Special Inquiry: IG-0584

Operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Office of Inspector General

January 28, 2003

January 28, 2003 

Operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory

On November 18, 2002, the Office of Inspector General began a fact finding inquiry into allegations that senior management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory engaged in a deliberate cover-up of security breaches and illegal activities, in particular, with respect to reported instances of property loss and theft. The Acting Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration requested this inquiry based, in part, on media reports that Los Alamos employees had misused the Government purchase order system to buy millions of dollars worth of goods for personal use and that Los Alamos management had attempted to hide these events from the Department of Energy and the public.

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    On November 18, 2002, the Office of Inspector General began a fact finding inquiry into allegations
    that senior management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory engaged in a deliberate
    cover-up of security breaches and illegal activities, in particular, with respect to reported instances
    of property loss and theft. The Acting Administrator of the National Nuclear Security
    Administration requested this inquiry based, in part, on media reports that Los Alamos employees
    had misused the Government purchase order system to buy millions of dollars worth of
    goods for personal use and that Los Alamos management had attempted to hide these events
    from the Department of Energy and the public.}.