I found out recently that apparently US State Department and DOD employees with security clearances automatically get access to the TSA Pre-Check expedited airport screening lines. As far as I'm aware, that's not the case for LLNL employees with clearances and, presumably, not the case for cleared LANL employees, either. Anyone know what the story here is? The only thing that I can think of is that we're not directly employed by the US government. Still seems that we should be automatically eligible for TSA access if we have clearances, though.
-Doug
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DoD federal civilian employees must opt-in to TSA Pre✓® by visiting the milConnect website. After selecting the “My Profile” and the “CIV” menu tab when logged into the website, users will be guided through the opt-in process for TSA Pre✓®. Civilian employees need to opt-in only once. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces do not need to opt-in.
What an uninformed comment . If you think that your 80$ pay for the background check for your TSA pre-appoval status, you are sadly mistaken. It would save the govt a lot of money if they would just give the TSA precheck to any holder of a L, Q or TS clearance.
Also standing in line is actually time lost, where we could do something more productive.
Not sure I understand your argument about loosing the holidays. If you want to attract good people to NM you need to offer something more than Walmart is doing. We can actually already see at LANL the decline in the quality of people applying for a job, at least in my area which is basic science.
Oh please, what makes you think you can judge what "quality" people are. Remember LANL is a weapons lab, the regular rules for what makes good science or bad science no longer apply therefore the standards rules of what constitutes good quality scientists no longer applies. Now maybe when we still did testing the rules of good science and good scientists apply but we are in a new age.
Look try and have a conversation with any high level manager about "quality" of any kind and you left with stares are arguments about how LANL is somehow different so the definition of quality used everywhere else in the entire world does not apply. I am not sure Triad can change this but I doubt NNSA cares. NNSA cares about not having accidents, incidents or allegations.
September 12, 2018 at 8:53 PM
You are obviously not a scientist and so have no idea what you are talking about regarding "good science or bad science." But keep blathering about stuff you don't understand - it keeps us scientists entertained.
And faster somewhere else.
And faster somewhere else.
September 13, 2018 at 8:26 PM
You "suspect." Well, that's great, Inspector Clouseau. Carry on. Let us know when you obtain an actual fact.
Burdened means indirect costs Inspector Clouseau, you know to pay for benefits, heat/water, LDRD, support services, upper management, miscellaneous other folks. Googling indirect costs for universities, looks like anywhere from 45-75%.
Therefore, the cost of doing business at LANL is >2x than that of a University.