Awards

The “Getting to Neutral” Carbon Emissions Team received a Department of Energy Secretary Achievement Award for its groundbreaking study that identified a robust suite of technologies to help California reach the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2045.

For the third consecutive year, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was awarded Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2021. The Employees’ Choice Award, now in its 13th year, is based solely on the input of employees, who elect to provide anonymous feedback by completing a company review about their job, work environment, and employer.

Charles and Debbie Ball each received the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Medal for Exceptional Public Service while on assignment with OSD. The citation noted that Charles Ball made substantial contributions to U.S. national security by leading Department of Defense (DOD) reforms to the mission of countering weapons of mass destruction. Debbie Ball’s citation recognized her performance during a critical time in which the DOD published the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review and began an enormous effort to obtain congressional support to modernize the nation’s nuclear deterrent. The medal is presented by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to non-career federal employees, private citizens, and foreign nationals.