tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post6811496576304343552..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: Note from ADEPSFrank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-52586855278262626672009-07-06T17:45:59.141-06:002009-07-06T17:45:59.141-06:00A big thanks Sue, you brown-noser, for driving so ...A big thanks Sue, you brown-noser, for driving so many good people out of LANL, and not listening to those who asked you to step in and help your fellow scientists who were forced to leave while you were too busy looking up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-49187787010783283622009-07-03T09:32:20.241-06:002009-07-03T09:32:20.241-06:00I can't believe we have AD's who put winky...I can't believe we have AD's who put winky emoticons in their all-hands memos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-64693064865290189442009-07-02T07:57:36.948-06:002009-07-02T07:57:36.948-06:00"7/1/09 10:28 PM"
Oh please, give it br..."7/1/09 10:28 PM"<br /><br />Oh please, give it break already. <br />First of all it will never happen. <br /><br />Even if they did shut it down all all those lab people you hate so much will just get nice jobs eleswhere and move on with their lives. <br /><br />As for you, a succinct, accurate and easy to remember statement is:<br /><br />"A sad bitter loser"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-5587710319478287752009-07-01T22:28:27.349-06:002009-07-01T22:28:27.349-06:00There is no need for all this effort at grandiose ...There is no need for all this effort at grandiose wording of a lab vision statement. I believe the true LANS vision for this laboratory can be encapsulated in three simple words:<br /><br />"Shut it down."<br /><br />Succinct, accurate and easy to remember. Profitable, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-47730338831109001442009-07-01T22:07:47.645-06:002009-07-01T22:07:47.645-06:00It probably wasn't written by her. Probably by...It probably wasn't written by her. Probably by her Chief of Staff (highly paid ex admin who really are uneducated). Her problem was not proofing it accordingly.<br /><br />Always read what is going to have your name attached to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-26319341512796682752009-07-01T20:20:42.417-06:002009-07-01T20:20:42.417-06:00John Lyles- You'll never get into management w...John Lyles- You'll never get into management with that truth telling style of yours! Congratulations! We certainly need more people like John and fewer like Susan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-13059670353229620812009-07-01T19:39:57.100-06:002009-07-01T19:39:57.100-06:00Thank you, 7/1/09 11:04 AM, that was my impression...Thank you, 7/1/09 11:04 AM, that was my impression too. Management double-speak, worthy of Dilbert's pointy haired boss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-39563762932255566522009-07-01T14:35:57.255-06:002009-07-01T14:35:57.255-06:00Wow people, bitter much? Nothing to do but spew? ...Wow people, bitter much? Nothing to do but spew? Does any of this make LANL or the world a better place to work or live? Never taken a European vacation yourself? Never struggled to do the right thing while still keeping your job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-76089291680177952062009-07-01T11:04:18.791-06:002009-07-01T11:04:18.791-06:00Seestrom Memo:
"We created a draft vision......Seestrom Memo:<br /><br />"We created a draft vision...<br /><br />EPS VISION<br /><br />World leading people, facilities and experiments delivering innovative scientific solutions, anticipating national security challenges."<br /><br />---<br /><br />"World leading people"? My God, Sue doesn't even have a decent grasp of the English language. <br /><br />How in hell did this person ever become an AD at LANL? This vision statement is lame beyond belief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-2576983153759047632009-07-01T10:44:14.106-06:002009-07-01T10:44:14.106-06:00I appreciate the bravery of John Lyle in writing h...I appreciate the bravery of John Lyle in writing his letter to the LANL Reader's Forum. However, he needs to be re-educated on LANL's new direction. Programmatic work doesn't matter any longer since LANS took over. <br /><br />LANL is only here because of the world class support orgs that live off the overhead and can implement compliance at an amazing Six Sigma level. Compliance over-rides any staff concerns about executing programmatic work. The shut-down crew is fully in control of this lab for the remainder of its shortened life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-5107463299980869802009-07-01T07:04:24.361-06:002009-07-01T07:04:24.361-06:00Alyn Ford's response on the Readers' Forum...Alyn Ford's response on the Readers' Forum makes me cringe. Can you believe that this man, and DCS, are part of Terry Wallace's directorate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-31641171697720624522009-07-01T06:20:36.975-06:002009-07-01T06:20:36.975-06:00John Lyle's letter to the LANL Reader Forum is...John Lyle's letter to the LANL Reader Forum is interesting. This is a real problem at LANL in the form of un-funded mandates which are not based on any thougth or common sense. John should be commended for his courage in writing that letter. However, somebody should explain the concept of "career-limiting behavior" to John.