Editor’s Note: The Lab News invited Sandia Pres-
ident and Labs Director Paul Robinson to share his
personal thoughts about the terrorist attacks on the
World Trade Centers and the Pentagon with employ-
ees, retirees, and other
Lab News readers. Here is
what he wrote.
It was nothing short of heart stopping on
Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, with our eyes already
glued to the TV, our minds wondering how it
could have happened that a plane would collide
with one of the World Trade Center towers. Sud-
denly it happened again. The next observation
was so clear, so immediate, that it would allow
our minds no time to summon any alternative
explanation or doubt. We witnessed with
unspeakable horror — watching on live television
— as a large plane, immediately recognizable as a
passenger jet, was intentionally flown directly
into the second World Trade Tower, penetrating
its middle with a huge explosion of flames.
Stark memories
For me the memories were particularly stark
and painful. From late 1985 until early 1988, I sat
in the southwest corner of the 93rd floor of Tower
Two. Every day since the tragedy the faces flash
through my mind of all the people who were likely
there that morning — what has been their fate?
Our company, EBASCO (Electric Bond and
Share Co., but today a division of Raytheon),
had offices from the 77th floor through the 93rd
floor, yet each floor seemed enormous. WTC II
was an enchanting place. Elevators as big as your
bedroom would whisk crowds of people from
the ground level to the 78th floor “Sky Lobby”
in less than a minute where we would transfer to
one of many banks of regular-size elevators
Vol. 53, No. 19 September 21, 2001
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OLD GLORY FLIES PROUD — Our nation’s flag is raised to half-staff in front of Bldg. 800 honoring those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks last week. Silhouetted is Security Police Officer
Buster Dial (7140). In an unprecedented modern show of patriotism, Americans across the country displayed flags from their homes and places of business. (Photo by Randy Montoya)
EOC staff respond to crisis with cool heads, well-
rehearsed procedures, on-the-fly problem solving
Rep. Tauscher speaks at
Sandia/California
3
6
New groundwater
sensor sniffs toxins
“How can I
help.”
Those four
words, says Sandia
Chief Financial Offi-
cer and Div. 10000
VP Frank Figueroa,
captured the spirit
that prevailed in San-
dia’s Emergency
Operations Center
(EOC) in the hours
and days following
the deadly terrorist
attack on the US on
Sept. 11.
“There’s a stan-
dard emergency
response process that the Labs follows,” he says.
“It’s well documented, but it’s dynamic. In an
environment like that [the immediate post-attack
period], there’s a lot of solving problems on the
fly.”
An urgent page
Frank, one of several VPs who served in the
EOC during the crisis following the attack, recalls
the can-do, get-the-job-done attitude that has
been a hallmark of Sandia’s emergency response
personnel for more than 50 years (see sidebar:
“Coming through in a pinch . . . ” on page 4).
As the scope of the attack took hold, Sandia
management deter-
mined that staffing
of the EOC was
called for, both in
New Mexico and
California. Frank,
who was at an off-site
breakfast meeting
with Sandia suppli-
ers, received an
urgent page and sub-
sequently hurried
back to the Labs.
Terry Lovato of 7101
was already on station
acting as Sandia’s
Emergency Director.
Subsequently, Div.
14000 VP Lenny Martinez assumed the Emer-
gency Director role and Terry served as deputy.
In the first stages of the EOC staffing, Frank
PROTECTIVE FORCE Dept. 7140 Manager Frank Alton fields an
urgent call in EOC headquarters. (Photo by Randy Montoya)
(Continued on page 4)
At a time of crisis,
a message
to all Sandians
Managed by Lockheed Martin for the National Nuclear Security Administration
By C. Paul Robinson
“Sandia’s highest goal,” says Sandia President
C. Paul Robinson, “is to be the laboratory that our
country turns to first for technology solutions to
the most challenging problems that threaten the
peace and freedom of our nation and the globe.” In
striving toward that goal, it is not enough to deliver
exceptional products and services; Sandia’s mission
work must be carried out safely and securely.
The Integrated Safety Management System
(ISMS) that Sandia adopted several years ago has
proven effective, Paul says, so much so that what
was learned in the safety arena is now being tied to
security in an implementation called Integrated
Safeguards and Security Management (ISSM).
ISSM is designed to empower individuals to be
aware of and responsible for the security and the
safety of their own operations. The management of
security and safety rests on the quality principle
that states that highest quality is achieved by build-
ing quality “in” rather than depending on inspect-
ing “out” the defects.
By extending the previous integrated safety
approach to security issues, Sandia seeks to ensure
that employees and contractors 1) are aware of
what needs to be protected in the workplace (and
why) and that they plan and perform work accord-
ingly, 2) ask questions and obtain answers about
security issues, 3) participate in development of
requirements and effective implementation, and 4)
give their own ideas for how security might be
improved.
Paul says he is pleased that this view has won
acceptance within the new National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration (NNSA). Sandia is now partici-
pating in an action plan for an NNSA-wide rollout
of ISSM. Each of Sandia’s security-related roles and
responsibilities is clarified in a document on the
internal web at: http://www-irn.sandia.gov/iss/
CPR400.3.8/cpr400.3.8.htm. Also, the Line Integra-
tion Working Group (LIWG), with representatives
from every division, has sponsored development of
a Security Oversight and Requirements Review
Team, and a security web portal http://www-irn.
sandia.gov/iss/portal to develop, streamline, and
communicate Sandia’s security business rules. Over
the next several months, you’ll see various commu-
nications that show how ISSM is being applied at
Sandia.
Says Paul, “Your continued personal involve-
ment and strong support of Sandia’s efforts to effec-
tively integrate both safety and security into our
mission work are essential if we are to reach our
highest goal.”
Integrated Safeguards &
Security Management
approach rolled out
Emergency
— This issue of the
Lab News, like virtually everything
else in America, has been affected by the horrible events of Sept. 11.
It is a truncated issue, made necessary by the security concerns that
sent most Sandians — including
Lab News staff members — home at midday
that day and allowed them to return only on Sept. 13.
Other key
Lab News contributors — including Larry Perrine, who
usually writes this column — were kept busy extra-long hours at Sandia
working with our Emergency Operations Center and keeping Sandians and
others informed about developments. Some of them came in at 4 a.m. and
worked until 8 p.m. The EOC itself was operated round the clock. Nearly
70 Sandians worked there during the first two days alone. (See Bill
Murphy’s story beginning on page 1. Bill’s story focuses on the
Sandia/Albuquerque EOC, but the Sandia/California EOC was also
operated, with equal dedication.) Other related news and photos are on
pages 3, 4, 5, and 8.
* * *
Infamy — The images will stay with us forever — the two hijacked
airliners slicing into the World Trade Center towers, the twin 110-
story New York City buildings collapsing on themselves, a section of
the Pentagon severely damaged from impact of a third hijacked airliner.
A fourth failed to get to its target in Washington — perhaps the White
House or Air Force One — apparently because heroic passengers battled
the hijackers and caused it to crash in southern Pennsylvania. The
images of brave rescuers and grieving loved ones. Thousands of innocent
people dead.
Sandians share the revulsion of people everywhere at the
terrorists’ acts. We take pride in work intended to defend this nation
and to advance the causes of peace. Our mission, after all, is national
security in the broadest sense. Throughout the Labs, our people work on
a whole array of technologies and have deep expertise that will
undoubtedly be called upon to aid in the efforts to come.
