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DOE whistleblower update

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By scooby
"Energy Department whistleblower finally gets justice, despite agency neglect"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/powerpost/wp/2017/03/23/energy-department-whistleblower-finally-gets-justice-despite-agency-neglect/

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Anonymous said…
Has DOE reached an inflection point regarding their response to whistleblower complaints against contractors?
3/26/2017 1:25 PM
Anonymous said…
A less technical term when asking an essentially political question might elicit more cogent answers. Not every subject has to be discussed in technical terms that only a fraction of your audience understands (although your delight in that fact is evident). Try to be more human.
3/26/2017 9:32 PM
Anonymous said…
Here comes the grammar cop.
3/27/2017 7:41 AM
Anonymous said…
A few Senators were carefully following the Sandra Black case and they are waiting to see if SRNS managers will be held directly accountable for their improper retaliatory behavior. I don't think the Sandra Black reinstatement and backpay decision alone signal a change at DOE.
3/27/2017 8:10 AM
Anonymous said…
9:32 PM, you're likely underestimating the audience, given the subject of the blog. I'll bet most people here do understand the term "inflection point" and those who don't can look it up. You can too.

Try to be less stupid.
3/27/2017 2:13 PM
Anonymous said…
2:13 PM. I certainly do understand "inflection point." It's just that unlike you, I tend to have respect for the audience I'm "speaking" to, and don't feel the need to poke my education in people's eyes. If you think most of the posters on this blog are as technically well-educated as you, you must be new here. And one of the reasons for the "I hate arrogant scientists" guy's rants. But yeah, I'm the stupid one.
3/27/2017 3:46 PM
Anonymous said…
3:46 is correct in the very last sentence.
3/27/2017 5:20 PM
Anonymous said…
5:20 is another arrogant scientist. Is this endless rotation necessary? Probably, considering the equation: LLNL scientist on the LLNL blog = arrogant asshole scientist with no social skills.
3/27/2017 8:36 PM
Anonymous said…
You are the one with no social skills, 8:36. None at all. See how quickly you humiliated yourself by insulting an entire diverse group of people?
3/28/2017 11:45 AM
Anonymous said…
I am 100% sure that 8:36 does not feel humiliated. The absolute beauty of an anonymous blog.
3/28/2017 11:50 AM
Anonymous said…
Respectfully, please stay on topic.
3/28/2017 12:57 PM
Anonymous said…
This blog is trash. As evidenced by this comment thread.

Just take it down.
3/28/2017 8:27 PM
Anonymous said…
Why don't the guards at Livermore carry tasers, asp's or batons to avoid the extreme jump in escalation of force? LLNL is a Cat 3 facility and they carry handguns and rifles? Isn't this a wrongful death lawsuit just waiting to happen? How's this for staying on topic? So sad that the LLNL blog has been taken over by LANL. They can't track classified material, equipment or tweekers yet they continue to get contracts? Whaaat? Time to get a case of beer and head to the canyon!!
4/15/2017 10:53 AM
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