tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post6671512940452074772..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: The Blogfather Weighs In On LANSFrank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-46097620703598900132008-03-31T12:24:00.000-06:002008-03-31T12:24:00.000-06:00So much for that theory.So much for that theory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-19429663982511964432008-03-31T12:01:00.000-06:002008-03-31T12:01:00.000-06:003/31/08 10:37 AMLockheed Martin/UT decided before ...3/31/08 10:37 AM<BR/><BR/>Lockheed Martin/UT decided before (January 11, 2006) the fire not to protest the decision of the M&O contract of LANL, please see the following:<BR/><BR/>"Lockheed, UT say no to bid protest<BR/><BR/>By Andy Lenderman, The New Mexican<BR/>January 11, 2006<BR/><BR/>The losing contractor in a bid to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory has decided not to protest the government´s decision.<BR/><BR/>A coalition including Lockheed Martin Corp. and the University of Texas lost the bid to manage the lab Dec. 21[2005]. The U.S. Department of Energy instead chose a team including the University of California and Bechtel National, a private company called Los Alamos National Security LLC.<BR/><BR/>´Although we are very disappointed with the outcome, we have decided at this time not to protest.´Lockheed spokeswoman Wendy Owen said by telephone Wednesday. She declined to elaborate. Department of Energy officials briefed the Lockheed team Jan. 6 [2006] about why it lost the job [bid]. Owen said last week that Lockheed had 10 days from Jan. 6 [2006] to file an appeal, which would go to the Government Accountability Office for review.<BR/><BR/>U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., said he was pleased. ´Now the entire Los Alamos community can continue moving forward in the transition process with the new management team,´he said in a statement.<BR/><BR/>U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said the Lockheed team has been ´consistently professional and competent´throughout the competition for the contract.<BR/><BR/>´There are guidelines for challenging this award, and Lockheed has every right to follow them through,´Domenici said in a statement. He was scheduled to address lab employees today.<BR/><BR/>Also Wednesday, the incoming director of the lab, Michael Anastasio, issued a memo to employees that emphasized open communication and building trust.<BR/><BR/>A spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration, part of the Department of Energy, has referred to a fedeal procurement regulation when asked about the how long Lockheed has to protest the contract award.<BR/><BR/>´The initial protest shall not be filed before the debriefing date offered to the protester,´the regulation says, ´but shall be filed not later than 10 days after the date on which the debriefing is held.´<BR/><BR/>The performance-based contract pays up to $79 million a year. Its initial term is seven years.<BR/><BR/>Anastasio also told employees Wednesday that one of the first things his team wants to discuss is the retirement and benefits package that must be negotiated between his company and the government.<BR/><BR/>A series of town-hall meetings is expected to occur later this month for lab employees and their families. ´We want to begin our relationship with the premise that we will have an ongoing dialogue.´Anastasio told employees. ´We want your trust, and we know that to earn it, we must listen and be responsive.´"<BR/><BR/>(www.freenewmexican.com/news/37622.html)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-71427916529962176852008-03-31T10:37:00.000-06:002008-03-31T10:37:00.000-06:00Did Lockheed Martin/UT really have any chance at a...Did Lockheed Martin/UT really have any chance at appealing the decision?<BR/><BR/>Tuesday, January 31, 2006<BR/><BR/>Fire Ruins LANL Bid Materials<BR/><BR/>By John Arnold<BR/>Journal Staff Writer<BR/> An arson destroyed documents and office equipment related to Lockheed Martin's failed bid to run Los Alamos National Laboratory, but fire investigators aren't releasing many details, citing the sensitive nature of an investigation into the blaze.