ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham (news - web sites) on Friday ordered a halt to all Energy Department operations across the country that use the kind of computer disks reported missing last week at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Under his order, each Energy Department installation will suspend operations Monday involving removable data-storage devices such as computer disks. Each site will conduct an inventory of such items and perform weekly inventories after that. Staff members will get additional training and security procedures will be reviewed. A department spokeswoman could not immediately say how many sites will be affected.
The problem at Los Alamos "suggests that we must minimize the risk of human error or malfeasance to a much greater extent," Abraham said in a statement from Washington.
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