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October 09 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine

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Upgrade to Concur Travel Systems begins in November

The Concur Travel System will be upgrading to a new Concur interface, Concur Travel and Expense. This is part of an ongoing strategy to automate and improve the Concur Travel System. The phased Labwide rollout is scheduled to begin in November. See the Travel Home Page for more information. http://cfo.lanl.gov/travel/default.shtml

Sexual harassment prevention training deadline October 31

Don’t forget to take the mandatory sexual harassment prevention training course.

All Los Alamos National Security, LLC employees and managers must take the initial online sexual harassment prevention training by October 31. The training will cover how to identify and resolve situations requiring sexual harassment-related judgment and how to get help when unsure of the best course of action.

To access the training, go to the Virtual Training Center Web site.

PerforM Workbench and employees’ skills profiles now linked

Managers and employees can now link directly from an employee’s PerforM Workbench performance document to the skills profile maintained in the Workforce Capabilities Initiative database. During performance planning, managers and employees are encouraged to discuss employee capabilities and potential developmental opportunities as they set goals for the review period.

Employee Open Enrollment information sessions scheduled

Information sessions begin October 13 for active Los Alamos National Security, LLC employees regarding the changeover to a new health-care provider in 2010.

The first three sessions are in the Physics Building Auditorium. Additional sessions continue October 14 in the Jemez and Cochiti rooms of the Oppenheimer Study Center and into the following week at other locations around the Laboratory. The Benefits Office in Human Resources Division hosts the information sessions.

Open Enrollment 2009 for calendar year 2010 for LANS employees is November 2 to December 4. Employees and retirees are required to enroll in an offered medical plan so that they and their dependents can receive medical insurance during 2010.

On January 1, 2010, Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico will become the Laboratory’s medical insurance carrier, replacing United Healthcare and Anthem Blue Cross.

To read the complete schedule of information sessions, go online to http://www.lanl.gov/worklife/benefits/open/sessions.shtml.

New Global Security Directorate jobs advertised

The Global Security Directorate is restructuring its programs, and as a result, some new positions are open to the workforce and externally.

Global Security Directorate programs are organized around nine mission areas that directly tie the Lab’s core capabilities to national needs. The specific program areas and associated job postings are the following:

· Nuclear Nonproliferation
· Cyber Systems [See Job No. 218270]
· Space Systems [See Job No. 218268; 218269]
· Intelligence Analysis, Integration, and Exploitation
· Warfighter Support [See Job No. 218276]
· Counter Terrorist Tactics [See Job No. 218273; 218271]
· Countering Weapons of Mass Effect [See Job No. 218274; 218275]
· Event Response [See Job No. 218277]
· Resilient Global Infrastructure [See Job No. 218272]

To view a list of these and other jobs open at the Lab, go online to http://www.hr.lanl.gov/JobListing/index.aspx?JobType=LANL&RecScope=External.

October service anniversaries

Find the Octoberber service anniversaries online at http://www.lanl.gov/news/currents/2009/oct/anniversaries.shtml.

In memoriam

  • Andrew J. Giger, 82, died August 4
  • Santiago (Jim) Bustamante, 85, died August 16
  • Richard C. Walther, 75, died September 5
  • John W. Schroer Jr., 67, died September 26

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