tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post1615218181857150646..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: Frank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-48833814952842822742009-08-28T22:08:25.508-06:002009-08-28T22:08:25.508-06:00Does anyone have statistics on th e number of post...Does anyone have statistics on th e number of postdocs hired/month over the past 5 years? Are postdoc hires being used to circumvent TSM hiring restrictions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-46624812325892924772009-08-28T20:40:04.944-06:002009-08-28T20:40:04.944-06:00LANS doesn't need many expensive scientists. ...LANS doesn't need many expensive scientists. A continuous stream of cheap post-docs will do just fine. <br /><br />We'll pack them in like sardines into cramped cubicles inside my new "Science Warehouse" and kick them out of the lab after they've been here for a few years. My plan is a fantastic idea that will maximize LANS future profits and greatly reduce lab benefit costs. I'm brilliant!<br /><br />- TERRY WALLACEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-30853687690407893812009-08-28T12:21:30.377-06:002009-08-28T12:21:30.377-06:00The plan is to get rid of most of the scientists s...The plan is to get rid of most of the scientists still left at LANL. Haven't you guys figure that out by now? <br /><br />It's cheaper to run the "lab" as a production and maintenance facility. Scientists are very expensive and hard to keep reliably funded. LANS (Bechtel) doesn't like dealing with the budget problems that this causes for them. Layoffs are expensive. Therefore, LANS is working to modify policies so as raise the attrition rate of the remaining TSM employees. Almost all of the 5% attrition rate that NNSA wants to see at LANL for this next fiscal year will be coming from the scientist level positions as scientists give up and bail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-14740431642464721162009-08-28T08:34:37.571-06:002009-08-28T08:34:37.571-06:00Sure thing, if you can't get any work done bec...Sure thing, if you can't get any work done because you can't read your emails, your laptop was encrypted into an unreadable state, your cryptocard no longer works because you missed the training deadline by one day and now can't do the training without a working cryptocard, your office workstation was blocked from the network by 'mistake', then your workplace is indeed safe and secure (and completely work-free). <br /><br />If on top of that LANS could institute mandatory Abu Ghraib-style interrogations of the science staff, DOE would pee in its pants from joy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-87267726575970259622009-08-28T07:52:30.114-06:002009-08-28T07:52:30.114-06:00Did you see that the DOE auditors are extremely pl...Did you see that the DOE auditors are extremely pleased and impressed by the Lab's computer security efforts? The same incompetent, draconian efforts that made it virtually impossible to get any work done. <br /><br />What better proof could there be that LANS is giving DOE/NNSA exactly what they want?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-4163126944063340302009-08-27T22:11:59.022-06:002009-08-27T22:11:59.022-06:00I guess we now know why Gov. Richardson was so eag...I guess we now know why Gov. Richardson was so eager to endorse Obama during the election. He got something really nice in return.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-42970627143290575272009-08-27T10:33:05.743-06:002009-08-27T10:33:05.743-06:00Ah, yes... the rampant cronyism continues:
------...Ah, yes... the rampant cronyism continues:<br /><br />------<br />8:35am -- Who Killed Richardson Probe? (ABQ Journal)<br /> <br />Thursday, 27 August 2009 08:35<br /><br />Source tells AP decision to drop case was made by top Justice Department officials.<br /><br />The U.S. Department of Justice has decided not to seek criminal indictments against Gov. Bill Richardson or former high-ranking members of his administration in what has been described as an investigation into an alleged pay-to-play deal, according to a story that first broke late Wednesday on KRQE News 13.<br /><br />The Associated Press followed up this morning with a story in which an unnamed person familiar with the investigation told the AP's Barry Massey that the decision not to pursue indictments was made by top Justice Department officials.<br /><br />"It's over. There's nothing. It was killed in Washington," the source told the AP.<br /><br />Richardson and members of his staff were in Cuba this week and couldn't be reached for comment, and Richardson spokesman Gilbert Gallegos didn't immediately respond to AP's e-mail messages seeking confirmation.<br /><br />-<br /><br />www.abqjournal.com/abqnews/<br />abqnewseeker-mainmenu-39/<br />15130-835am-<br />who-killed-richardson-probe.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-38100813812258172042009-08-27T10:07:46.624-06:002009-08-27T10:07:46.624-06:00Which NNSA contractor will Tom D'Agostino get ...Which NNSA contractor will Tom D'Agostino get a lucrative VP slot with once he finally leaves NNSA? <br /><br />Bechtel, BWXT, Pro2Serve? The choices are almost endless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-65925091559828051352009-08-27T10:00:26.688-06:002009-08-27T10:00:26.688-06:00With a name like "Homeland Security Capital C...With a name like "Homeland Security Capital Corp" you can figure it's got to be full of cronies. Perhaps they'll get lucky and someday be bought out by the politically connected Carlyle Group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-4261522302644575852009-08-27T07:18:50.091-06:002009-08-27T07:18:50.091-06:00"The only reasons not to put the laboratories..."The only reasons not to put the laboratories under military control are<br />1. will not have corporate payouts<br />...<br />3. waste, fraud, and abuse would be abolished"<br /><br />You nailed it. There are no corporate favorites at the DOD, and never any wast, fraud or abuse!