LLNS may have excluded the wrong people in last VSSOP? The exclusions were based on outdated job categories and related skills. ULM are now thinking that in the future, job categories and functional areas will have to be re-defined. The next VSSOP/ISP will be based on the new categories and functional areas. The questions I have are: 1) Why didnt they think of that before the transition. It seems like their style is “change things as you go”. Planning is out the window! 2) Who will give input on the new changes? The next RIF apparently is going to be more lucrative than the VSSOP. Depending on the length of employment, a RIFed person, not only gets their 1 week pay per year of service but also from 30 to 120 days notice, essentially 30 to 120 days pay. Please feel free to comment on the rumors or add new ones you actually heard.
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Dr. Koonin served as the second Under Secretary for Science at the US Department of Energy from May 2009 thru November 2011. In that capacity, he was oversaw technical activities across the Department's science, energy, and security activities and led the Department's first Quadrennial Technology for energy. Before to joining the government, Koonin spent 5 years as Chief Scientist for BP, plc. where he played a central role in establishing the Energy Biosciences Institute. Koonin was a professor of theoretical physics at Caltech from 1975-2006 and was the Institute's Provost for almost a decade. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the JASON advisory group. Koonin holds a BS in Physics from Caltech and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from MIT (1975) and is an adjunct staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses.
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December 23, 2012 8:26 PM
Did he have "Credible Credentials" [Doubtful] ???
Certainly none of the Rectal Bechtel management types have "Credible Credentials" !!!
December 24, 2012 12:08 AM
So are you saying the workers intentionally screw up so that their management can make the feds look bad? Or that management forces workers to screw up and the workers keep quiet about it? Or that when workers screw up (like the subcontractors that failed to properly design and install the NMSSUP project), management actually welcomes the result? Or do you believe that workers don't screw up and have no responsibility, but management somehow is responsible for stuff that doesn't work or systems that fail? I think your petty little conspiracy theory needs a little more thought.
Never was there a more useless person than the Captain.
Certainly none of the Rectal Bechtel management types have "Credible Credentials" !!!
December 24, 2012 6:52 AM
Of course, TD did not have credible credentials. He was left in the position only after several well known players declined the job.
Either way, if the replacement is someone that spent most of their career at the labs, look for more of the same. The best path for change is to find a person that has some recent experience at a lab, but the majority of their work elsewhere.
A misnomer, a spin. Science advances more often through misteps and errors as often as sailing smooth. Same as it ever was.
Scoundrels and heros, fools and sages abound. And armchair legends.
I am reminded of the 19th century head of the Royal Society who infamously stated that "all scientific advancements has already been made", just before Marie Curie's lab began to glow.
It's messy 'cause it's human.