We are very pleased to announce that Annette M. Gatchett has joined Neptune as a senior environmental scientist and manager. Annette's career has included 11 years as a senior manager at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, culminating in her service as Director of EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment. During this time she received numerous awards including the Vice President's Hammer Award and two EPA Bronze Medals. Annette brings to us a wealth of experience in leadership, financial management, customer service, communication, negotiation, and team building skills. We are looking forward to Annette's leadership enhancing our ability to meet and surpass customers' expectations. Welcome Annette!

Neptune is pleased to announce that it has just certified as a Women-Owned Small Business under the U.S. Small Business Administration’s WOSB Federal Contracting Program. Neptune has over 63% ownership by women.

Amy Jordan and co-authors achieved the “Papers of Note” rating for “Realistic Geochemical Parameter Uncertainty for Performance Assessment Modeling.”

Ralph Perona and co-authors achieved the rating of a “Superior” paper for “Application of Structured Decision Making to Hanford Site Radiological Air Monitoring.”

John Tauxe and co-authors achieved the rating of a “Superior” paper for “Decision and Modeling Strategy for a Radiological Risk Assessment at Area G, Los Alamos, New Mexico.”

Neptune and Company, Inc. presented "Approaches and Tools to Improve Decision Making for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal" at the Spring 2017 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum meeting in Denver, CO.

Chapter 7 discusses Neptune's development of a GIS-based decision tool for land use.