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Sandia Laboratory was operated by the [[University of California]] until 1949, when President Harry S. Truman asked [[Western Electric]], a subsidiary of [[American Telephone and Telegraph]] (AT&T), to assume the operation as an "opportunity to render an exceptional service in the national interest." Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Electric, was formed on October 5, 1949, and, on November 1, 1949, took over management of the Laboratory.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tech Area II: A history|url=https://www.sandia.gov/about/history/_assets/documents/UllrichTechAreaII981617.pdf|last=Ullrich|first=Rebecca|date=July 1, 1998|website=sandia.gov|publisher=Ktech Corporation|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref> The [[United States Congress]] designated Sandia Laboratories as a National laboratory in 1979. In October 1993, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) was managed and operated by '''Sandia Corporation''', a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Lockheed Martin]]. In December 2016, it was announced that National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, under the direction of [[Honeywell International]], would take over the management of Sandia National Laboratories beginning May 1, 2017;<ref name="Younger" /><ref name="energy.gov"/> this contract remains in effect as of November 2022,<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="Younger"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sandia National Laboratories: About Sandia: Sandia's Government Owned/Contractor Operated heritage|url=https://www.sandia.gov/about/history/goco.html|website=www.sandia.gov|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> covering government-owned facilities in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] (SNL/NM); [[Livermore, California]] (SNL/CA); [[Tonopah, Nevada]]; [[Shoreview, Minnesota]]; and [[Kauai, Hawaii]]. SNL/NM is the headquarters and the largest laboratory, employing more than 12,000 employees, while SNL/CA is a smaller laboratory, with around 1,700 employees. Tonopah and Kauai are occupied on a "campaign" basis, as test schedules dictate. The lab also managed the DOE/SNL [[Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility|Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility]] in [[Lubbock, Texas]].