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-51069162178296869792009-07-01T00:58:45.176-06:002009-07-01T00:58:45.176-06:00What ever happened to day care? (sorry - escaped o...What ever happened to day care? (sorry - escaped over two years and couldn't resist)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-34984191185552366092009-07-01T00:38:53.450-06:002009-07-01T00:38:53.450-06:0011:22 PM, fear not. Terry has already been active...11:22 PM, fear not. Terry has already been active on that front and sent Rees a 4 page welcome note and how Rees should trust him when he arrives. Riiiighhhht. Be afraid of Wallace, be very afraid. I hope Rees is smart enought to (a) read the blog and (b) NEVER trust Wallace, Seestrom, or Neu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-18423400768320361672009-06-30T23:22:47.674-06:002009-06-30T23:22:47.674-06:00I give Dr. Rees less than 2 years before the idioc...I give Dr. Rees less than 2 years before the idiocracy of LANS and NNSA have him fleeing out the front gates of LANL.<br /><br />He'll be a definite threat to Terry Wallace's dream of becoming LANL's next Director, so you can rest assured that smiling Terry will be working very hard behind Rees' back to stealthily undercut him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-92173215305728274972009-06-30T22:37:27.310-06:002009-06-30T22:37:27.310-06:00"9:30 PM, do your research. It is actually Dr..."9:30 PM, do your research. It is actually Dr. Rees and he is a highly respected and distinguished scientist." - 9:49 pm<br /><br />I agree with you, 9:49 pm, William Rees looks interesting on paper. We'll see soon enough how he does at growing the portfolio of the newly created Global Security directorate. He looks to be of much higher caliber than current managers like Terry, Sue or Mary. <br /><br />Unfortunately, LANS/Bechtel and NNSA can take the most brilliant scientists and wear them down to the point that they are left mumbling things like: "Must... wear... shoes... that GRIP!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-78299288148914737312009-06-30T22:23:34.422-06:002009-06-30T22:23:34.422-06:00At the rate LANS and NNSA are currently going, it ...At the rate LANS and NNSA are currently going, it shouldn't be much longer until:<br /><br />a) The average TSMs doing programmatic work at LANL cost over $1 million per year, and <br /><br />b) The only lab desktop PCs allowed are completely crippled, require annual replacment, and cost over $20K eachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-71374074609852018462009-06-30T22:07:03.593-06:002009-06-30T22:07:03.593-06:00Interesting question and response from LANL's ...Interesting question and response from LANL's Reader Forum posted below. It seems that John Lyles hasn't fully "got it" just yet. Programmatic science at LANL is dead, thanks to LANS and NNSA. The service orgs now run the lab.<br /><br />-----------------------------------<br />*Wall-to-wall inventory* - June 17, 2009<br /><br />Since Los Alamos National Security, LLC has embarked on a wall-to-wall computer inventory, including identifying legacy systems that are still required to be in service, there has been a constant barrage of requests from organizations such as Departmental Computing Services, to remove or replace them with new hardware and operating system.<br /><br />I am responsible for maintaining some systems that control equipment that I designed years ago, that would require substantial programmatic effort to replace data acquisition hardware and write new code. This is deemed unacceptable with the present shortage of (human) resources. Other machines were stored to be backups and spares for this. None of them are networked and they run OS that is not subject to being hacked anyhow. After justifying this on new forms and paperwork, I still am chided to do something about it, by these service orgs. This week they are requesting information as to why I need to retain a 5-year-old laptop or desktop, only used for showing presentations occasionally. There is a strong effort to replace these vintage machines with brand new hardware, some using OS that are known to be vulnerable to being broken into. I am getting a feeling that DCS has far more money to spend - at the expense of those of us who are trying to keep scientific work moving along.<br /><br />Some time ago, we were encouraged to cut back on replacing computers every couple of years, to try and preserve capital to accomplish more science. Now there is a this frantic effort to replace everyone's personal computers, regardless of their purpose or occasional use. Some of them are never connected to networks.<br /><br />= John Lyles =<br /><br />-----------------------------------<br />*Response to wall-to-wall inventory* - June 19, 2009<br /><br />As part of the Security Compliance Order from the Department of Energy secretary, the Laboratory was required to accredit all information systems, unclassified and classified. We were successful in limiting the scope of this accreditation to "active" systems only. And before any inactive system can be used it must be in line with the requirements of one of the security plans.<br /> <br /> http://int.lanl.gov/security/cyber/accreditation/index.shtml<br /><br />The Lab successfully satisfied the Compliance Order, but as a result we are now required to live within that accreditation boundary. One of the concerns of the accrediting official at LASO is "legacy" systems, meaning systems with Operating Systems that are no longer being actively supported by the vendor. This concern [was] recently reinforced in a General Accounting Office report that recommends that the Lab replace all legacy systems or implement mitigating controls.<br /><br />Due to issues identified during the accreditation of the security plan that covers "legacy" systems, the Lab is required to develop a corrective action plan to justify why these legacy systems are needed and what mitigating controls will be used to protect federal information and systems.