Actual post from Dec. 15 from one of the streams. This is a real topic. As far as promoting women and minorities even if their qualifications are not as good as the white male scientists, I am all for it. We need diversity at the lab and if that is what it takes, so be it. Quit your whining. Look around the lab, what do you see? White male geezers. How many African Americans do you see at the lab? Virtually none. LLNL is one of the MOST undiverse places you will see. Face it folks, LLNL is an institution of white male privilege and they don't want to give up their privileged positions. California, a state of majority Hispanics has the "crown jewel" LLNL nestled in the middle of it with very FEW Hispanics at all!
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Ever wonder why information like this is so secretive. Not a single person involved will come forward and give the exact dollar amount spent on this job. I wonder if they'll come forward after the 29th of May. A good figure to know would be the "TOTAL" cost of the "Open house" and the "NIF dedication".
It's LLNS corporate proprietary information, just like all the executive salaries. You don't have a "need to know".
But the American tax payer does, so spit out the waste of our tax dollars so far on this one day event. I'm sure $17 million doesn't cover it all.
Also someone in the hall said 1 million for the wood chips alone.
You're correct, we've been getting it since the take over by LLNS. Check you wallet if you have any doubt and this year should be worse as they get four months free labor and no 20% after tax raises going to thr workers. That's about what it would take to make up what they have taken.