> lead to the privatization of at least the Sandia Labs If you're talking about management, the Sandia Labs have have always been private. From 1948 to the 199

> lead to the privatization of at least the Sandia Labs If you're talking about management, the Sandia Labs have have always been private. From 1948 to the 1990s they were run by AT&T. After that it was Lockheed-Martin and now NTESS. But the facility itself is owned by the US government, as are all the National Labs. The model is called GOCO (Government-Owned/Contractor Operated). The article you're referring to is about a spinoff facility.