For years Sandia’s leaders have tried to emphasize that it is
still a dangerous world, with dedicated enemies of freedom. It is
terrible that this has suddenly been so tragically demonstrated. For
now, the emotions we feel — shock, disbelief, horror, grief, anger,
sadness — are much the same as those of our fellow Americans and
friends throughout the world. Next, the nation and its allies must
channel those emotions into wise and effective action.
We invited Sandia President Paul Robinson to share his thoughts
with employees, retirees, and others who receive the
Lab News. After
his service as head of the weapons program at Los Alamos and before
joining Sandia in 1990 Paul worked for three years on the 93rd floor of
World Trade Center Tower Two. His extraordinary personal statement
begins on page one.
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Lab News wasn’t totally
correct. The question, regarding rude window
stickers on contractor vehicles, appeared on
page 8. The answer to that question should
have deleted (in the second paragraph) the
phrase “or contact the contractor’s manage-
ment with details.” The last sentence should
have read: “In addition to contacting your
management, you may also contact the Pro-
curement and Logistics Center, the Sandia
Contracting Representative, the Ethics and
Business Conduct Office, or the EEO/AA and
Diversity Department for assistance.”
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We gave the correct acronym but an incor-
rect name for one of the new Sandia buildings
prominent in the new aerial photo of Area 1 on
the back page of the Sept. 7 issue. PETL, the
building’s acronym, stands for Processing and
Environmental Technology Laboratory.
For the record
ISSM is designed to empower
individuals to be aware of and
responsible for the security and the
safety of their own operations.
Edith E. Blum (age 94).................................July 26
Donald J. Coleman (84)................................Aug. 4
Leslie L. Cole (87)..........................................Aug. 6
Lloyd J. Merrell (70)....................................Aug. 13
Joseph E. Taylor (83)...................................Aug. 16
Peter A. Peshlakai (85) ................................Aug. 19
Hugh H. Howe (87).....................................Aug. 24
Charles E. Wimmer (71).............................Aug. 25
Ernest L. Manning (86)...............................Aug. 29
Douglas W. Ballard (78)..............................Aug. 29
Jean J. Sherlin (87) ......................................Aug. 31
Retiree deaths
Retiring and not seen in Lab News pictures:
Frank Baca (7845), 22 years; Cecelia Gutierrez
(2911), 20 years; Martin Kodlick (5832), 35 years;
Mary Lockwood (10502), 11 years; and Dolores
Parra (7863), 31 years.
To Esther Hernandez (2300) on the death of
her mother-in-law, Alicia Hernandez, in Las
Cruces, Aug. 28, and the death of her sister, Rose
Soder, in Albuquerque, Sept. 4.
Sympathy
SANDIA LAB NEWS
•
September 21, 2001
•
Page 3
Rep. Ellen Tauscher speaks at Sandia/California
Saying it’s good to be home, Rep. Ellen
Tauscher visited Sandia/California during her
August recess for a community dialogue. Tauscher
represents Livermore and the 10th congressional
district.
About 60 people attended her talk, including
news media and several Lawrence Livermore
employees.
“We’re glad to have someone who loves us so
much,” said 8000 VP Mim John in her introduc-
tion, “and it couldn’t be more important in these
turbulent times.”
Tauscher said she expects the defense autho-
rization bill to reach a compromise between House
and Senate versions, hoping that nonproliferation
funds would increase by up to $57 million.
Voicing displeasure with proposed cuts in
nonproliferation, she said, “The theology of
national missile defense is hard to sustain with the
broad bandwidth of threats that are very much
part of the post-post-Cold War era. I’m a big sup-
porter of theater and wide-area naval defense in
the case of SCUD or ICBM launch . . . a national
missile defense can only handle a handful of
weapons, so it’s smart to make sure there are not
hundreds out there.” The threat needs to be “cor-
ralled,” she said, through continued efforts in non-
proliferation, including country-to-country and
scientist-to-scientist initiatives; intelligence, secu-
rity, and homeland defense activities.
A third-term Congresswoman, she is the rank-
ing Democrat on the House Armed Services panel
that oversees the National Nuclear Security Admin-
istration and takes pride in having helped to estab-
lish the NNSA along with Rep. Mac Thornberry, a
Texas Republican who heads the panel.
Confusion and no sense of ease
On the financial side, she would like to stimu-
late the economy and boost confidence, saying
that the slowing economy over the past year
reflects a paradigm shift. “Everything’s different —
we have globalization, and productivity is still
high, but there’s a trade deficit . . . We still don’t
have a sense of ease; the American public is bom-
barded with information that confuses
them.”
She favors ensuring a safety net
by not dipping into Social Security
funds or changing Medicare, and sees
a need to also provide prescription
drug benefits.
To stimulate the economy, she
voted for tax cuts — the only Bay
Area Democrat to do so. However,
she would have preferred a smaller
cut and a shorter time frame, saying
she felt it was “too great in the out
years — we can’t predict the econ-
omy for the next 10 years, but every
year in Washington we do it and
every time, we’re wrong.”
Tauscher felt the fifth year of a tax
cut could be a “trap door” adding to an
economic confidence problem; that
three years are more predictable and in
the fourth year the next phase of tax
cut should be stopped if the deficit is not being
paid down.
The 1980s saw 10 years of spending, she said
— a “party” with nothing to show for it in the long
run — followed by seven years of effort to win back
a fiscally responsible reputation through the 1997
balanced budget amendment.
Locally, she supports federal studies and
related assistance aimed at rapid transit in the
Tri-Valley and east of Antioch. Now that Califor-
nians have weathered the energy crisis, she
added that her next regional worry is water —
especially in the more bountifully supplied
North — ranging from conservation and quality
issues to storage and allocation.
They’re coming to California
“There are another 15 million people coming
to California,” she said, “and they’re all going to be
looking for water.”
Tauscher called the energy crisis “the largest
transfer of wealth from one state to another since
the end of the Civil War,” saying, “it wasn’t that
there wasn’t any power, it was that we couldn’t
afford what was being offered,” and thankfully the
state has been blessed by mild weather.
Although the state’s economy is the sixth
largest in the world, she said its stature can work
against it. “California is a place people are very jeal-
ous of — they think we have it all, we have enough
— and people will take advantage of you.”
Nonetheless, she said her 10-year-old daughter
SPEAKING TO EMPLOYEES during an August visit to Sandia/California,
well before the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, Rep. Ellen
Tauscher discusses the work ahead for Congress.
She discusses nonproliferation, NNSA, tax cuts, economy, treaties, transit, energy crisis, China
By Nancy Garcia
Katherine (“my most important constituent”),
who tagged along on her visit, likes being a Cali-
fornian and is looking forward to going to school
in California some day.
One listener mentioned that funding for on-
site inspections through the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty was cut — which the Congresswoman
said was part of a shift toward the national missile
defense and away from treaty regimes. Tauscher
lauded treaties as a mature and responsible way for
sovereign nations to manage their interactions,
saying that the administration has chosen to not
honor the Kyoto treaty and four others in the last
seven months.
Your worst suspicions
“That says to our allies and adversaries, ‘Your
worst suspicions about us may be true,’ ” she
warned.
A researcher from the Combustion Research
Facility noted that DOE’s Office of Transportation
Technology is also cutting R&D funding.
“No one can empirically prove our R&D
money has been wasted,” Tauscher responded.
