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Prepared Witness Testimony The House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Procurement and Property Mismanagement and Theft at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Mr. Jaret McDonald
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, my name is Jaret McDonald and I am an employee of KSL at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).KSL is a joint venture between the following companies: Halliburton, Kellogg, Brown & Root; Shaw, and Los Alamos Technical Associates.KSL holds the support services subcontract for the maintenance and construction operations of the LANL facilities.My current job duties include oversight of more 70 maintenance and construction employees.I have been an employee of KSL since January 2003.Prior to my employment with KSL, I was an employee of Johnson Controls Northern New Mexico (JCNNM), a subsidiary of Johnson Controls Incorporated (JCI).JCNNM held the support services subcontract prior to KSL.Prior to my current work assignment as Zone Manager for Zone 13, I worked at Technical Area 35 and Technical Area 33 and my duties were similar to my current job responsibilities. While working at TA-35 and TA-33, I became suspicious of purchases made by University of California employees and that did not appear to be related to facility maintenance tasks or general LANL business as it related to the operations and maintenance of the facilities under their oversight.I suspected these purchases were made using blanket purchase orders (BPO). The items I saw being purchased struck me as highly unusual.In January 2002 (approximate date), I brought my suspicions to the attention of my JCNNM supervisor who instructed me to contact Safeguard and Securities Division at the University of California, which I did. After a couple of months and several communications with authorities at the University of California, it did not appear that action was being taken to address the situation. Consequently, in March 2002 (approximate date), I contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) through the agency's anonymous on-online tip/hotline.Subsequently, I was contacted by the FBI and a representative from the University of California's Security and Safeguards Division.I was instructed by the University of California and JCNNM officials to cooperate with the FBI in their ensuing investigation into the suspicious purchases.The FBI asked me to provide information and documentation accordingly, as that information related to the suspicious purchases - which I did.Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, this concludes my statement.I would be happy to answer questions.
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