
COVID related supply chain disruptions and pandemic-driven changes in workforce behavior has stressed an already lean procurement staff at the Sandia National Laboratories, which like the rest of the civilian nuclear weapons complex is managing much more spending as National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) weapons modernization programs ramp up, a labs procurement official said here Monday. Some of the personnel churn in Sandia’s procurement shop is the natural effect of mid-career people using their credentials to look for other jobs,…