“We should have more and more.”
In response to a Chinese-American employee
from LLNL who said he hopes the honeymoon
with John Gordon, the administrator of the new
National Nuclear Security Administration, lasts,
she said that circumstances that led to creation of
the NNSA have hurt retention and recruitment at
the labs, as well as the sense of pride.
Shock, grief, anger, sympathy, resolve: Four statements
Here are excerpts from statements issued last
week and this week to employees of DOE/NNSA and
Lockheed Martin:
Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy
We are all deeply saddened by today’s tragic
and horrific events.
I want to thank and commend the DOE per-
sonnel, especially the Emergency Operations staff,
who remained on the job to coordinate the
Department’s response and implement contin-
gency plans during this difficult time.
I want to offer my condolences to any DOE
staff who may have suffered the loss of a loved
one or friend in today’s terrible events. I join all
Americans in praying for the victims and their
families.
Gen. John Gordon, Administrator,
National Nuclear Security
Administration
Like each of you, I am in a state of shock, grief,
and anger over the terrorist attacks. With thou-
sands of casualties, many of us have been touched
in a very personal way by these horrific events. As
President Bush told us, “America has stood down
enemies before, and we will do so this time.” In
this light, our mission at NNSA, which in many
ways is to make the world a safer place, takes on an
even greater importance.
Please continue to do your job proudly and
with determination. We in the NNSA are an
extended family and will be there for those in
need. I offer my deepest sympathy and prayers to
the victims and families of those whose lives have
been changed forever by these unprecedented
attacks on the United States.
Vance Coffman, CEO, Lockheed Martin
We extend our thoughts, our hearts, and our
prayers to the families of fellow citizens who have
lost their lives or suffered injuries in these horrible
acts of violence. It may take a long time for the
magnitude of the tragedy to sink in. We place our
full faith and support in the president and our
democracy to meet this challenge with the same
fortitude and sense of purpose that have guided us
throughout our history.
I sincerely want to thank each of you for your
continuing support to our nation, our customers,
and fellow employees. Now more than ever, our
country needs our unwavering commitment. A
special thanks to all those entrusted with our safety
and security; your fellow employees appreciate
your calm and resolute dedication to duty.
Once again, thank you for your dedication and
support. I have full confidence that we will be true
to our American spirit and show our strong resolve
to serve this nation in meeting the challenges
ahead.
Mike Camardo, Executive Vice President,
Lockheed Martin Technology Services
As we begin the recovery and healing, I ask
that each of you continue doing your job with
determination and commitment. I am very proud
of all of you, and the work we do in support of our
government and her allies. What we do on a daily
basis moves this country forward, and in these
times, this focus on the future is more important
than ever.
It is also with immense pride that I commend
the Technology Services employees at ground zero
in both New York and Washington who are work-
ing tirelessly to support our customers, the govern-
ment, and the rescue teams.
I offer my deepest sympathy and prayers to
victims and families of those whose lives have been
changed forever by these unprecedented attacks on
the United States.
Let us answer with a firm recommitment to
the vision of our founding: that we are and will be
one nation, indivisible. United, we will continue to
stand strong.
SANDIA LAB NEWS
•
September 21, 2001
•
Page 4
Paul Robinson
(Continued from page 1)
(“locals”) that served seven particular floors, as
well as the 78th. The concept of sky lobbies and
local elevators was an award-winning break-
through in design for skyscrapers. Without that
idea it would have been impossible to have an
economic real estate proposition in buildings
that tall (110 stories above ground), since almost
all of the interior space would have been taken
up by elevators. Similarly, without that concept,
no one would have wanted to work in the upper
reaches because the elevator rides would have
been endless.
A cachet all its own
Residing in the twin towers had a cachet all
its own. Businessmen and women from all over
the world identified immediately with the World
Trade Center. They knew where you worked, and
they all were anxious to visit you. The view was
spectacular! Small aircraft constantly flew by,
lower than my windows. You could see every-
thing from there — most impressively, the Statue
of Liberty out in the water off the Jersey shore. It
was always extremely quiet up there. During the
Fourth of July celebration coinciding with the
100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, my
family spent the day with me on the 93rd floor,
and, as she looked down toward Battery Park, my
daughter asked, “Why do they have the gravel in
all of those colors?” I enjoyed taunting her:
“Watch carefully and you’ll see the ‘gravel’ mov-
ing.” “The gravel” was people, viewed from so
high up, packed ever so closely all around the
building as they waited for the tall ships and the
fireworks display.
The distinction and the enchantment are
no more. Who could have predicted that it
would have ended like this? My staff (in the
Advanced Technology Sector) performed a
study, while I was there, to estimate the lifetime
of the building. The strength of the building
was the stainless steel “cage” that formed the
outer superstructure of the building. Once you
were above the lower floors, all the windows
were exactly the same size, set to fill the space
between the welded stainless steel girders that
stretched all the way from top to bottom. Inter-
estingly, we concluded that the lifetime would
be limited by the corresponding lifetime of the
cofferdam at the base to keep the foundation
dry. To remain stable against the wind loads,
the base rocks had been transported from far
out on Long Island to get the right strength and
dryness. Were the supporting base to be
flooded, the torques created by the winds would
cause the building to be toppled.
No comprehending the loss
Some wondered whether it might meet its
end by a different catastrophe — destruction by a
nuclear explosion. The World Trade Towers
enjoyed the reputation as the Number One
Threat Site for phoned-in threats of “Improvised
Nuclear Devices.” As a result, your NEST team col-
leagues (Nuclear Emergency Search Team) all too
often learned more about the building than they
ever wanted to know. Each case was a false alarm.
But how strange that these two great buildings —
truly icons of America’s technology, ingenuity,
and riches — would be brought down by a hand-
ful of terrorists, beginning their destruction by
boarding airplanes carrying only small pocket
knives and box-cutters.
Now the towers are gone, and with them,
many thousands of lives also taken from us as
well. It pains me to write the terms “many thou-
sands.” How can anyone comprehend the depth
and breadth of even one of those lives — the
loved one of spouses, families, and friends, with
myriad aspirations and hopes — suddenly gone.
Within minutes of the gruesome and tragic
attacks in New York an identical tactic ripped a
giant wound into the side of the Pentagon in
our nation’s capital. The web of life is so
strange. Five weeks earlier, I had met in a win-
dowless conference room in the portion of the
building now gone. The same “flood of faces
flashing before my eyes” takes place for those
who occupied those spaces as well. Did any of
them make it out? Could it be, hope beyond
hope, that some had gone to meetings else-
where? One man in particular had a child with
a dangerous heart condition. Is he still alive to
care for that son?
Who will rise?
But when we lie down at night and try to col-
lect our thoughts, who can ever prevent the imag-
inings from flooding our minds of what it must
have been like for those doomed passengers on
each of those commercial flights. Here, too, the
similarities are all too stark. My life has been a
series of early morning flights, still feeling a bit
groggy as you find your seat on the aircraft. What
must it have been like, to be so rudely awakened
by the fear of a hijacking and its uncertainties —
a fear that lasted right up to those terrifying final
instants of their lives as the horrendous truth reg-
istered in their minds.
And with all of the deaths — in Washing-
ton, in New York, and with those who perished
in the airplane that took a sharp plunge to the
ground outside Pittsburgh — our nation faces a
great crisis.
Who will now rise to avenge their deaths?
