July 08 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine

Notebook

New Fire Safety Web page

With wildfire season in full swing, the Lab reminds employees that its new fire safety Web page has important information on such things as stovetop safety and prescribed burns. The Web site also provides links to the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service Fire and Aviation Program. Visit http://www.lanl.gov/emergency/fire/.

Avoid heat-related illness

An employee recently experienced a heat-related illness during warmer-than-usual weather. Lab employees doing work that puts them at risk for a heat-related illness can contact their deployed industrial hygienist to help establish controls to prevent such problems. These controls need to be considered when planning the work. For more tips on surviving the hot weather, go to http://www2.nsc.org/library/facts/hot.htm online.

Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity relocates

The Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity has a new home. The five-person office is now on the second floor, north wing, of the Otowi Building. The office is part of the Human Resources Division.

New rental-car service for Laboratory travelers

Hertz and National are now serving the Laboratory at all major airports and at the Los Alamos County Airport. Go to http://cfo.lanl.gov/travel/default.shtml to sign up for the Hertz and National programs.

Reporting alcohol-related arrests and convictions

Employees are reminded that, under the recently revised substance abuse policy, alcohol-related arrests and convictions must be reported immediately to Personnel Security (PS-3). The immediate reporting of criminal drug statute arrests and convictions to PS-3 continues to remain a requirement as well. For related frequently asked questions, go to http://int.lanl.gov/orgs/hr/relations/subfaqs.shtml (internal only).

Roadrunner, more on You Tube

View short videos about the Laboratory on its You Tube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/LosAlamosNationalLab), including a video about Roadrunner breaking the petaflop barrier. For full caption information, click on the "More Info" link in the upper right column. If you have potential materials to upload, contact Nancy Ambrosiano of the Communications Office at nwa@lanl.gov.

Password protection

Employees are required to follow established Laboratory password guidelines. Do not share computer user IDs, passwords, or PINs with anyone. Passwords must be changed at least every 180 days, and it's important to have different passwords for each application. Passwords must contain at least eight characters and three of the following four elements: English upper-case letters (A, B, C), English lower-case letters (a, b, c), Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3), and non-alphanumeric characters (!, <, #, $). For more information, go to http://policy.lanl.gov/pods/policies.nsf/MainFrameset?ReadForm&DocNum=P218&FileName=P218.pdf online (internal only).

July service anniversaries

Find the July service anniversaries online at http://www.lanl.gov/news/currents/2008/july/anniversaries.shtml.

In Memoriam

• James Rayford "Ray" Nix, 70, died May 8
• Richard Kenneth Van Vleet, 90, died May 11
• Glenn Robert Harry, 83, died May 26
• Marjorie Elizabeth Lark, 83, died May 29
• John Benjamin Cole, 88, died June 2
• James Andrew Bridge, 86, died June 6
• Burt Kenneth Davis, 59, died June 9
• Richard Ray Gomez, 41, died June 12