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LANL Director Says Trump Return to Office Order Doesn’t Affect the Lab

Sarah Salem

Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

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President Trump’s return-to-office mandate for federal workers did not affect Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel, who already work mainly on site, the lab’s director said on a virtual town hall Tuesday. “Nobody’s making pits in their garage,” Thom Mason, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, said on the zoom call. “Everything has to be onsite.” On Monday, Trump, hours after being sworn into office, signed an order largely ending remote work for federal workers. Mason said Tuesday that because the…

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