The official DOE Inspector General report finally came out last week regarding the ethics scandal involving former Los Alamos National Laboratory deputy director Beth Sellers, who resigned March 7.
The Los Alamos Monitor reported last month that Sellers was the subject of a draft IG report that revealed Sellers and husband William failed to notify lab officials of a potential conflict of interest. William Sellers eventually was awarded a sole-source contract and according to the report, he billed the lab for work that was never performed.
In the final report, there is a response from acting NNSA administrator Bruce Held regarding the investigation.
Held listed the corrective actions the lab had made in regard to the situation.
Then he said, “findings identified in this report were considered in developing the
lab’s FY13 Performance Evaluation Report and we are evaluating whether any additional management action may be necessary given the results of the Inspsectors’ review.
“We take seriously our responsibility to ensure our federal and contractor staff adheres to the highest standards for ethical conduct and will ensure that lessons learned from this incident are shared across the nuclear security enterprise.”
The Los Alamos Monitor reported last month that Sellers was the subject of a draft IG report that revealed Sellers and husband William failed to notify lab officials of a potential conflict of interest. William Sellers eventually was awarded a sole-source contract and according to the report, he billed the lab for work that was never performed.
In the final report, there is a response from acting NNSA administrator Bruce Held regarding the investigation.
Held listed the corrective actions the lab had made in regard to the situation.
Then he said, “findings identified in this report were considered in developing the
lab’s FY13 Performance Evaluation Report and we are evaluating whether any additional management action may be necessary given the results of the Inspsectors’ review.
“We take seriously our responsibility to ensure our federal and contractor staff adheres to the highest standards for ethical conduct and will ensure that lessons learned from this incident are shared across the nuclear security enterprise.”
Comments
April 8, 2014 at 4:06 PM
Only on this blog, which almost no one reads.
http://llnlthetruestory.blogspot.com/2013/10/old-news-but-funny.html
to unethical contracts with politicians:
http://llnlthetruestory.blogspot.com/2013/11/ex-congresswoman-heather-wilson.html
to even a formal chastising from the federal government:
http://llnlthetruestory.blogspot.com/2013/07/sandia-chastised.html
April 8, 2014 at 8:39 PM
If almost no one reads your comments, then why do you bother to shill for the corporate party line?
BTW, I only direct my comments to the person I am replying to. I don't give a damn who else reads them.
There is no party line. All you people who complain about corporations are just parasites that need to shut their traps and let the work that needs to be done get done. In a company the worker bees do not get to tell Bill Gates how to run his businesses. They do their job or they are terminated. The same should be true and hopefully will be true at the labs. I am soooo sick of all you people bitching about your jobs. You should be luckily that social misfits like scientists even have a chance to get jobs. Do you job, shut up, and stay out of sight so we do not have to see you.
"This blog is making a good case for neutering based on intelligence testing"!
Everyone should have an opportunity to put their pecker on the anvil. You first.
Maybe some anger management classes might help. Must be tough to go through life and be so bitter.
I'd prefer not to be in the society in which he "fits."