The next Contractor to manage LLNL

While debating which companies should or should not manage LLNL for the next contract, shouldn’t current LLNS employees and LLNS and UC/LLNL retirees unite to form a functioning working group to frame out workplace and retirement benefit criteria for our elected officials to review and consider with the NNSA? Or, just let whatever happens happen again?

Free UC tuition

 UC system to cover tuition for California residents who are Native Americans

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CROYgDf0ucw

A bump for LANL

 https://news.yahoo.com/lanl-over-1b-bump-proposed-150300706.html

Putin just handed LANL a cool billion!

Apr. 20—A hefty spending increase proposed for Los Alamos National Laboratory would push its budget to an unprecedented level as federal agencies forge ahead with efforts to ramp up production of nuclear bomb cores to modernize the arsenal.

The Los Alamos lab's funding would jump to about $4.6 billion from this year's $3.5 billion under the U.S. Energy Department's early budget requests for the 2023 fiscal

Ok a nillion is nothing in Musk money but still pretty dam good. By the way did you know Musk majored in physics in college, of course he dropped out his Ph.d in Apllied physcis in Stanford but I think he is still did ok. Kids remember to major in STEM

Will Bechtel be out?

 Will the NNSA root out Bechtel from the next LLNL contract winner as they did with TRIAD? If so, why?

Pentagon and top weapon makers to meet

 Pentagon asks top 8 U.S. weapons makers to meet on Ukraine. 

The Pentagon will host leaders from the top eight U.S. weapons manufacturers on Wednesday to discuss the industry's capacity to meet Ukraine's weapons needs.... 
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/pentagon-asks-top-8-u.s.-weapons-makers-to-meet-on-ukraine-sources

NATO expansion

 Despite Russian Warnings, Finland and Sweden Draw Closer to NATO

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/world/europe/finland-sweden-nato-russia-ukraine.html

Federal contractor vaccine mandate

 Appeals court sees high bar to restoring federal contractor vaccine mandate https://federalnewsnetwork.com/contracting/2022/04/appeals-court-sees-high-bar-to-restoring-federal-contractor-vaccine-mandate/