It took over direct management and operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from the University of California on June 1, 2006.
The Board included an Executive Committee that consisted of the six University of California and Bechtel appointees.
[citation needed] LANS eventually was pitted against the University of Texas System partnered with Lockheed Martin, and was awarded the LANL contract in December 2005.
[2] In September 2007, director Michael R. Anastasio announced a possible layoff of 2500 people based on predicted budget shortfalls of $350M for FY08.
[citation needed] A series of blogs[4] monitored and discussed the management of LANL since then-director Pete Nanos shut the laboratory down in response to several alleged safety and security incidents.