<br /><br /> http://int.lanl.gov/security/cyber/accreditation/legacy.shtml<br /><br />Yes, DCS is now the responsible Lab organization, along with the Office of the Chief Information Officer, to insure that the requirements of these security plans are met.<br /><br />= Alyn Ford, Departmental Computing Services Division leader =Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-86658261825640618392009-06-30T21:49:11.317-06:002009-06-30T21:49:11.317-06:009:30 PM, do your research. It is actually Dr. Rees...9:30 PM, do your research. It is actually Dr. Rees and he is a highly respected and distinguished scientist. Mary Neu and Sue Seestrom could only dare to dream - he will eat those wenches for lunch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-180562567108181072009-06-30T21:30:12.791-06:002009-06-30T21:30:12.791-06:00William Rees, the fellow hired by LANS for PADGS (...William Rees, the fellow hired by LANS for PADGS (Global Security), arrived this week. I'm sure that Mr. Rees along with a bunch of newly created and highly paid Global Security ADs will soon be bringing in lots of new outside funding to LANL, right?<br /><br />A picture of Mike welcoming Mr. Rees to LANL was on today's LANL web page. However, I was surprised at just how old the guy really looks. He's much older looking that the photo LANS had previously posted on the web. <br /><br />Perhaps LANL has become something of a semi-retirement village for high level DC bureaucrats who want to serve out their final years living the Santa Fe lifestyle while collecting a nice executive salary. I hope that's not the case with Rees, but we'll soon find out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-42545824160691644212009-06-30T21:08:26.636-06:002009-06-30T21:08:26.636-06:00Oh 7:29 PM. fuck the high-level managers and there...Oh 7:29 PM. fuck the high-level managers and there words form above and there new houses and fancy little sports cars. And might I add, I would love to see the downfall of LANL/LANS just to see those fuckers go down. I can get another job, but a high-level manager not so much after such a collapse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-2381041830597825222009-06-30T19:29:15.576-06:002009-06-30T19:29:15.576-06:00Let us be blessed that these high-level LANS Manag...Let us be blessed that these high-level LANS Managers such as Seastrom come down from the mountains to etch words of wisdom on stone for the masses. What a crock. It will be months if not years before we hear from her again, probably until next year when the students arrive again. The words this time create this illusion for our students that the LANS Managers are helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-56910681674819331452009-06-30T18:58:47.518-06:002009-06-30T18:58:47.518-06:00From MilitaryTimes:
AF tests missile in launch fr...From MilitaryTimes:<br /><br />AF tests missile in launch from Calif. coast<br /><br />The Associated Press<br />Posted: Monday Jun 29, 2009 20:32:17 EDT<br /><br />VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The Air Force has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from the California coast to an area in the Pacific Ocean about 4,200 miles away.<br /><br />Lt. Raymond Geoffroy says the ICBM was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 3:01 a.m. Monday and carried three unarmed re-entry vehicles to their targets near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.<br /><br />The missile, configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration Test Assembly, was launched under the direction of the 576th Flight Test Squadron.<br /><br />The Air Force says the launch was an operational test to check the weapon system´s reliability and accuracy, and the data will be used by United States Strategic Command planners and Department of Energy laboratories.<br /><br />(http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2009/06/ap_missiletest_062909/)<br /><br />PS: http://nnsa.energy.gov/2409.htm has the full list of the 24 graduate and undergraduate nuclear nonproliferation NNSA students at BNL, probably for its closeness to DC, and less costly than LANL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-84144651450882586272009-06-30T18:47:50.976-06:002009-06-30T18:47:50.976-06:00Sounds like Brookhaven students have some sort of ...Sounds like Brookhaven students have some sort of future. Meanwhile, LANS students are sizing up shoes that grip, and looking forward to a whole summer of meaningless training and a mountain of paperwork more suited to potty work. Good work Mike! You and your Bechtel pals have really turned Los Alamos into something to be proud of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-13306037323604828642009-06-30T18:32:41.392-06:002009-06-30T18:32:41.392-06:00Anonymous said...
Is Brookhaven beginning to musc...Anonymous said... <br />Is Brookhaven beginning to muscle its way into the non-proliferation funding arena? I thought this was suppose to be LANL's strong point? Brookhaven is not even a NNSA weapons lab. It's a DOE energy lab. WTF?<br /><br />Honestly, why not let them take a stab. LANL is doing a pathetic job under LANS. All Mike, Terry, Sue, Mary, etc. care about are they PBI and $1.2+M bonuses and not performance for their sponsors. I know from folks in DC that LANL is not #1 in anything anymore. Please do us all a favor, and Congress, and shut the f-in hell-hole down? At least then there would be closure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com