Who will create the means of preventing or
blunting such attacks in the future? Who will
devise the new means of protecting our air
travel systems and
restoring our “open
and trusting” ways
of life? Who will
design the buildings
of the future to still
be just as beautiful
as those we lost, but
prove even more
protective of the
lives inside? Fur-
ther, who will step
forward to “wage
peace” by grappling
with the fundamen-
tal problems that
divide mankind and
succeed in securing
a lasting peace with
freedom for all? These tasks are not ours alone,
but they indeed are our challenges, just as
surely as there is any truth in our belief that sci-
ence and engineering have an enormous power
to make the world a better place. This week the
trumpet has sounded the call for “exceptional
service” louder than at any time in our lives. Let
us answer the call.
Under normal circumstances, if emergencies
can ever be considered “normal,” Sandia Facili-
ties VP Lynn Jones would be the emergency
director in the EOC. Lynn, however, was on
travel, unable to return to New Mexico. In her
absence, several VPs, directors, and managers —
Lennie Martinez (Div. 14000 VP), Frank Figueroa
(Div. 10000 VP), Don Blanton (Div. 3000 VP),
Executive Staff Director Les Shephard, Terry
Lovato (7101), Al West (7100), and Dave Corbett
(7800) — pitched in.
Les offered effusive praise for the commit-
ment of the EOC personnel.
“ ‘Exceptional service’ took on a new mean-
ing for me last week,” Les says. “Sandians in the
EOC and our security force went above and
beyond the call of duty to do whatever had to be
done to make sure that our facilities and our peo-
ple were safe and secure.” Les also praised the
“important and significant partnership” Sandia
has maintained throughout the crisis with Kirt-
land Air Force Base security forces.
Following is a list of Sandia staff who logged
in at the EOC during the first two days of the
emergency. The EOC was staffed 24 hours day
Sept. 11-16.
Chris Aas, T. J. Allard, Frank Alton, David Anglen,
Melecita Archuleta, Carolyn Armijo, Inez Atencio, Gary
Baldonado, Bruce Berry, Don Blanton, John Borzek,
Michelle Bruns, Angelo Campos, Don Carson, Dennis
Cavalier, Ed Cazzola, Susan Chavez, Larry Clevenger,
George Conner, Dave Corbett, Matt Custer, Mike Du
Mond, Bradley Eichorst, Frank Figuroa, Melanie Flores,
Judy Follis, Marvin Garcia, John German, Camille Gibson,
Steve Heaphy, Heidi Herrera, Emma Johnson, Janice
Johnston, Mary Klein, Michael Knazovich, H. R. Kubasek,
George Lasker, W. C. Layne, Jo Loftis, Terri Lovato, Lenny
Martinez, Chris Miller, Tami Moore, Chris Mullaney, Pat
O’Guin, Hans Oldewage, William Ortiz, Claude Potter,
Anita Reiser, C. Paul Robinson, Cynthia Romancito,
Dionne Sanchez, Maurice Sandoval, Kay Sanderville,
Gary Schmidtke, A. T.Schwyzer, John Sensi, Les Shep-
hard, Ron Simonton, Rebecca Statler, Reggie Tibbetts,
Pace VanDevender, Johnny Vaughan, Al West, Joan
Woodard, Paul Yourick, and Mike Zamorski, with consid-
erable support from the staff of the Thunderbird Café!
Coming through in a pinch: EOC crisis staffing
“This week the
trumpet has
sounded the call
for “exceptional
service” louder
than at any time
in our lives. Let
us answer the
call.”
“Now the towers are gone, and with them, many
thousands of lives also taken from us as well. It
pains me to write the terms “many thousands.”
How can anyone comprehend the depth and
breadth of even one of those lives — the loved one
of spouses, families, and friends, with myriad
aspirations and hopes — suddenly gone.”
SANDIA LAB NEWS
•
September 21, 2001
•
Page 5
EOC
(Continued from page 1)
says, “we went through the normal checklists,”
procedures that are well-rehearsed through fre-
quent drills and dry-runs.
The first requirement was to secure the site
and “make sure our defenses were commensurate
with the threat,” Frank says. There was never an
explicit threat directed at Sandia or other DOE or
base facilities, but EOC planners couldn’t know
that in the “fog of war” that characterizes sneak
attacks.
A great partnership
Frank notes that in the immediate wake of
the attack, Kirtland Air Force Base activated its
battle staff, a military equivalent to the EOC. As a
key base tenant, Sandia has a liaison to that
group. Sandia also maintains close contact with
other local EOCs through DOE’s Kirtland Area
Office Emergency Team. “They are right there
beside us. It’s a great partnership,” he says. “We
[KAFB, DOE, Sandia, and the City] made connec-
tion so that we all knew what we were doing, so
that we were all on the same page.”
After the initial stages of securing the facility,
Frank says, “We were very concerned to under-
stand the state of a number of Sandians who actu-
ally work at the Pentagon, target of one of the ter-
ror attacks. “With communications being so
difficult [right after the attacks] it took some time
to verify, but ultimately we were able to deter-
mine that all our folks were okay.”
At the same time, the EOC staff grappled with
a perhaps even thornier challenge: “How do we
get a handle on all our travelers? We started a
massive phone campaign to contact everyone
who was traveling that day. (See sidebar, “Travel
office staff assures Sandians’ safety on the road,”
this page.)
After securing the site and launching efforts
to verify the safety of off-site Sandians, Frank
says, the next issue was what to do about on-site
staff.
“Obviously we didn’t know what the terror-
ists’ intentions were, and there were plenty of
potential targets they could be interested in,
including military facilities. Consistent with
NNSA direction and Kirtland Air Force Base’s
force protection levels, we decided that the pru-
dent course would be to get nonessential staff off
site as soon as possible.” That’s when the call was
made to send people home beginning at about 10
a.m. on Sept. 11.
Other issues: the Microelectronics Develop-
ment Laboratory, the Neutron Generator facility,
and numerous other labs and facilities had to be
brought down in such a way that they could be
reactivated with as little disruption of work as
possible.
While the California site was able to reopen
on Sept. 12, the New Mexico site remained closed
an additional day while the Air Force imple-
mented new security measures. In the meantime,
Frank says, the Labs’ security staff “did yeoman’s
work,” the steam plant folks kept things up and
running, and the EOC staff worked on a round-
the-clock schedule.
For the immediate future, Frank, a former Air
Force officer, sees little likelihood that Kirtland
will relax its Force Protection Condition Charlie
security posture. “We are just going to have to
abide by that and do the best we can,” he says.
Travel office staff
assures Sandians’
safety on the road
It was almost immediately obvious that
the World Trade Center and Pentagon
attacks, along with an apparently foiled
attack that ended with a plane crash in
Pennsylvania, were part of a coordinated
terrorist assault on the US, using the airways
as a delivery system for destruction.
It was thus instantly apparent that the
400 or so Sandians on travel could be in
imminent danger. The good news: after an
exhaustive effort it was determined that
apparently no Sandia employees were
injured or in immediate danger during the
attack.
That was by no means certain at the
outset.
Following the activation of the Emer-
gency Operations Center, one of the first
orders of business was to determine the
status of traveling Sandians.
Camille Gibson, manager of the Labs
travel office, and members of her staff,
along with other folks from Center 10500,
immediately established a sort of triage
approach to the task: First, identify Sandi-
ans traveling or lodging on the East Coast
where the attacks seemed to be concen-
trated — Washington, New York, Boston,
and Pittsburgh. Next, identify any other
Sandians actually en route by air on Sept.
