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Create Interim LANL Oversight Committee |
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Responses
Received From
Energy,
Minerals and Natural Resources Department
SUMMARY
The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee
made the following amendments:
1.
Expanded the scope of the review to be
conducted and recommendations to be made to include “other workforce issues”
within the laboratory and “environmental concerns”.
2.
Clarified that a review of minority
employment and promotional opportunities is to relate to current employees, as
well as those terminated during the 1995 reduction in force.
House Joint Memorial 8 requests the Legislative
Council Service to re-create and continue to the work of the Los Alamos
National Laboratory Oversight Committee.
This committee was originally established during the 2002 Legislative
Interim. The purpose of the committee is
to receive
testimony regarding the composition of the
workforce at the lab, as well as to determine needed skill sets for employment
with the lab. The committee is
instructed to meet, as necessary, with a comparable
During the 2002 Legislative Interim, the
oversight committee named members to a public citizen advisory group to assist
in examination of educational needs to prepare
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
There may be some
fiscal implications for the Legislative Council Services. There may be costs associated with meetings
and travel.
ALTERNATIVES
An alternative could be to expand the purview of
the Interim Hazardous and Radioactive Materials Committee to include the
responsibilities set forth in this Memorial.
The new or expanded committee could also be directed to address the
issues of economic development and technology transfer opportunities relating
to the lab.
SJM/njw:prr