<BR/> A moving trailer containing paper files, computers and other office equipment went up in flames in Albuquerque either late Jan. 21 or early Jan. 22, according to Lockheed Martin spokeswoman Wendy Owen. The trailer was parked at moving company Arpin of Albuquerque, 4525 Paseo Del Norte NE, Owen said.<BR/> "It did have materials and equipment related to our Los Alamos proposal," she said by phone Monday.<BR/> Defense contractor Lockheed Martin and a team of academic and industrial partners lost their bid to run LANL last month, when the Department of Energy awarded the seven-year contract to Los Alamos National Security, a management team led by Bechtel Corp. and the University of California.<BR/> Owen characterized the trailer's contents as "research materials" related to her company's bid.<BR/> Owen said that the documents and equipment had been removed from Lockheed Martin's "proposal center," an Albuquerque-based office that handled business related to the competition. The bid materials were to be transported to a Lockheed office on the East Coast, Owen said.<BR/> Albuquerque Fire Department spokesman Capt. Mike Paiz said investigators aren't releasing many details about the fire because they don't want to jeopardize the investigation. But he did confirm Monday that the fire was "definitely arson."<BR/> "They found evidence to support an accelerant used," he said.<BR/> A woman who answered the phone at Arpin of Albuquerque declined to comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-38478315009263583792008-03-30T21:50:00.000-06:002008-03-30T21:50:00.000-06:007:21 pm: Yeah, Lockheed Martin/UT showed some clas...7:21 pm: Yeah, Lockheed Martin/UT showed some class as a loser, unlike Boeing. Can you say "sense of entitlement"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-30748517357474886362008-03-30T19:21:00.000-06:002008-03-30T19:21:00.000-06:00(1) Los Alamos Alliance LLC, i.e. Lockheed Martin/...(1) Los Alamos Alliance LLC, i.e. Lockheed Martin/UT should have filed a formal protest to GAO when they lost the M&O contract of LANL to LANS, LLC, December 21, 2005, due effective June 1, 2006.<BR/><BR/>(2) GAO has a webpage for "Bid Protest Regulations." (Follow these regulations thoroughly when you protest.)<BR/>(www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/bid/bibreg.html)<BR/><BR/>(3) Put up a blog as Boeing is doing now; (//boeingblogs.com/tanker/), after their loss to Northrop Grumman/EADS, $35 billion air-refueling tanker contract, with Boeing´s words: "Why it doesn´t add upp"; "Boeing Tanker Protest Executive Summary"; "Boeing Protests U.S. Air Force Tanker Contract Award."<BR/><BR/>(4) Lockheed Martin/UT did neither of this, instead they said:<BR/><BR/>"We wish the University of California-Bechtel team every success with its new contract to manage one of the nation´s most important scientific institutions." - Los Alamos Alliance, the competing team led by the University of Texas and Lockheed Martin Corp.<BR/><BR/>(LANL: The Real Story, # posted by Brad Lee Holian: 12/21/2005 06:27:00 PM.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-68956792401085547152008-03-30T16:21:00.000-06:002008-03-30T16:21:00.000-06:00"I was on a committee that met with the Lockheed t..."I was on a committee that met with the Lockheed team before the contract was awarded- they were so enthusiatic, bright, and outgoing, that I was really pulling for them. Well- DOE screwed up again.<BR/>3/25/08 9:47 PM"<BR/><BR/>If you were on that committee, you sure missed the boat!<BR/><BR/>LANS became incorporated as a federally acquisition-favored "small business" and blew away any chances for LM to compete. Thanks King Richard Marquez...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-82611009937820419062008-03-30T11:18:00.000-06:002008-03-30T11:18:00.000-06:00"Tom stressed that both proposals were strong and ..."Tom stressed that both proposals were strong and of exceptionally high caliber. However, only one could prevail." 3/26/08 12:46 AM<BR/><BR/>(www.energy.gov/news/2821.htm)<BR/><BR/>Yeah, only one could prevail. The one that will eventually land a lousy manager like Tom D'Agostino a future VP slot with either Bechtel or BWXT. And that one would be LANS. The fix was in on this one from the very start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-78745521986099423182008-03-30T10:21:00.000-06:002008-03-30T10:21:00.000-06:00Hey Congress. Both labs are failing. They caugh...Hey Congress. Both labs are failing. They caught the NNSA plague.