11. Third, identify Sandians on travel in
foreign countries.
Camille calls the task of tracking down
employees “monumental.” Problems com-
plicating the task: Some Sandians may have
changed travel plans and taken a different
flight than they had been scheduled to take.
Some may have had travel scheduled but
decided for whatever reason not to go. Sort-
ing out all the possibilities wasn’t straight-
forward.
In addition to checking travel records,
“we called department managers, secre-
taries, program managers, home numbers,
contact numbers.” We called hotels. We left
e-mail and voice mail messages.”
“People were very good at getting back
to us,” Camille says. “It was a great effort.”
Executive Staff Director Les Shephard
says the experience of trying to track down
traveling Sandians offered a vital “lesson
learned.” In the future, he says, it is essen-
tial that Sandians leave behind clear and
specific contact information.
STANDING WATCH — EOC staff and support personnel kept the EOC basement facility staffed 24 hours a day dur-
ing the first week after the terror attack on the US East Coast. (Photo by Randy Montoya)
The day after Tuesday’s terrorist attacks on New
York and Washington, Kirtland was so quiet you
could hear pigeons fluttering off the fire station at
the usually busy — but not that day — intersection
of Wyoming and F Street. Orange barrels and yellow
barricade tape accented base headquarters and other
buildings. No bustle of people — just silence.
Flags fluttered at half-staff and though children
were home from school on a bright, sunny Sept. 12,
few — if any — were playing outside. A lone truck sat
in the BX parking lot.
Instead of his normal job dispensing prescrip-
tions, Airman 1st Class Syed Zaidi of the 377th Med-
ical Group checked IDs at the satellite pharmacy.
“It’s depressing, shocking,” he said. “I couldn’t sleep,
thinking of all those innocent people. I normally
don’t watch the news, but I got up at five this morn-
ing and watched some more news. I just couldn’t get
enough.”
Staff Sgt. Brady McCoy of the 377th Security
Forces said, “One thing that is unusual is the quiet-
ness on the base.” He, Senior Airmen Jeremie Ritchie
and Patrick Benoit, and Airman 1st Class Jonathan
Scalise were in a Humvee, guarding the Gibson-
Pennsylvania intersection.
Where traffic
entered the base at
Gibson and
Louisiana until the
gate was moved
eastward a few
months ago,
Senior Airman
Thomas
Echelmeyer
inspected random
vehicles prior to
their being
allowed to wend
through barricades
and past the actual
guard post. “Most
people are really
helpful,” he said.
“They’re thankful
we’re protecting
them. I just got back from Kuwait, so I’ve been in
this state of readiness for a while.” And then, after a
pause: “But this is on our home front and not for-
eign soil. To a certain degree I feel my safety has
been invaded, but I know as a nation we’ll pull
together.”
— Dennis Schaefer
KAFB Public Information Office
Kirtland quiet on ‘day after’
INSPECTING EVERYTHING THAT MOVES — On Tuesday, Sept. 11, every vehicle that
entered Kirtland Air Force Base was subjected to the most rigorous search. Here, air-
men inspect a vehicle at the Wyoming gate. (Photo by Randy Montoya)
SANDIA LAB NEWS
•
September 21, 2001
•
Page 6
Real-time soil and groundwater chemical sensor
may become electronic ‘sniffer’ of the future
By Chris Burroughs
A Sandia-developed real-time gas- and water-
quality monitoring system that consists of a minia-
ture sensor array packaged in a weatherproof hous-
ing may become the underwater and underground
electronic “sniffer” of the future.
“It’s a unique monitor that can be put directly
underground — in groundwater or soils where the
humidity reaches nearly 100 percent — and detect
toxic chemicals at the site [
in-situ] without taking
samples to the lab,” says Cliff Ho (6115), researcher
working on the project. “It will be able to monitor
sites containing toxic chemical spills, leaking
underground storage tanks, and chemical waste
dumps — all in real time, potentially saving mil-
lions of dollars a year in the process.”
Traditional monitoring methods for sites that
may be contaminated with toxic chemicals usually
involve physically collecting water, gas, or soil spec-
imens at the location and taking them to a labora-
tory for analysis. Such off-site analysis can become
extremely expensive, with each sample analysis
costing between $100 to $1,000. In addition, the
integrity of off-site analysis can be compromised
during sample collection, transport, and storage so
that what scientists are analyzing may not be the
same as what’s at the site.
The monitoring system developed by Cliff and
fellow principal investigator Bob Hughes (1744) is
designed to be left at the site. It would send back
information in real time on solvents present and
their concentrations to a data collection station
where the information would be downloaded and
analyzed. Telemetry methods can also be
employed to transmit the data wirelessly from
remote stations to a computer that would upload
the information to an interactive web site, provid-
ing immediate access to authorized individuals any-
where in the country.
Chemiresistor
The heart of the device is an array of differing
miniature sensors that can detect volatile organic
compounds (VOCs). Called a chemiresistor, each
polymer-absorption sensor is fabricated by mixing a
commercial polymer dissolved in a solvent with
conductive carbon particles. The ink-like fluid is
deposited and dried on wire-like electrodes on a
specially designed microfabricated circuit. When
VOCs are present, the chemicals absorb into the
polymers, causing them to swell. The swelling
changes the electrical resistance that can then be
measured and recorded. The amount of swelling
corresponds to the concentration of the chemical
vapor in contact with the polymers.
A reversible process, the polymers will shrink
once the chemical is removed, reverting the resis-
tance to its original state.
“By using four different kinds of polymers —
one for each sensor — we think we can detect all
solvents of interest,” says Bob, who developed the
sensors for the project.
The array of differing sensors can be used to
identify different VOCs by comparing the resulting
chemical signatures with those of known samples.
So far, the chemiresistor array has been shown to
detect a variety of VOCs, including aromatic hydro-
carbons like benzene, toluene, and xylenes; chlori-
nated solvents like trichloroethylene (TCE); and
aliphatic hydrocarbons like hexane and iso-octane
— all compounds that are the primary contami-
nants at many commercial and DOE sites.
In addition to a miniature temperature sensor
and heater that are already part of the chemiresistor
chip, future designs of the same microfabricated cir-
cuit containing the chemiresistor array will also
include a preconcentrator to increase the sensitivity
and detection limits of the sensor.
The temperature sensor will monitor the tem-
perature, while the heater will keep the temperature
levels high enough so that water will not condense
on the sensors. The preconcentrator will concen-
trate chemicals at ambient temperature on an
adsorbent material and then, by heating the pre-
concentrator, the chemicals will be freed so they
can be ana-
lyzed by the
chemiresis-
tors. This
makes it pos-
sible to ana-
lyze chemi-
cals whose
concentra-
tion levels
may be too
low for direct detection by the chemiresistors.
Waterproof package
But it’s the way the sensors are packaged that
allows the device to be placed in water or under-
ground. The protective package surrounding the
chemiresistor chip developed by Cliff and other
team members is small — about three centimeters
in diameter. It is designed to be rugged and water-
proof while allowing the chemiresistors to be
exposed to VOCs in both aqueous and gas phases.
Recent versions of the housing have been con-
structed of stainless steel; earlier versions used PEEK
(PolyEtherEtherKetone), a semicrystalline plastic
resistant to chemicals and fatigue.
