Vol. 25, No. 17 
NNSA Issues Early Milestone Decision on Los Alamos Pit Production
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Contracts & Procurement
Feedback Due in May on Draft RFP for Megabuck Savannah River Ops Contract
The Department of Energy this week published the highly-anticipated draft solicitation for a potential 10-year, $21.5-billion management and operations contract for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The draft request for proposals (RFP) was published Wednesday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Non-Proliferation
NNSA Deputy Nomination Sent to Senate
President Joe Biden this week formally sent to the Senate Frank Rose’s nomination to be principal deputy administrator for the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration. Last week Biden announced his intention to nominate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
GAO Urges Better Vetting for NNSA’s High-Performance Computer Purchases
The National Nuclear Security Administration failed to follow federal best practices for acquisitions prior to ordering its $600-million El Capitan high-performance computing system, a congressional watchdog said in a report this week. The Government Accountability… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
COVID-19 Jabs Accelerate Across the Nuclear Security Enterprise, Telework Declining at Labs
The number of second-dose vaccines administered at the Pantex Plant in Texas and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee doubled this week with over 4,000 employees fully vaccinated across both sites, as the number of jabs continues to increase across the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Defense & Military
Biden Picks Frank Kendall For Air Force Secretary, Heidi Shyu For Pentagon’s Top Researcher
BY MATTHEW BEINART President Joe Biden announced this week he is nominating Frank Kendall, a former top acquisition official at the Pentagon, as the next secretary of the Air Force and Heidi Shyu, the Army’s former lead acquisition executive, to be the next undersecretary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You […]
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Non-Proliferation
Senate Approves Pentagon Policy Chief Without GOP Support
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to approve the nomination of Colin Kahl’s nomination for the Pentagon’s top policy job on a party-line vote of 49-to-45. President Joe Biden’s pick to be undersecretary of defense for policy, Kahl failed to win a single Republican… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Los Alamos NNSA Field Office Gets Two New Deputy Managers
The Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration this week appointed two new deputy managers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory field office in New Mexico. Jason Saenz will be the new deputy manager for technical operations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
Wrap Up: Burns & McDonnell Taps Federal Strategy Director
Kansas City, Mo.-based Burns & McDonnell recently named Willie Clark as its federal strategy director, the company announced this week. For the previous almost nine years, Clark had been the giant engineering corporation’s federal business development manager,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]