November 4, 2003

Reporting of Security Incidents at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore) performs OBJECTIVES research and development activities in support of national defense that require the highest levels of security. The University of California (UC) manages and operates Livermore under contract with the Department of Energy (DOE), which includes the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). On May 13, 2003, Livermore officials issued a Press Release stating that a set of master keys assigned to a Livermore Protective Force Officer had been discovered missing on April 17, 2003. Later, on May 30, 2003, a Livermore official announced to employees that a master Tesa card, which is a plastic card- like key with a magnetic strip, had been discovered missing on April 12, 2003.