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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Where's/who the LLNS New Director?
Anonymously contributed:
Has anyone heard the status of Norm Pattiz's selection for the LLNS Director? What's taking him so long? Is he in the Caribbean or what? For those of us at LANS, we sure do hope it's Bret Knapp, you deserve him back.
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If they stick to the timetable used for the LANS search, they have nearly another month before making the announcement. And if they go with an outside candidate, maybe no surprise if it drags past that.
I'd bet a paycheck that it will be someone outside both LLNL or LANL. UC, DOE, and the White House believe LLNL's future is as a national science lab more than a nuclear weapons lab. This is the reason they are pushing the Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC) so hard. George has not been a big supporter of LVOC, so expect UC to pick someone that will not be a weapons first guy.
Bruce Goodwin is in for real surprize if he doesn't get it. It definitely looks like LLNL needs some young leadership, the current leadership looks like a gathering of an an "ole folks home".
"How to tell? Check your major source of income -- if it's NNSA, it will be someone from the Nuclear Weapon side. If not, all bets are off.
August 22, 2011 7:22 PM"
There could a fight brewing in DOE-NNSA over this. I thought the blog said that the DOE higher ups where not happy with the Charlie McMillan pick and would not let that happen again. Chu wants a scientist in charge with some kind of reputation.
Bring in Hazel O'Leary. She was great as a DOE secretary, she'd be wonderful at the helm.
August 22, 2011 9:41 PM
You have to give credit to O'Leary for having the "huevos" to freeze our salaries. Chu couldn't even succeed at carrying out Obama's "Shared Pain Presidential Directive" to do the same to us.
"You have to give credit to O'Leary for having the "huevos" to freeze our salaries."
Actually, I would like to give Hazel a one way ticket to extremely hot environs. When she did the pay freeze, she thought that everyone got a cost of living portion and then a merit portion, and she was freezing the merit portion. When she found out that places like LLNL received merit only portions, her response was to bad, so sad.
She also came up with the idea of making badges nearly identical rather than the Red/Green methodology. She didn't want those with Red badges to feel discrimination. So if you have a hard time telling a P from a Q, give old Hazel the credit. One thing she and Chu have in common, they both would probably have been in charge of a department that was only involved with energy.
13 comments:
If they stick to the timetable used for the LANS search, they have nearly another month before making the announcement. And if they go with an outside candidate, maybe no surprise if it drags past that.
They're taking nominations/applications through Aug. 19...
They're taking nominations/applications through Aug. 19...
August 18, 2011 7:11 AM
Don't worry the decision has already been made. The parade before the announcement is a waste of time and money.
It's actually, LLNL Director and LLNS President.
I'd bet a paycheck that it will be someone outside both LLNL or LANL. UC, DOE, and the White House believe LLNL's future is as a national science lab more than a nuclear weapons lab. This is the reason they are pushing the Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC) so hard. George has not been a big supporter of LVOC, so expect UC to pick someone that will not be a weapons first guy.
I agree it will be someone from outside the LLNL/LANL circuit. Or at least someone that has spent most of their career outside that orbit.
Bruce Goodwin is in for real surprize if he doesn't get it. It definitely looks like LLNL needs some young leadership, the current leadership looks like a gathering of an an "ole folks home".
How to tell? Check your major source of income -- if it's NNSA, it will be someone from the Nuclear Weapon side. If not, all bets are off.
Maybe D’Agostino will get it. Bechtel must owe him something for the special favors he's thrown their way.
Bring in Hazel O'Leary. She was great as a DOE secretary, she'd be wonderful at the helm.
Whomever is selected, it will be like swapping captains of the Titanic after the ship hit the iceberg.
"How to tell? Check your major source of income -- if it's NNSA, it will be someone from the Nuclear Weapon side. If not, all bets are off.
August 22, 2011 7:22 PM"
There could a fight brewing in DOE-NNSA over this. I thought the blog said that the DOE higher ups where not happy with the Charlie McMillan pick and would not let that happen again. Chu wants a scientist in charge with some kind of reputation.
The only battle I see on this is between Norm "King Kong" Pattiz and Secretary "Pee Wee" Chu. Not even a fight, let alone a battle.
Bring in Hazel O'Leary. She was great as a DOE secretary, she'd be wonderful at the helm.
August 22, 2011 9:41 PM
You have to give credit to O'Leary for having the "huevos" to freeze our salaries. Chu couldn't even succeed at carrying out Obama's "Shared Pain Presidential Directive" to do the same to us.
"You have to give credit to O'Leary for having the "huevos" to freeze our salaries."
Actually, I would like to give Hazel a one way ticket to extremely hot environs. When she did the pay freeze, she thought that everyone got a cost of living portion and then a merit portion, and she was freezing the merit portion. When she found out that places like LLNL received merit only portions, her response was to bad, so sad.
She also came up with the idea of making badges nearly identical rather than the Red/Green methodology. She didn't want those with Red badges to feel discrimination. So if you have a hard time telling a P from a Q, give old Hazel the credit. One thing she and Chu have in common, they both would probably have been in charge of a department that was only involved with energy.
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