Why do we have DOE 708 "employee protection" posters at LLNS everywhere starting in early March 2014?
Tri-Valley Cares needs to be on this if they aren't already. We need to make sure that NNSA and LLNL does not make good on promises to pursue such stupid ideas as doing Plutonium experiments on NIF. The stupidity arises from the fact that a huge population is placed at risk in the short and long term. Why do this kind of experiment in a heavily populated area? Only a moron would push that kind of imbecile area. Do it somewhere else in the god forsaken hills of Los Alamos. Why should the communities in the Bay Area be subjected to such increased risk just because the lab's NIF has failed twice and is trying the Hail Mary pass of doing an SNM experiment just to justify their existence? Those Laser EoS techniques and the people analyzing the raw data are all just BAD anyways. You know what comes next after they do the experiment. They'll figure out that they need larger samples. More risk for the local population. Stop this imbecilic pursuit. They wan...
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Why do we have DOE 708 "employee protection" posters at LLNS everywhere starting in early March 2014?
This I believe is a whistleblower protection. However, it is specifically saying that cases that fall under EEOC and department of labor will be handled by those departments. The problem is that they are vague on their description.
such as
"Fraud, gross mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority; or
(b) Participating in a Congressional proceeding or an administrative proceeding conducted under this part; or
(c) Subject to §708.7 of this subpart, refusing to participate in an activity, policy, or practice if you believe participation would—
(1) Constitute a violation of a federal health or safety law; or"
This implies that something needs to blow up or someone is stealing something....ect....Gross.
I see misconduct all the time that LLNL and management violation of the law, but unless it is "gross" no one cares.
So I guess you have to let the lab completely fail....before anyone steps in.
Sad no one cares about truth or justice anymore.
If there is a lawyer on this site can you please explain
"Fraud, gross mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority; or"
April 20, 2014 at 10:26 AM
Anonymous said...
All organizations suffer from some mismanagement, some waste of funds. Name one organization that doesn't. The word "gross" is allowing for these inevitable routine problems and setting a bar for activation of the regulation that requires the violation to be severe enough to be obvious and not just routine. Don't need a lawyer, just some common sense.
Tyler Pryzbylek 2007
Where is your wallet?
It appears DOE designed the prerequisites for the 708 so the "bar for activation" or threshold is such that contractor "XYZ" should have known the nature of the employee complaint in great detail before the 708 employee complaint was filed. Therefore contractor "XYZ" could not easily claim ignorance of the issues raised in the DOE 708 complaint, and likely had the opportunity to objectively address the very same issues raised in the 708 complaint within the contractor's organizational structure. The bottom line is, if the 708 employee complaint is accepted by DOE, it is not likely to be frivolous in nature or a surprise to the contractor in question.
Proper placement of the 708 employee protection posters at the contractor "work site" is a DOE requirement across the complex.
"...Sec. 708.40 Are contractors required to inform their employees about this program?
Yes. Contractors who are covered by this part must inform their employees about these regulations by posting notices in conspicuous places at the work site. These notices must include the name and address of the DOE office where you can file a complaint under this part..."
http://energy.gov/oha/part-708-doe-contractor-employee-protection-program