February 16, 2007

Issued to the University of California related to Operational Performance at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

Today the enclosed Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) was issued to the University of California related to operational performance deficiencies at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Although civil penalties associated with the prior contract were waived by statute, the proposed penalty would have equaled $1.1 million dollars.