On Monday, April 27th, the national FBI headquarters announced that it is opening a multimillion dollar computer forensic laboratory in Albuquerque. The new lab in Albuquerque and another one in Los Angeles will bring to 16 the number of computer forensic labs in the country. Albuquerque will be among one of the smallest cities to have such a lab. The lab will be located on the campus of the University of New Mexico and is expected to open in 2 years. To accomplist its goals the lab will partner with forensic experts at Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories. Eventually the lab will be able to house 20 examiners. The FBI will provide training and equipment.

Garduno's is taking its tacos on the road. Founder Dave Garduno has announced plans to open franchises around the country. He already has locations in Phoenix and Las Vegas, with his sights set on 30 more in the next year, eventually as many as 600 to 750.

With 7 sites in New Mexico, 3 in Arizona,2 in Nevada and 4 more headed there, Garduno says he's had offers to go farther afield for years. "We weren't ready",he said. "now we're restructured to the point where I'm ready.

The newest Garduno's may show up in Texas,Colorado and Washington state, with more coming in Arizona. People from Washinton,D.C. have flown to New Mexico to look at his operation, Garduno said. For the time being all new restaurants will be franchised.

Fidelity HR services has already made a few local job offers and plans to have 300 to 350 employees by the end of the year at a temporary facility in southeast Albuquerque. A 200,000 square foot office building is under construction for Fidelity at Mesa del Sol, and the company expects to move in early next year. Until then, Fidelity will occupy the former Lockheed Martin building at the corner of University and Avenida Cesar Chavez SE, which is owned by the University of New Mexico. The company is remoldeling and plans to move there in early May. Fidelity expects to eventually employ up to 1,200 people in Albuquerque.

Fidelity HR is a 12-year old unit of financial giant Fedility Investments. It provides human resourses services for client companies, such as payroll, benifits, and talent management, and has offices in Raleigh, NC, Merrimack, NH; T0ronto and elsewhere. The company expects to pay local employees between $25,000 and $60,000 per year.