The following are some of the acronyms and terminology you will encounter when you begin work at LANL.
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officer Division |
| DO |
Division Office or Director's Office |
| EP |
Enterprise Project |
| GET |
General Employee Training |
| GS |
General Support |
| HR |
Human Resources Division |
| LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory (also referred to as "The Hill" or "The Lab" |
| LANS |
Los Alamos National Security, LLC |
| LANSCE |
Los Alamos Neutron Science Center |
| LDRD |
Laboratory Directed Research and Development - The LDRD program funds basic and applied research and development (R&D), focusing on early exploration and exploitation of creative concepts selected at the discretion of the LANL Director. |
| OEOD |
Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity |
| OS |
Office Support |
| PAD |
Principal Associate Director |
| PTLA |
Protection Technology Los Alamos |
| STB |
Science and Technology Base Programs - oversight of the Postdoctoral Program |
| SSM |
Specialist Staff Member |
| TSM |
Technical Staff Member |
| The Hill |
The nickname for Los Alamos. Started during the Manhattan Project to maintain the secrecy of the town. |
| The Valley |
All the towns that reside in the Rio Grande Valley between Los Alamos and Santa Fe, including Tesuque, Pojoaque, Espanola, Nambe, El Rancho, San Ildefonso... |
| The "Y" |
This is NOT the YMCA, but a parking lot at the split in the road where Highway 502 meets State Road 4. Often a place people from White Rock will meet people from Los Alamos when heading on or off "the Hill." |
