Sen. Heinrich Visits High Tech Startup Descartes Labs
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Visits Los Alamos Daily Post
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post newspaper this afternoon following visits to Descartes Labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Cottonwood on the Greens at the Golf Course and the Democratic Campaign Headquarters in Central Park Square. Heinrich visited the newspaper in 2013 to congratulate the news team on its small business of the year award. The senator commented during his visit today that the Los Alamos Daily Post is on his daily read list and keeps him current on the events happenings throughout the community. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
NNSA Extends LANL Management Contract
LANL News:
Director Charlie McMillan announced Wednesday during an all-employee meeting that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has agreed to extend the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory by one year.
In a memo that went out to employees following the meeting, McMillan shared NNSA’s official communication about the contract extension to stakeholders, which notes that “NNSA has determined to grant Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) a final Award Term for performance in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, extending the period of performance through FY 2018. No Read More
LAMS’s Lillian Petersen Takes 3rd In 2016 Supercomputing Challenge
Lillian Petersen explains her Supercomputing Challenge project, ‘Detecting Climate Change Through Means and Extremes’ to Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Middle School student Lillian Petersen won third place for her project, “Detecting Climate Change Through Means and Extremes.”
Petersen’s study aggregated data from thousands of weather stations around the world, which she processed and analyzed with a Python program she wrote to find overall changes and trends in climate around the world. She also won the Community Read More
DOE Announces $25 Million To Accelerate Integration Of Solar Energy Into Nation’s Electrical Grid
‘Solving The Rubik’s Cube 2.0’ Includes 3D Simulation
LANL Puts Out Big ‘Help Wanted’ Notice
LANL Director Charlie McMillan at Tuesday’s Community Leaders Update in Santa Fe talks about reshaping the workforce of the future. Courtesy photo
NNSA Field Office Manager Kim Davis Lebak touts the virtues of a steady budget. Courtesy photo
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post
An aging workforce and natural attrition, more than budget growth, are pushing Los Alamos National Laboratory toward a hiring spree. The lab will be looking for scientists and engineers as always, but also for business services professionals, support staff, as well as craft and technical employees.
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