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Transmission System Vegetation Management Program

The Department of Energy's Power Marketing Administrations (PMA) provide electric power used in homes, hospitals, financial institutions, and military installations. Customers in 22 Western and Southwestern states depend on the reliable and cost-effective delivery of this power. To provide this service, the PMAs maintain an infrastructure that includes electrical substations, high-voltage transmission lines and towers, and power system control centers. While protecting this critical infrastructure has always been important, it has received heightened awareness in the post-September 11th environment.

Power Marketing Administration Infrastructure Protection

On March 20, 2003, two subcontractor employees sustained injuries as the result of a steel stair component and temporary hoisting beam falling.

Computers are used extensively in the full range of operations at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), including processing classified national security information. LANL reported an inventory of approximately 5,000 laptop and 30,000 desktop computers at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2002. Department of Energy (DOE) and LANL property policies identify computers as “sensitive property,” due in part to their susceptibility to theft and potential for conversion to cash. It is an expected practice that management controls over computers throughout the DOE complex remain robust and consistent.der"}

Inspection of Internal Controls Over Personal Computers at Los Alamos National Laboratory

DOE prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for wildland fire management activites on the Idaho National Enginerring and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The EA was developed to evaluate wildland fire management options for pre-fire, fire suppression, and post fire activities. Those activities have an important rol ein minimizing the conversion of the native sagebrush steppe ecosystem found on the INEEL to non-native weeds. Four alternative management approaches were analyzed: Alternative 1-maximum fire protection; Alternative 2-balanced fire protections; Alternative 3- protect infrastructure and personnel; and Alternative 4- no action/traditional fire protection.

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Wildland Fire Management Environmental Assessment

Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program

The individual is an employee of a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor, and has possessed a DOE access authorization for over twenty years. As a result of information that he disclosed to the DOE in connection withan arrest, the individual was asked ...