDRRMT online. A list of frequently asked questions regarding Required Management Training can be found at http://www.hr.lanl.gov/TD/ManagerDev/rmt/RMT.stm online. Managers with additional questions should write to leadership@lanl.gov by electronic mail. --Shelley Thompson

New Web page consolidates training, learning information for Lab workers Training and Development (HR-6) in conjunction with Communication and Arts Services (IM-1) created a new Web page called Training/Learning that provides concise information about all training and education opportunities at the Laboratory. "One of the basic design issues we wanted to address was accessibility," said Brenda Warner, HR-6 Web page / site developer. "Employees can now access all training information directly from the Lab's homepage by clicking on 'Training' under Work/Life. This link leads to the 'Training/Learning' Web site, a one-stop compilation of educational opportunities at the Lab," she said. The new Training/Learning Web site contains the latest information about current educational offerings at the Laboratory. The side includes links to the Virtual Training Center, higher education opportunities, workshops, NTU short courses, and continuing education offerings, such as Learning@LANL, the Leadership Center and a new site for managers called Manager Education. The Manager Education site is where managers will find information about required training and links to useful internal and external Web sites. The Training/Learning site also contains contact information for other education and training groups at the Lab, including education outreach, health and safety and security and computer training. Employees also can access their training transcripts and plans through the new Web site. The Training/Learning Web page can be found at http://int.lanl.gov/training/ online.

Coming soon to a computer screen near you

The Public Affairs Office is unveiling a redesigned Daily Newsbulletin on Tuesday (Feb. 19). The new Daily Newsbulletin is available for viewing or reading through the World Wide Web.

Laboratory has presence at tribute to Hispanic legislators banquet

PHOTO: Richard Marquez, right, the Laboratory's associate director for administration, talks with Speaker of the House, Rep. Ben Lujan, D-Santa Fe, at the 10th annual Tribute to Hispanic Legislators banquet held recently in Sweeney Convention Center in Santa Fe. The banquet was sponsored by the Hispanic Roundtable of New Mexico. The Laboratory was a silver sponsor for the event. Photo by LeRoy N. Sanchez, Public Affairs

Everet Beckner sworn-in as deputy administrator for defense programs

Everet H. Beckner is the new deputy administrator for defense programs at the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

Beckner will direct the program responsible for maintaining the safety, security and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. NNSA's nuclear weapons complex includes three national research laboratories, the Nevada Test Site and four production plants. To read NNSA news release, click here.

Forest Service helicopter flying over Bandelier today

The U.S. Forest Service is scheduled will be flying in the Bandlier area about 9:30 this morning. The flight will originate out of Technical Area 49 and head directly south. The helicopter is yellow and red with registration number 2779B.

The forest service is continuing an elk head count in the Bandelier area. The scheduled flights shouldn't affect Laboratory operations and is scheduled to be completed about 1:30 p.m.

On today's bulletin board
Commuter's Corner | Parking areas around TA-3 | Parking shuttle routes (pdf) or jpeg
NEW Computer Corner news NEW Found: Toyota car key NEW Lost: silver & gold hoop-like earring Dahl Plumbing closed today Wellness Center closing early today Volunteer opportunities New Blanket Purchase Agreement for Hewlett Packard Products Construction to divert vehicle traffic around Diamond Drive-Pajarito Road intersection this weekend Family Strengths Network events Exploring Management workshop on March 27 Wellness Center offers Change of Habit class Registration begins for Kinderkick soccer program Los Alamos Community Blood Drive	Work Wear New Mexico in Los Alamos today Lost: three diamond, 1.5 carat ring Lost: red rose pin Lost: gold wedding ring Mesa Public Library hosts New Mexico library roundtable Daffodils for Hospice 2002 Customized Dell systems available through Technology Integration Group Windows 2000 Active Directory domain now available at the Laboratory 2002 Dog Jog Logo contest deadline is Feb. 15 Reading Olympics for youths, adults at Mesa, White Rock branch libraries "Project Management Toolbox" scheduled Feb. 19-21 Women leaders 2002 symposium March 7-8 at UC, San Francisco Employees leaving Lab must attend termination presentation