“The package is modular like a
watertight flashlight and is fitted with
O-rings,” Cliff says. “It can be
unscrewed, allowing for easy exchange
of components.”
Another unique feature of the pack-
aging is that it has a small “window”
covered by a GORE-TEX
®
membrane to
maintain a waterproof seal. Like cloth-
ing made of GORE-TEX, it repels liquid
water but “breathes,” allowing vapors
to diffuse across the membrane. If the
device is immersed in contaminated
water, VOCs dissolved in the water will
partition across the membrane into the
gas phase, where they are detected by
the chemiresistors.
Inside the packaging the chemi-
resistors are placed on a 16-pin dual
inline package connected to a long
weatherproof cable. The cable then can
be connected to any data logger. Since
only DC measurements are being made,
the cable can be almost any length.
The research team will soon be
starting the second year of a three-year
LDRD program and plans several field tests of the
device. They recently deployed the chemiresistor
sensor package at the Sandia Chemical Waste Land-
fill for a long-term test.
“I intend to record data for at least several
weeks to several months to determine how the
chemiresistor sensors will perform in a real
in-situ
environment,” Cliff says. “The sensor is suspended
about 60 feet down a screened well that has a depth
of about 500 feet to the water table, and it is logging
data every hour.”
He hopes to learn from this field test the
longevity of the sensor and the importance of tem-
perature variations, barometric pressure changes,
and ground humidity.
At the start of the new fiscal year Cliff plans a
test at Edwards Air Force Base to determine the per-
formance and robustness of the sensor package in
wells with high chemical concentrations. Another
is scheduled at the Nevada Test Site where the
device will be tested in 55-gallon drums in an effort
to evaluate how the sensors would act in a chemical
spill.
Cliff and his team also have demonstrated
novel characterization methods using real-time
in-situ data from the chemiresistors in laboratory
experiments to locate contaminant spills and opti-
mize remediation methods.
“Over the next few years I expect we will see
this invention being applied to DOE sites that
require monitoring, remediation, and/or long-term
stewardship of contaminated sites, which currently
spend millions of dollars for off-site analysis of
manual samples,” Cliff says. “This device can also
be applied to numerous commercial sites and appli-
cations, such as gas stations, which include more
than two million underground storage tanks that
require monitoring to satisfy EPA requirements.”
Device consists of miniature sensor array packaged in a weatherproof housing
BOB HUGHES, “Dr. Chemiresistor,” holds chemiresis-
tors that are part of the real-time gas- and water-qual-
ity monitoring system he and Cliff Ho developed.
FIELD TEST — Cliff Ho (6115, left) and Henry Bryant (6134) deploy a
chemiresistor package at the Sandia Chemical Waste Landfill as part of
a field test.
Team members
Team members working on the real-
time gas- and water-quality monitoring sys-
tem include: Chad Davis (1744), Mike
Thomas (1744), Mark Jenkins (1769),
Graham Yelton (1743), Jonathan Blaich
(1763, University of New Mexico student),
Mike Kelley (6115), Michael Itamura
(6852), Dan Lucero (9117), Angela McLain
(6115, UNM student), Lucas McGrath
(6115, UNM student), Irene Ma (6115,
UNM student), Sharissa Young (6134),
Henry Bryant (6134), Jeff Zirzow (6233),
Cathy Nowlen (1745) and Paul Reynolds
(Team Specialty Products).
Find out more about the miniature sen-
sors at http://www.sandia.gov/sensor
CLOSEUP of sensor housing and cable.
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YELLOW LAB/MIX, female, sweet
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caring family, shots, spayed,
ID chip. Mora, 291-1250.
CRAFTSMAN ROUTER, 1-hp,
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man Tool Vac, auto on & off,
w/manual, $75. Page,
275-1665.
KIRBY VACUUM CLEANER, w/full
set of attachments, works well,
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FOUR TIRES, Firestone Light Truck,
LT 215/75R15, Wilderness AT 3,
15K miles, not recalled, $200
OBO. White, 255-8958.
QUEEN SOFA SLEEPER, 78-in.,
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tuxedo style, light-cream
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BOARDS, eight 2x4s, 30”-40”, free
for the taking. Hayes, 299-1200.
BABY CRIB/BED/DRESSER, combo
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898-3379.
TEMA BAR STOOL, brand-new,
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CARDIOGLIDE, hardly used, $25.
Carroll, 298-2827.
’99 DIAMOND TRAILER, 16-ft.,
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tires, very good condition,
$1,850 OBO. Avila, 281-1200.
CAMPER SHELL, fiberglass,
excellent condition, fits
’88-’98 long wide-bed Chevy,
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Wolcott, 898-8329.
RYOBI DRILL/DRIVER, 18V,
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six 3-blade ceiling fans, new,
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RANCH OAK DRESSER, chest
w/drawers, corner desk, &
chair, solid wood, $150. Filter,
823-1232.
OFFICE FURNITURE: 2 tables,
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keyboard tray, hardly used,
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TREADMILL, ProForm 920,
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REBIKE RECUMBENT BIKE, very
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Levin, 897-7145.
TWO BACKPACKS: blue REI,
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SOUTHWEST ROUNDTRIP TICKET,
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Bollig, 294-8077.
TWO BASKETBALL SEASON TICKETS,
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Giersch, 228-3528.
WEIGHT BENCH, w/incline adjust,
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weights, $50. Torres, 292-1663.
NM COLLIE RESCUE: 8 collies
(1 mix) available for adoption to
approved homes, 3 mos. to 12
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Zimpel, 286-1475, leave
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856-7055.
FOUR TIRES, Pirelli Scorpion, AT
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SOUTHWEST TICKET, roundtrip,
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Southwest flies, $325. Holland,
856-3697.
SOFTWARE, Microsoft Office XP
Professional, in unopened box,
full retail price $579, upgrade
price $329, asking $300.
Cocain, 281-2282.
TRUNDLE BED, steel frame
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299-4865.
SAMSONITE FOLDING CHAIRS,
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881-7128.
IN-GROUND HOT TUB, w/cover,
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Flores, 291-0512 or 228-2306.
PULSE DRUM SET, 5-piece,
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Adams, 821-0899.
FIREWOOD, $70 cord; video
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PATIO FURNITURE, deluxe 9-piece
Web Finkel, 36-in. glass table,
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stand, 2 chaise lounges, $280.
Hagerman, 280-1696.
TWO SOUTHWEST TICKETS,
roundtrip, anywhere SW flies,
expire 8/2002, fully transferable,
$315 ea. Lopez, 275-2090.
K-2 ROLLER BLADES, man’s size 10,
$50; martial arts hand- & foot-
pads, size M/L, excellent, $25.
Williams, 344-7596.
HP SCANNER, Model 4P, includes
ISA-SCSI card, HP & Visioneer
software, & manuals, $75.
Pelletier, 884-3726.
LAB/SHEPHERD CROSS, female,
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gentle disposition, microchip ID,
shots. Zelnio, 877-1465.
FOUR TRUCK TIRES, Michelin,
31x1050, LT ATX, excellent
condition, $150 OBO for all.
Schol 254-2100.
NEW TIRE, P185/80R13, tread
wear 330, traction A, tempera-
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Holmes, 292-0898.
TIRES/RIMS, Chevy truck, 2 tires
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8-lug rims, 4 chrome wheel
covers, all $35. Pinick, 530-4783
or 897-6425.
