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Lab directors tell Congress they follow DOE security orders; report no contact from 'DOGE' and outline foreign national safeguards
Summary
Directors said they had not been contacted by the private group referred to as DOGE and described contractual security controls and managed research environments that limit foreign‑national access to classified work; directors provided counts of foreign nationals at their labs.
WASHINGTON — Directors of the Department of Energy's national laboratories told the House subcommittee they have not been contacted by the so‑called Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE") and said their operations adhere to DOE orders and contract requirements that govern security and foreign‑national access.
Tom Mason, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, told the committee: "No contact at Los Alamos." Paul Kearns, director of Argonne National Laboratory, said: "No, there's been no contact at Argonne." John Wagner said the same for Idaho National Laboratory. Witnesses described layered safeguards:…
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