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Greetings!
Welcome to the first issue of LANL's electronic version of
the "Connections" newsletter, your connection to LANL. This
e-newsletter will replace the newsletter that has been mailed
periodically over the years. With this more modern way of
communicating, we hope to capture the spirit of activities and news
that is happening both within the Laboratory and within the
community. Our intent is to give you a glimpse into these areas,
with links and oppportunities to download additional information.
These monthly newsletters are intended to be brief and informative.
So, please let us know if you have suggestions on how we can improve
upon this new approach of communicating with you and let us know if
you have items you would like us to share with the broader regional
community.
All my best,
Lillian Montoya-Rael
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Personalized help for small businesses seeking to work with
Los Alamos National Lab is available in a number of regional
communities. Businesses are welcome to set up an appointment
by calling at 667- 7473 or via e-mail to business@lanl.gov
Rio Arriba County: Northern New Mexico
Community College Tuesdays/Thursdays 7:00 - 4:00 Vangie
Trujillo and Janelle Vigil-Maestas
Santa Fe County Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce
Thursdays 8:00 - 5:00 Tim Martinez
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| Los Alamos Scholarship Fund |
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The Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund allows and
encourages Laboratory employees and subcontract personnel to
donate to a fund that awards college scholarships to Northern
New Mexico students.
This year for the first time, the University of California
is also awarding seven UC Nonresident Tuition Waiver
scholarships. These $12,500-a-year renewable four-year
scholarships give Northern New Mexico students, who wouldn't
qualify for UC in-state tuition through a different program,
financial assistance to attend a UC campus at the in-state
tuition rate, explained Tony Fox of the nonprofit Los Alamos
National Laboratory Foundation, which manages the scholarship
fund in collaboration with Debbie Wersonic of the Laboratory's
Community Relations Office. Please
click here to see article listing of this year's
recipients.
Since the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund program
began in 1998, 315 scholarships have been granted, according
to Fox of the Laboratory Foundation. And Laboratory workers
have donated more than $1 million to the scholarship fund
since its creation.
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| Quality New Mexico Training Schedule
2005 |
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| Los Alamos Community Job/College
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The 4th Annual Los Alamos Community Job/College Fair took
place March 31 at the UNM-LA campus. LANL helped organize a
panel of workforce training and development program directors
to address employers and job seekers. Reese Fullerton -
Director of Workforce Development and Training, Conroy Chino -
Secretary of NM department of Labor, Kathy Keith - Director of
Economic Development, Alex Martinez - Director of SER Jobs for
Progress, Dr. Jose Griego - President of the NNMCC, Carlos
Ramirez - Director of UNMLA, and Kevin Holsapple - Director of
Los Alamos Commerce and Development, all participated as
panelists.
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| New Mexico First |
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New Mexico First will hold its 2005 Town Hall April 28- 30
in Albuquerque at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center.
The focus of the forum will be: The Management & Future of
Federal Investment in New Mexico. Nearly 150 participants will
address federal funding challenges facing the state and make
recommendations for moving forward. Additional information,
including registration materials, can be found on this web
location: www.nmfirst.org.
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Abba Technologies |
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Abba Technologies- Our Monthly Small Business
Profile
Founded in 1993,ABBA is a certified small,
disadvantaged, minority business headquartered in Albuquerque
with offices in Los Alamos, Las Cruces, Colorado Springs, CO,
and Alameda, CA. The Company maintains its own General
Services Administration (GSA) price schedule, is named by
Hewlett Packard and Silicon Graphics, Inc for the DOE
Integrated Contract Procurement Team ( ICPT) for Los Alamos
National and Sandia National Laboratories, has Just-In-Time
(JIT) contracts at both New Mexico Labs, a nation-wide
Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity with the National
Guard, and two State of New Mexico contracts. It is a fully
qualified SBA 8(a) contractor and maintains its status through
a thriving SBA mentor/prot�g� relationship.
"Our
goal at ABBA Technologies is to be a partner in evaluating
innovation, a trusted advisor in selecting technology, and
team member in implementing solutions," said Andrew Baca,
company president who also serves on the LANL Business
Advisory Council.
ABBA's primary focus encompasses
four areas: 1. Enterprise and high performance computing that
includes servers, clusters, grids, and resources on demand, as
well as visualization. 2. Information lifecycle management
such as enterprise and high performance storage systems that
include tape, disk and optical NAS and SAN architectures; also
disaster prevention and business continuity strategies. 3.
Converged networks that incorporate virtually all
telecommunications services. 4. Professional services such as
assessment, design, implementation, security, and continual
support.
To find out more about ABBA please visit
their website at http://www.abbatech.com.
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