[LWVNM Action] Federal Workforce in New Mexico

[Judy Williams]

I saw an article this morning listing the hardest-hit states.  I believe NM
was #5, or maybe 4.  I can't find the link now.  Judy

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM Barbara Calef via Action <
action at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Dick,
> Most of the ~15,000 people working at LANL are not federal employees.
> Since I have not seen the article, I don't know what it is claiming.  I
> spoke to an NNSA employee on Sunday.  She said that NNSA has 80 people at
> the Lab.
> From Google: *According to available information, while the exact number
> fluctuates, around 120 DOE employees are stationed at Los Alamos National
> Laboratory (LANL) to provide federal oversight over the laboratory's
> operations, making them the primary "federal employees" within the LANL
> workforce; the vast majority of LANL employees are not directly federal
> employees but work for the contractor company that operates the lab, Triad
> National Security, LLC. *
> Barbara
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM Richard Mason via Action <
> action at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
>> New Mexico has highest percentage of federal workers across all districts
>> - from an AP article
>>
>> All three of New Mexico’s House districts are represented by Democrats,
>> and all of them have significant federal workforces.
>>
>> Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, two
>> major federal research institutions, are located in the state, where the
>> federal government is the No. 2 largest employer, according to the New
>> Mexico Partnership.
>>
>> Percentages of federal workers across the districts range from 6.3% in
>> Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez’s 3rd District to 6.2% in Rep. Gabriel
>> Vasquez’s 2nd District. In the 1st District, represented by Rep. Melanie
>> Ann Stansbury, the workforce is 6.8% federal employees.
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