February 08 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine

Goals

Creating our future

A new year traditionally brings a host of resolutions, goals, and commitments. And so it is with the Laboratory, which recently introduced several new commitments for 2008.

Each of these commitments is directly tied to one of the Laboratory’s institutional goals, which range from safety and security to environmental stewardship, cybersecurity, and improved business practices. The new commitments are listed on the Goals and Plans Web site at http://www.lanl.gov/goals/. Last year’s commitments and their current status also are available at this site—most of the 2007 commitments are completed or nearing completion.

To find out what the commitments are for a particular goal and the progress being made in meeting that goal, as well as to read some related news articles, go to the Web site and click on a goal listed on the lower right side. Then click on "Commitments" on the lower left side of the next page to access that goal’s commitments and their target dates for completion. The Strategic Alignment (CAO-SA) group in the Contractor Assurance Office tracks the Laboratory's demonstrable progress in meeting these commitments and notes the progress on the Goals and Plans Web site.

Each month, Currents will feature a success story or an accomplishment related to a goal or commitment. This feature should help employees better understand how efforts at the Laboratory support the 12 institutional goals and how meeting these goals bolsters the Lab’s ability to apply outstanding science, engineering, and technology to national security.

For more information about the Laboratory’s goals and commitments, write to goals@lanl.gov.