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-37561513697582602132008-03-29T20:32:00.000-06:002008-03-29T20:32:00.000-06:00Hi 11:32 - could you give some examples? This soun...Hi 11:32 - could you give some examples? This sounds interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-42230967253798701902008-03-29T12:26:00.000-06:002008-03-29T12:26:00.000-06:003/29/08 10:01 AM, perhaps this will be the realiza...3/29/08 10:01 AM, perhaps this will be the realization of Nanos' vision of rebuilding the Laboratory from a base of 10 remaining employees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-44902093799301233512008-03-29T11:32:00.000-06:002008-03-29T11:32:00.000-06:00"However, no one should have their reputation ruin..."However, no one should have their reputation ruined by anonymous rumors. This is a small region, so rumors are especially harmful."<BR/><BR/>Exactly. <BR/><BR/>Now, ask around and see how many LANL staff have suffered exactly that at the hands of Patrick Trujillo and Staff Relations. <BR/><BR/>What goes around, comes around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-54334280964240108672008-03-29T11:14:00.000-06:002008-03-29T11:14:00.000-06:00"Hope Anastasio and Miller, LLNS and LANS Boards o..."Hope Anastasio and Miller, LLNS and LANS Boards of Directors and NNSA leaders and senior staff resign soon." (10:01 AM)<BR/><BR/>I agree with you, LANL and LLNL are failing. Talk with most of the TSMs and you'll hear strong agreement with this view point. However, it is highly unlikely that there will be ANY significant changes at the top. There are too many vested interests that will keep us heading down the current path. Sometimes an institution rises up to greatness and then dies. AT&T Bell Lab was once a great lab but they were eventually taken down the wrong path by their corporate leaders and declined. It appears that it may be LANL's and LLNL's time for decline.<BR/><BR/>The growing incompetence in leadership at the NNSA labs is a clear sign that these lab's day for the bone yard is quickly approaching. Note that when an institution begins to value compliance above all other things, you know that the end is near. That is where LANL and LLNL are at this very moment. We are closing in on a total bureaucratic meltdown. Just look at some of the inane policies that are being forced upon these labs. <BR/><BR/>Prepare for the future as best you can. For those that have options, the best solution may be to get out of the labs and find a better place in which to finish your career. For the rest of us, we'll have to hold on as the ship sinks and hope there are some life rafts at the end. However, I fully expect NNSA to begin poking big holes in any remaining "life rafts" so that they sink to the bottom along with the rest of their damaged fleet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-19815540583906785972008-03-29T10:01:00.000-06:002008-03-29T10:01:00.000-06:00LLNS and LANS are failing. Hope Anastasio and Mill...LLNS and LANS are failing. <BR/><BR/>Hope Anastasio and Miller, LLNS and LANS Boards of Directors and NNSA leaders and senior staff resign soon. Problems are intractable without a change in ground rules that cannot occur without housekeeping.<BR/><BR/>Want to see the bottom occur as soon a possible, so the rebuilding can begin, perhaps as early as 2012.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-25960153215023971342008-03-28T23:18:00.000-06:002008-03-28T23:18:00.000-06:00No, I'm saying that assuming there is sufficient e...No, I'm saying that assuming there is sufficient evidence to warrant prosecution, he (or anyone) should be prosecuted under the law. <BR/><BR/>However, no one should have their reputation ruined by anonymous rumors. This is a small region, so rumors are especially harmful. <BR/><BR/>And resigning a position because of rumors is not equal to guilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-51993271189247286812008-03-28T20:43:00.000-06:002008-03-28T20:43:00.000-06:00So are you saying that he should resign as Group L...So are you saying that he should resign as Group Leader?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-18349184056805721262008-03-28T18:56:00.000-06:002008-03-28T18:56:00.000-06:00"If Mr. Trujillo is not guilty, why did he resign ..."If Mr. Trujillo is not guilty, why did he resign his post at the Academy?"