October 12, 2007

U. of California Fined for Security Breach

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a final proposal to fine the University of California system $3-million because large amounts of classified information were removed from Los Alamos National Laboratory and discovered in a subcontractor's trailer in October 2006.

In an announcement last month that made the penalty final, the department said it rejected the university's assertion of mitigating circumstances, including that the department had previously rated as "effective" the