FOUR WINTER COVERS for evapo-
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the set. Moss, 298-2643.
DINETTE SET, round table
w/extension & 4 upholstered
chairs, excellent condition,
$250 firm. Chorley, 296-1454.
SPA, Baja Industries, 6-seater,
1-hp circulation pump, air
motor, air-operated switches,
heater, filters, $250. Little,
883-9329.
YARD SALE, Fri. & Sat., 9/21 & 9/22,
319 Jefferson NE, 7:30 a.m.,
collectibles, vintage jewelry,
steamer trunk, housewares, file
cabinets, darkroom equipment,
tools. Everett, 268-7818.
COMPUTER HUTCH, w/pull-out
keyboard & printer shelf,
good condition, $20. Fong,
822-1367.
FULL-SIZE BED w/box spring,
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both good condition. Hampton,
896-3218.
KENMORE SELF-CLEANING oven,
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Guttmann, 888-5114.
KITTEN, female, to good home,
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OFFICE DESK, 47”L x 30” x 26”,
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CRAFTSMAN TABLE SAW, 10-in.,
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exercycle, $20; dual halogen
shop light, $20; furniture/
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TWO TIRES, P235 75 R15, 1
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BOSE 901 SPEAKERS, Series VI,
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’79 CORVETTE, Indianapolis pace
car, silver, glass T-tops, new
454 Big Block, w/shift-kit, new
leather interior, $12,000.
Sisneros, 247-0666.
’00 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA, 4WD,
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’96 CADILLAC SEVILLE, 4 dr. sedan
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256-5196.
’99 CHEVY S-10 PICKUP, ext. cab,
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cassette, red, sunroof, $4,000.
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camper shell, bed liner, tow
package, perfect condition,
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271-0741.
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7354, or 7384.
’95 FORD CONVERSION VAN,
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75K miles, excellent condition,
$9,500 OBO. Archibeque,
898-2955.
’90 PONTIAC FIREBIRD, all power,
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Lindgren, 271-1328.
’89 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE, white,
AC, AM/FM, cruise control,
excellent condition, $1,500
OBO. Brannon, 296-6674.
’95 NISSAN PICKUP, 4x4,
76K miles, grill guard, alarm,
lift package, many extras,
$7,950. Moreno, 888-5959 or
294-4268.
’91 HONDA CIVIC WAGON, 4WD,
140K miles, brown, AT, AC,
clean, excellent condition,
$3,500. Aragon, 899-0122.
’91 DODGE CARAVAN SE, 3-liter
engine, 130K miles, good tires,
runs great, tow package,
$1,725 OBO. Miller, 275-8154.
’97 FORD EXPLORER XLT, FWD,
white, excellent condition,
Michelin tires, 68K miles,
$9,000. Shettlesworth,
883-6143.
’88 FORD RANGER XLT, super cab,
excellent condition, AT, AC,
gray, nice rims, 107K miles, CD,
$2,950. Sorensen, 822-1733.
’97 DODGE RAM 1500, club cab,
4WD, red, AT, AC, AM/FM CD,
49K miles, loaded, like new,
$19,800. Trujillo, 899-9471.
’99 CHEVY S-10 PICKUP, ext. cab,
2.2L, 5-spd., AC, AM/FM, only
16K miles, $9,650 OBO. Finch,
296-6663.
’95 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT, pick-
up, 5-spd., bed liner, alloy
wheels, new tires, more,
$4,900. Lenberg, 238-0362.
’98 VOLVO WAGON, Cross-
Country, AWD, all power
options, leather, sunroof,
highway miles, immaculate,
$21,000. Brown, 261-4595.
RECREATIONAL
POP-UP CAMPER, 25th Anniversary
’93 Jayco Cardinal, awning,
toilet, shower, closet, new battery,
$3,500. McRee, 898-5030.
’93 HARLEY-DAVIDSON, Dyna
Wideglide, excellent condition,
Screaming Eagle kit, aqua two-
tone, 23K miles, $11,000.
Chavez, 298-7465.
CAMPER TRAILER, ’71 Starcraft
pop-up, sleeps 4-6, stove, sink,
icebox, propane bottle, old but
great condition. Schamaun,
298-5192.
’87 WILDERNESS TRAVEL TRAILER,
24-ft., sleeps 7, self-contained,
AC, large refrigerator, excellent
tires, $5,000. Prentice,
299-4595.
’92 COACHMEN CAPRI CAMPER,
25-ft., Class A, 14K miles,
$20,000 OBO. Kennedy,
865-7874.
’98 HARLEY ULTRA CLASSIC, full
dresser, white, approx.
14K miles, w/light bar, more,
$18,000 OBO. Montoya,
299-0624.
’86 PACE ARROW ELEGANZA,
Class A, 31-ft, loaded,
includes tow kit for car. Stixrud,
298-0478.
’92 TIOGA ARROW MOTORHOME,
new awing, AC, 460 Ford V8,
excellent condition, 61K miles,
$20,500 OBO. Hahn, 822-1341.
’01 HARLEY DAVIDSON, Heritage
Classic, 2,500 miles, w/extras,
dark blue, $21,000. Gore,
836-7477.
’87 SUN VISTA MOTORHOME,
31-ft., 1 owner, $12,000; 21-ft.
Weekender cabin cruiser, best of
show in ’84, $9,000. LaFon,
298-1636.
MAN’S ALL-TERRAIN BICYCLE,
21-spd. Giant Sedona, barely
used, $99 OBO. Jones,
843-9645.
REAL ESTATE
3-4-BDR. TOWNHOME, The Shores,
beautiful 3-level, 3-1/2 baths,
fully painted, new carpet & hard-
wood floors, view of ponds, quiet
& nice neighborhood. Hoffman,
269-1604, ask for Francie.
3-BDR. MOBILE HOME, double-wide,
at 4HMHP, 2 baths, excellent con-
dition, many upgrades, great yard
w/fruit trees, $19,500. Romero,
275-1737.
2-BDR. HOME, 1-3/4 baths, fireplace,
skylights, new carpet & tile, 2-car
garage, near Montgomery &
Pennsylvania, approx. 1,300 sq.
ft., $122,500. Decker, 889-2726.
2.5-ACRE VIEW LOT, secure gated
community, East Mountains,
20 min. from lab, water, power,
phone, $39,500. Smith,
281-5096 or 281-2851.
2-BDR. MOBILE HOME, 14’ x 52’,
KB Baywood, w/vaulted ceilings
& all appliances, in 4-Hills park,
clean & affordable. Haushalter,
275-6772.
WANTED
ELECTRIC CONCRETE MIXER,
small-capacity, electric, will buy
outright or purchase part interest.
Leeman, 281-7949.
HOBBY/TALENT DONATIONS, tax
deductible, for the Sandia High
School Silent Auction, Oct. 6.
Rockwell, 884-4206.
DAY BED OR FUTON, in good
condition. Mcintyre-Pacheco,
873-0999.
ROOM TO RENT, or house-sitting,
for German student from
mid-Sept. to mid-Dec.,
non-smoker, needs kitchen
privileges. Newman,
255-3602, ask for Greg.
SNOWBOARD car-top carrier.
Callahan, 298-6674.
MID-SIZE REFRIGERATOR & gas
range, in good working
condition. Vigil, 880-0026.