<BR/><BR/>I don't know Mr Trujillo. However, one is innocent until proven guilty. However, people in positions of trust often must resign when there is a question. It does not have anything to do with actual guilt, which will be decided in court.<BR/><BR/>While we work to defend America, it would help if we remember what we are defending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-60815793440879231542008-03-28T13:46:00.000-06:002008-03-28T13:46:00.000-06:00The story is out on the front page of the Rio Gran...The story is out on the front page of the Rio Grande Sun, that makes the "story" viabale. The next step is if the Grand Jury does find cause to go to trial on the allegations. But for now the story is out, and up to this point it is news. If Mr. Trujillo is not guilty, why did he resign his post at the Academy? Much more to come on this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-82895517122289858462008-03-28T11:00:00.000-06:002008-03-28T11:00:00.000-06:00I see two "Patrick Trujillo"s in the LANL phone bo...I see two "Patrick Trujillo"s in the LANL phone book. Maybe 8:11 PM is thinking of the other one.<BR/><BR/>As for waiting on the grand jury, that's really an argument for the Rio Grande Sun. I don't know anything about the case, I simply refused to convert the comment into a post without a URL for the story. Now that I have the URL I'm still not sure what to do.Frank Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-38721769954805519612008-03-28T10:46:00.000-06:002008-03-28T10:46:00.000-06:003/28/08 8:05 AM3/28/08 9:56 AMYou're so quick to d...3/28/08 8:05 AM<BR/>3/28/08 9:56 AM<BR/><BR/>You're so quick to defend Trujillo but the real victims are his young relatives. Shame on you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-3347875174073257842008-03-28T09:56:00.000-06:002008-03-28T09:56:00.000-06:00Unless Pinky knows more about this than what was i...Unless Pinky knows more about this than what was in the Sun, it would have been good to see what the grand jury found before this was posted.<BR/><BR/>"It was never brought up to my attention," Chavez said. "But in this day and age, allegations can be made, and one suffers from it until you're proven innocent."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-61538079667079146202008-03-28T08:05:00.000-06:002008-03-28T08:05:00.000-06:008:11 PM must be clairvoyant as Trujillo has only b...8:11 PM must be clairvoyant as Trujillo has only been at the Lab a little over 20 years. You people never think at all before you spew your unfounded venomous crap and unfortunately, half the people who read this blog will believe you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-91131558856719948552008-03-28T07:39:00.000-06:002008-03-28T07:39:00.000-06:00the redo work classifications for the SSM series w...the redo work classifications for the SSM series was supposed to roll out October 2007... ain't seen it yet.<BR/><BR/>We had the new IPO system rolled out this week (due April 11) because HR couldn't get it out in January. They still don't know how the 1-5 point scores will be implemented or tied to raises.<BR/><BR/>Does the word INCOMPETENT jump out at you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-16887743769388239282008-03-28T06:44:00.000-06:002008-03-28T06:44:00.000-06:00Politico Investigated for Sex Crimeshttp://www.rio...Politico Investigated for Sex Crimes<BR/><BR/>http://www.riograndesun.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-32064955266910740202008-03-27T20:18:00.000-06:002008-03-27T20:18:00.000-06:00Here is another example of LANS incompetence. Seem...Here is another example of LANS incompetence. Seems they can't guard their own computers from hackers. I have been retired from LANL for two years. I just received a letter today that states that data back in November 2007 was compromised and their just getting around to inform me that "Personally Identifiable Information" like my social security number may been "Exfiltrated" from the Laboratory. I am sure I not alone in this mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-66131832099834032412008-03-27T20:11:00.000-06:002008-03-27T20:11:00.000-06:005:26 pm: I knew Trujillo was a slimeball when he p...5:26 pm: I knew Trujillo was a slimeball when he processed my hiring 30 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com