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Homeland Security

DoE Reduces Random Drug Testing For Some Contractor Employees

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Monday, February 11th, 2008

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By George Lobsenz In line with a September 2007 order from Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, the Energy Department has announced it will decrease the percentage of certain DoE contractor employees subject to random drug testing each year. The department said the change, announced Jan. 23, is being done in conjunction with Bodman's decision to subject all DoE employees holding security clearances--and all applicants seeking DoE jobs requiring security clearances--to annual drug testing. In a Sept. 14, 2007, memorandum, Bodman ordered…

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