A message from the LLNL Director on security restructuring
01/09/2013
Several years ago, NNSA began the process of removing Category I and II special nuclear materials (SNM) from the Lab as part of a larger effort to consolidate SNM stockpiles across the NNSA complex. The de-inventory process at Livermore was completed late last year and, as a result, the Laboratory's security requirements have changed.
In the coming weeks, the Laboratory will begin downsizing its protective force by conducting a measured reduction in force (RIF) of up to 126 security police officers and support personnel (This RIF will not affect other organizations at the Lab). The RIF is being conducted in a couple of stages beginning as early as next week.
For the last three years, these security officers and support personnel have safeguarded our Lab in a very professional and safe manner, knowing this RIF was in their future. That they continued to serve in the face of this difficult transition speaks to their high level of professionalism and dedication, not only to this Lab but to our nation. Please join me in extending our thanks and appreciation for their service. They will be sincerely missed as valued members of our Lab team and community.
01/09/2013
Several years ago, NNSA began the process of removing Category I and II special nuclear materials (SNM) from the Lab as part of a larger effort to consolidate SNM stockpiles across the NNSA complex. The de-inventory process at Livermore was completed late last year and, as a result, the Laboratory's security requirements have changed.
In the coming weeks, the Laboratory will begin downsizing its protective force by conducting a measured reduction in force (RIF) of up to 126 security police officers and support personnel (This RIF will not affect other organizations at the Lab). The RIF is being conducted in a couple of stages beginning as early as next week.
For the last three years, these security officers and support personnel have safeguarded our Lab in a very professional and safe manner, knowing this RIF was in their future. That they continued to serve in the face of this difficult transition speaks to their high level of professionalism and dedication, not only to this Lab but to our nation. Please join me in extending our thanks and appreciation for their service. They will be sincerely missed as valued members of our Lab team and community.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters, 1-9-13) - Almost all of the Pentagon's nearly 800,000 civilian employees would likely have to be placed on unpaid leave for a month this year if automatic defense spending cuts go into effect in March as now planned, a top defense budget analyst said on Wednesday.
Todd Harrison, a defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments think-tank, predicted the across-the-board spending cuts, which were delayed until March 1 under a law passed on New Year's Day, were more likely than before.
"(The Department of Defense) dodged a bullet once on this. There's another round locked and loaded in the chamber. I'm not sure they can keep dodging those bullets every time ... Eventually one of them is going to hit," he told a briefing.
What a bunch of bull. Don't you just hate it when lab upper management issues empty accolades like this right before they push people out the doors and over the cliff?
Parney
You know Parney, your a "class act". Anyone who tosses a bunch of folks in the trash, tells them they will be not only be missed but sincerely missed, and then thanks them, is a real class act. Hecka man Parney, hecka of man!!!
January 11, 2013 6:49 PM
Likely?? Hell, it is patently obvious to anyone who understands how NNSA security funding works. No threat (as defined in the official threat statement previously called the DBT) = no protection requirement = no funding. This was a surprise to absolutely no one.
January 11, 2013 6:49 PM
Likely?? Hell, it is patently obvious to anyone who understands how NNSA security funding works. No threat (as defined in the official threat statement previously called the DBT) = no protection requirement = no funding. This was a surprise to absolutely no one.
All people who work for the NNSA labs should be preparing to see a big reduction in their annual salaries for 2013:
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Bullshit, they are talking about federal employees, not contractors. You LANL and LLNL people forget who you are: lowly contractors. As such, you won't be furloughed unless your program takes a direct hit. For the vast majority of programs, this is going to mean new programs will be canned. Thus, the effects probably won't kick in until 2014.