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-73589351629015827842009-08-27T05:52:22.943-06:002009-08-27T05:52:22.943-06:00No No, Semi-Accountable.No No, Semi-Accountable.Frank Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-4135366662407839952009-08-27T00:05:12.472-06:002009-08-27T00:05:12.472-06:00I thought it was Nincompoops Not Serving AmericaI thought it was Nincompoops Not Serving AmericaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-51522583559774024412009-08-27T00:04:07.978-06:002009-08-27T00:04:07.978-06:00The only reasons not to put the laboratories under...The only reasons not to put the laboratories under military control are<br />1. will not have corporate payouts<br />2. stockpile would be protected<br />3. waste, fraud, and abuse would be abolished<br />4. they would be productive<br /><br />I can keep going, but it is not a hard argument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-61262943701167373822009-08-26T22:34:03.819-06:002009-08-26T22:34:03.819-06:00LANS has started awarding the $212 million in stim...LANS has started awarding the $212 million in stimulus money for environmental cleanup. Actually, let me re-phrase that... Bechtel has started awarding the funds to their cronies and political friends. Does this pattern below look familiar to anyone? <br /><br />- Well connected former politician as the CEO? CHECK!!! <br /><br />- Company President and Founder once worked for Bechtel? CHECK!!!<br /><br />-----<br />SEC to compete for Los Alamos task orders - UPI News, Aug 16 2009<br />-----<br /><br />www.upi.com/Security_Industry/2009/08/26/<br />SEC-to-compete-for-Los-Alamos-task-orders/UPI-80681251312327/<br /><br />ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has contracted Homeland Security Capital Corp. to provide remedial action and decommissioning support.<br /><br />U.S. company HSCC announced a team led by its environmental remediation subsidiary Safety and Ecology Corp. was awarded the contract. Under the master task order agreement, worth up to $100 million in contracts to the awardees, the SEC-led team will compete for remedial action and decommissioning and demolition work.<br /><br />Officials say the SEC-led team was one of four teams selected to compete for task orders by the Los Alamos National Laboratory for services at more than 20 buildings and structures.<br /><br />"Overall, 11 companies submitted bids for the master task order agreements," Fred deSousa, Los Alamos National Laboratory spokesperson, said in a statement.<br /><br />"Of the winners, these companies met our criteria better than the others and we believe they'll be the ones to provide the value the taxpayers expect."<br /><br /><br />-----<br />From the Homeland Security Capital Corp's Website<br />-----<br /><br />www.hscapcorp.com/team.html<br /><br />* C. Thomas McMillen, Chairman and CEO:<br />...From 1987 through 1993, McMillen served three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives from the 4th Congressional District. <br /><br /><br />* Christopher (Chris) P. Leichtweis, President<br /><br />...serves as President of HSCC and CEO of SEC Holdings Corporation....Prior to founding SEC, he was employed by ***Bechtel National and Bechtel Environmental, Inc.*** (various business units) and was a key contributor to major federal nuclear legacy programs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-31691228836994352382009-08-26T10:20:55.556-06:002009-08-26T10:20:55.556-06:00*Somebody* has paid off our fine elected officials...*Somebody* has paid off our fine elected officials to turn a blind eye towards the problems that NNSA and LANS have caused at LANL. Bechtel is a likely candidate; they have means, motive, and opportunity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-45917843042795283312009-08-26T10:15:46.225-06:002009-08-26T10:15:46.225-06:00Bingaman has no idea how much damage he is doing t...Bingaman has no idea how much damage he is doing to the New Mexico labs by keeping the failing status quo in effect. Did Bechtel Inc. just write out a big campaign contribution check to this guy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-46072957018318882092009-08-26T06:45:15.637-06:002009-08-26T06:45:15.637-06:00Can't imagine the DoD could do any worse runni...Can't imagine the DoD could do any worse running the Lab. Remember when we got that stupid broad Hazel O'Leary as Sec of Energy? She had to be told that part of her job would be to oversee nuclear weapons. She, and the Tiger Team had a lot to do with our demise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-26579491681458280272009-08-25T22:21:29.142-06:002009-08-25T22:21:29.142-06:00"The administration is looking at the most ef..."The administration is looking at the most effective positioning for the NNSA," Baer's statement said, "and it very well may be that the best place for the NNSA is exactly where it is now." (Article)<br /><br />For the love of God.... NOOOOoooooooooooo!!!!!!! <br /><br />This portends just more of the same slow decline into the sink hole. <br /><br />Have these people in the administration not read the many official reports indicating just how bad NNSA is at micro-managing their labs into a stupefied state of extraordinary high cost, zero productivity and extremely low staff morale? The status quo is killing off the NNSA labs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-61691107018522809272009-08-25T22:17:29.181-06:002009-08-25T22:17:29.181-06:009:39 PM - just shut the fuck up. nobody cares or ...9:39 PM - just shut the fuck up. nobody cares or will ever listen. NNSA - National No Science Administration. They want people ot leave or die. Done. Read the obits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-68465841039628982922009-08-25T22:13:53.733-06:002009-08-25T22:13:53.733-06:009:40 PM,
I hear ya. I can only hope the senators i...9:40 PM,<br />I hear ya. I can only hope the senators involved had to call in a lot of favors to stop this - favors they could have used for something else. Change we can believe in has morphed into change that almost happened.Frank Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-15244147236774192412009-08-25T21:59:56.376-06:002009-08-25T21:59:56.376-06:00Leaving the status quo is a death sentence for LAN...Leaving the status quo is a death sentence for LANL. The corpse may still twitch from time to time, but the spirit is quickly fading away.<br /><br />Congress and the Administration have apparently decided to let the stinking carcass known as NNSA remain in the dark were it can rot for a while longer and the stentch can permeate the labs. There will be no breath of fresh air. <br /><br />At least the Bechtel maggots will be well fed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-40843838327701349322009-08-25T21:39:16.903-06:002009-08-25T21:39:16.903-06:00The best place for the NNSA is to abolish the Depa...The best place for the NNSA is to abolish the Department of Energy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com