MAN’S GOLF CLUBS, Callaway
Warbird, 7-wood & 9-wood,
’96 RCH graphite shaft, regular
flex, excellent condition only.
Malcomb, 294-6975.
SUZUKI SAMURAI HARDTOP,
cutting torch, heavy-duty
hand grinder, electric air
compressor, air tools. Greene,
890-6808, ask for Bill.
WORK WANTED
STUDENT WILL provide vehicle
maintenance, tune-ups, oil,
brakes, small repairs, great
prices. O’Rourke, 453-8177.
LOST & FOUND
RING, found in Bldg. 10520
(Research Park), please call and
identify. Cotinola, 352-3881.
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Coronado Club
Sept. 21 — Comedy show. A la carte
buffet will be available. After the show, the
bar will have drink specials and entertain-
ment with DJ/karaoke.
Sept. 28 — Mystery Dinner Theater.
Sept. 30 — Brunch, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.;
entertainment, 1-5 p.m.
Oct. 5 — Octoberfest featuring special
German cuisine.
Oct. 19 — Country and Western night
featuring dinner and dancing with a live
country/western band.
GOING & COMING — After word of the strikes at the World Trade Center and
the Pentagon Sept. 11, all nonessential Sandians were sent home at mid-morn-
ing. The upper photo shows the streams of cars leaving the Wyoming gate
around 10 a.m. The bottom picture was taken early Thursday, Sept. 13, two
days after the attack, when Sandia reopened. Kirtland Air Force Base was under
heightened security, causing identification of all entering the base to be checked
and resulting in long backups. (Photos by Randy Montoya)
Heavy traffic greets Sandians going and coming
Sandia strategy boosts small-business suppliers,
Joan Woodard testifies at House field hearing
As a result of an explicit strategy, Sandia con-
tinues to fulfill its wide array of goals in support
of small business, Executive VP and Deputy direc-
tor Joan Woodard told the US House of Represen-
tatives Committee on Small Business in a field
hearing in Santa Fe Aug. 27.
“I am pleased to report that Sandia. . . has
met or exceeded all its goals for small, small dis-
advantaged, women-owned, and 8(a) businesses
in each of the last five fiscal years, and we are on
track to do the same in fiscal year 2001,” Joan
said.
She said 57 percent of Sandia’s procurement
dollars went to small businesses during the last
five fiscal years, a total of nearly $1.5 billion. She
reported that about half of all the funds that San-
dia spends on commercial business procurements
is with firms in New Mexico — $250 million a
year on average.
These figures — and others she gave — “are
encouraging,” she said, “but it would be mislead-
ing to leave the impression that our procurement
policy gives preference to small and local busi-
nesses regardless of merit or comparison with
other competitive entities. Our goal is to acquire
goods and services that meet the requirements of
DOE mission programs in terms of performance,
cost, and schedule. The many small businesses
that win awards with Sandia. . . must meet high
quality standards.”
“Sandia’s success in providing contracting
opportunities for small businesses is the result of
an explicit strategy established and overseen by
top management and carried out by talented pro-
fessionals in our procurement and partnerships
organizations,” Joan said.
Proactive and committed
“We are proactive in seeking out small,
minority, women-owned, and 8(a) suppliers to
compete for our contracts,” she said. “We are
committed to developing and maintaining effi-
cient processes for subcontractor solicitation,
selection, and award.”
Sandia has two departments that actively
work with small businesses and the local business
community — Small Business Advocacy Office
1302 (Vic Chavez, manager) and Supplier Rela-
tions Dept. 10205 (Cynthia Schneeberger, man-
ager). They team together to carry out the strate-
gies and goals Joan described in her testimony.
Sandia’s success in the small-business arena
has been recognized nationally, Joan said, includ-
ing the Dwight D. Eisenhower award from the
Small Business Administration in 2000, DOE’s
designation of Sandia as Management and Oper-
ating Contractor of the Year in 2000, the US His-
panic Chamber of Commerce’s designation of
Sandia as Southwest Region Business Advocate of
the Year in 2000, and DOE’s Small Business Spe-
cial Emphasis Award, for small business contract-
ing, in June 2001.
She said Sandia regularly seeks feedback
about its small-business practices. While the
results “are generally very positive,” she empha-
sizes that she knows the Labs can do even better
and is constantly looking for ways to improve.
She noted that Sandia’s procurement and
partnership organizations conduct outreach pro-
grams and arrange technical assistance for small
businesses to encourage their success.
Simply good business practice
Joan said Sandia doesn’t have a preference
policy for New Mexico suppliers, but added, “It is
simply good business practice to encourage local
and small suppliers” to be competitive. “We need
a local supplier base that can offer world-class
capabilities, services, and products with high lev-
els of quality performance.”
“These two objectives — helping New Mexico
small businesses and fostering a world-class sup-
plier base for our mission needs — should not be
seen as incompatible,” Joan said.
She noted that some of the efforts to bolster
efficiency have caused “some pain and disloca-
tion in the supplier community” but were never-
theless necessary. As an example she cited staff
augmentation contracting.
“Previously, Sandia had hundreds of contrac-
tors providing staff augmentation. Today that
number has been reduced to eight. . . .These firms
are stronger, more responsible, and flexible, and
are able to compete at a higher level.”
“With the cooperation of the supplier com-
munity, we have automated the cost-allocation
process, reduced invoice processing costs and
other internal contracting costs, gained advan-
tages related to economics of scale, simplified
processes, and challenged our contractors to
reduce their costs as well.”
She said Sandia recognized that the consoli-
dation process of staff augmentation contracts
“was not going to be a painless process.” She said
she hopes participants will agree that the change
has strengthened contractors’ ability to acquire
and retain the supplemental talent Sandia
requires, but she acknowledged that there are still
concerns to be resolved.
Joan noted that Sandia offers a variety of sup-
plier development resources. Among them are
training opportunities for local suppliers, quality
assurance training in accordance with ISO 9000
standards, and a new mentor-protégé program
offered by Sandia’ Small Business Advocacy Office
(
Lab News, Aug. 24).
“Our desire,” she concluded, “is to provide
opportunities not just for contracting, but for
small businesses to deliver levels of quality perfor-
mance that make them competitive with peer
companies anywhere in the world. We are eager
to partner with our small-business suppliers for
mutual excellence.”
Joan’s full testimony can be found at
http://www.sandia.gov/testimony/pdf/010827.pdf.
You may donate used
wheelchairs, attend disability
outreach fair Sept. 29
Sandia employees, contractors, and retirees:
Do you have an unused wheelchair stored away?
Crutches? Walkers? Canes? Now is the time to do
something constructive with them.
Wheels For the World, a nonprofit organiza-
tion, will collect them and have them restored to
near new condition before sending them to those
in need abroad.
Wheelchairs and metal walking aids are being
collected all this month, culminating on Satur-
day, Sept. 29, with a community health fair and
disability outreach event at Calgary Chapel, 4001
Osuna Rd. NE, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. A wheelchair tune-
up clinic, where users can get their chairs safety-
checked, tuned-up, and steam-cleaned, will run
there during that same time. The latest wheel-
chair models, cushions, vans, and other equip-
ment will be on display. The event is scheduled to
be preceded at 7 a.m. with tethered hot air bal-
loon rides.
For more information or to donate a wheel-
chair, walker, crutches, or canes, call Paul or
Debbie Faculjak (ret.) at 823-9686.
