tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post5922680583047884023..comments2024-03-28T22:32:26.220-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: Is the current administration setting DOE up for failure in the next administration?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-45457402565395751272016-12-17T16:00:23.473-08:002016-12-17T16:00:23.473-08:00Burn Baby burn ! Uranium, Plutonium, Thorium, Cesi...Burn Baby burn ! Uranium, Plutonium, Thorium, Cesium....what we know how to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-56037798917663554642016-12-16T14:48:33.540-08:002016-12-16T14:48:33.540-08:001. Is the current administration setting DOE up fo...1. Is the current administration setting DOE up for failure in the next administration?<br /><br />DOE isn't already a failure?<br /><br />2. Who are these mysterious "career civil servants" in DOE?<br /><br />I'm not sure if you're kidding, or sarcastic, or I completely missed your point. See https://energy.gov/downloads/directory-listings for lists of career civil servants in DOE. Many of those DOE career civil servants would disagree that every scientist/engineer is a contractor; they believe they are the scientists and engineers. If you say "yes you have a degree but who does the actual science?" the answer is (A) we Feds do, if you're on our side, or (B) the Labs do, if you're an auditor or witch-hunter. It wasn't always like that, but with few exceptions it sure as heck is these days.<br /><br />Your point about the vulnerability of individual programs--i.e., that are (in theory) managed by DOE and executed at the Labs--to the vagaries of the incoming administration is well taken. The CONTRACTS (with Bectel via the LLNS/LANS veneer) are not going to be cancelled "on a whim" (but that may not have been your intended meaning).<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-90716908257437199392016-12-16T07:32:22.804-08:002016-12-16T07:32:22.804-08:00No rather I think it will liquidate it any
s othe...No rather I think it will liquidate it any <br />s other poorly functioning parts of government. A effort Trumpf understands. Valuable assets are reorganized. Everything else closed. EPA, LABOR, Education Interior and Homeland Security are candidates. Justice, State and Defense could use a power wash. Wistful thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-76760983823668246142016-12-16T06:55:26.293-08:002016-12-16T06:55:26.293-08:00Who are these mysterious "career civil servan...Who are these mysterious "career civil servants" in DOE? Last time I checked, every scientist/engineer is a contractor. When the new administration comes in, they can terminate all of their contracts on a whim. That's the difference between a contractor, like the guy who does your plumbing or drywall, and a federal career employee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com