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	Kirtland AFB Gate Pass		Tag Your Bag
	Security Training Room		Lost and Found
	Storing Badges		Badge Posters
	Conference Room

Kirtland Air Force Base (Albuquerque) requires that the driver of a privately-owned or rental vehicle must have a decal on the vehicle or be in possession of a valid vehicle gate pass (Form AF75) to enter the base. For those individuals who would like to obtain a vehicle gate pass prior to going to Kirtland AFB, the Badge Office, following the requirements set by Kirtland AFB, can issue passes to LANL badgeholders. DOE's Los Alamos Area Office can issue passes to its employees. Consult the detailed information on what documents you must have, valid period of the pass, etc., prior to coming to the Badge Office, OLASO, or Kirtland AFB.

NOTE: Government vehicles do not require a vehicle gate pass.

The Badge Office makes available as a courtesy a small room containing two workstations which badgeholders may use to take the online annual security refresher.or check their badge status. You must complete your online security training by the Badge Office's service closing time (Monday, Wednesday Thursday - 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Friday - 3:30 p.m.) You should allow 1 - 1.5 hours to complete the training. PLEASE NOTE: Occasionally the room must be reserved for some other important activity - for the reserved period this room will NOT be available to those needing to take the online training or check their status at the Badge Office.

The Badge Office will store DOE Standard badges for those going on "casual" status. It also can store LANL site-specific badges (Official Visitor, Uncleared Foreign National) for those who come to the Laboratory on an intermittent basis during the period for which their badge is valid. Under no circumstances should a badgeholder leave his or her badge with a Group Office for storage. A badge that cannot be accounted for will result in denial of badging services.

The Badge Office will NOT accept nor store any other paraphernalia (e.g., dosimetry badge, keys, Token Card) worn along with the badge -- each individual is responsible for retaining such items or returning them to the appropriate organization. Any items other than the actual badge that are left with the Badge Office will be destroyed.

The Badge Office Conference Room is available for open meetings by Laboratory organizations. The Conference Room must be reserved in advance. Occupancy capacity is 20 people, seated or standing. All users of the Conference Room are expected to follow the Guidelines for maintaining this room. First priority for use of the Conference Room is the Badge Office Team and other S-6 teams. To check the schedule and reserve the Conference Room, send e-mail to badge@lanl.gov or call 667-6901.

The Badge Office creates tags for employees' tote bags, briefcases, backpacks, purses and similar items on a walk-in basis only. Employees must bring business cards (three maximum) with them in order for the Badge Office to create the tags. If employees do not have business cards, they must get their tags through Emergency Management and Response Group (S-8) by sending e-mail to either emr@headcrash.lanl.gov or emrweb@lanl.gov. Neither the Badge Office nor S-8 will hand out the actual materials needed for employees to make the tags themselves. Consult S-8's Tag Your Bag page to find out more about why this program is so important.

Alternatively, employees may obtain tags by sending their business cards (three maximum) to S-8 by interoffice mail at Mail Stop K496.

The Badge Office functions as a de facto Lost and Found service for the Laboratory. If you have lost an item, contact us at badge@lanl.gov or 667-6901. You will need to claim lost items that have been found and sent to the Badge Office by coming in to the Office and showing your badge or other valid photo ID.

The The Badge Office can provide, at no cost, a limited number of badge posters, displaying every type of badge issued at LANL. These posters are on heavy, semi-glossy stock, in full color, and come in two sizes, 11x17 inches and 17x22 inches. They are intended for placement in Laboratory buildings to assist workers in recognizing the different kinds of badges. They show both the DOE Standard badge and the various types of site-specific badges valid for use only at LANL. The poster can also be viewed on the Web, and in electronic form has hyperlinks from each badge image to information about the particular badge. Supplies of the hard copy poster are limited, so please only request a few. Posters can be picked up in person at the Badge Office. For inquiries contact the Badge Office at badge@lanl.gov or 667-1332.