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Sandia to blame for cost overruns

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By scooby
NNSA report concludes Sandia to blame for cost overruns to refurbish B61 arsenal

http://www.abqjournal.com/140696/news/nm-news/bombing-the-budget-with-the-b61.html

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Anonymous said…
SNL has been squeezing hard on the B61 refurb 'teat' for every drop of rich, government funding they could grab. They have gold-plated the whole program.

If the B61 program doesn't keep growing like they had hoped then Sandia is going to have a big budget problem.
8/10/2013 10:05 PM
scooby said…
sorry I have deleted the 2nd comment sof this post accidentally; the one that starts with "Read before you post". Please make comment again.
8/11/2013 10:24 AM
Anonymous said…
Oh yeah! The Chili Cookoff thread!

Why do those Sandia folks think they can get away with a taxpayer-funded chili cookoff?
8/14/2013 4:27 PM
Anonymous said…
On top of that all I keep hearing is that they are way overfunded and that they are not filling the hiring gap. Wtf?
8/15/2013 9:12 AM
Anonymous said…
They're still working hard on filling the mineshaft gap
8/15/2013 12:38 PM
Anonymous said…
I heard that a couple of people in the Materials Chemistry department (including Adam Rowen, the manager) at Sandia booked a trip using Sandia funds to Hawaii to attend the 2012 ECS meeting. That is definitely a waste!
9/11/2013 11:05 PM
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