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For Immediate Release May 6, 2009 |
NNSA Announces Security Professional of the Year Awards | |
Security Professionals from Pantex, Los Alamos Recognized for Their Contributions to NNSA Security Programs | |
Washington, DC – National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Thomas D’Agostino today announced the recipients of the second annual NNSA Security Professional of the Year Awards. This Award recognizes one federal employee and one contractor employee whose contributions to the security programs within the NNSA enterprise exemplify the highest ideals of public service.
In a note to NNSA and contractor employees, Administrator D’Agostino announced that Roxanne E. Steward from the Pantex Site Office and David M. Telles from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have been selected as the Security Professionals of the Year for 2008. “Our security professionals dedicate themselves to protecting some of the nation’s most vital strategic assets, and in so doing, help advance broader U.S. national security goals,” said NNSA Administrator D’Agostino. “We are committed to maintaining the highest levels of safety and security throughout the nuclear security enterprise. I would like to thank Roxanne Steward and David Telles for all of their hard work and for their commitment to excellence.” Ms. Steward’s leadership and dedication were most evident when she served as the interim Assistant Manager for Safeguards and Security (AMSS) for the Los Alamos Site Office (LASO) in 2008. While on detail at LASO, she ensured a high level of performance within the Site Office and maintained effective oversight of contractor programs. Her assignment as interim AMSS came at a difficult time for LANL and LASO, as they were in the final stages of completing actions required by a DOE Compliance Order. Ms. Steward managed this process in a highly effective manner. In addition, she was instrumental in assisting NNSA management in defining scenarios required under the new Graded Security Protection Policy, and she led Pantex in the effective implementation of High Reliability Operations and Causal Factor Analysis. Established by Congress in 2000, NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science in the nation’s national security enterprise. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, reliability, and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear testing; reduces the global danger from weapons of mass destruction; provides the U.S. Navy with safe and effective nuclear propulsion; and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the U.S. and abroad. |
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