Augustine's interim report to congress
http://docs.house.gov/meetings/AS/AS29/20140326/101946/HHRG-113-AS29-Wstate-AugustineN-20140326.pdf
http://docs.house.gov/meetings/AS/AS29/20140326/101946/HHRG-113-AS29-Wstate-AugustineN-20140326.pdf
The budget has a 20% decrease to DOE office of science, 20% cut to NIH. NASA also gets a cut. This will have a huge negative effect on the lab. Crazy, juts crazy. He also wants to cut NEA and PBS, this may not seem like a big deal but they get very little money and do great things.
Comments
"Neither Mr. Norman Augustine nor ADM (Ret) Richard Mies have had federal grants, sub- grants, contracts or sub-contracts with the federal government over the last three fiscal years.
David Graham"
BUT, on the previous page one can see that all may not be as it appears.
"Admiral Mies serves as ..., a member of the Boards of Governors of Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and a member of ..."
Being on the boards of LLNS and LANS may be a non-paid position these days, but it carried a hansom compensation a few years ago when published by UCOP. Sure, sure, some would say that he got his money from the LLC and not from the federal government, but that is splitting hairs, since the government is the sole funding for the labs.
Mies had a distinguished military career and should know better than to cut corners. The issue of reforming the NNSA labs is urgent and the hard working staff at those locations are running on empty. They deserve better.
March 29, 2014 at 3:20 PM
This statement is misleading at best and disingenuous at worst. It is true that the government is the sole source of funding for the labs, but it is not the sole source of funding for the LLNS/LANS LLCs and their boards. Those receive fusing from the parent companies, including the board members, and the salaries and bonuses for the senior managers.
March 29, 2014 at 7:32 PM
It could be entertaining to see some of them receive a fuse.