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The next LANL contract will be exactly like the old contract or even worse, there is no way they can move away from the LLC model as the state of New Mexico will not and cannot allow it. Maybe the actors will change but not the model and my guess is that it will be Bechtel again. LANL is a monetary white dwarf locked to a binary black hole system of corporate profit and state revenue and there is no force in the universe that stop such a system from collapsing until all the money is gone and the it is admitted that the lab can no longer function and must be shut down. It may last 10 years or more but this is it, all the players see it and are going to get as much cash as they can before the final implosion. The sad part is after it is all over people will ask "how could we have let this happen".

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Anonymous said…
NNSA contract admin is the problem. They are not competent. The organization design required by the contact is everything...and nothing. They have yriedvand failed twice without learning a thing
7/10/2017 12:43 PM
Anonymous said…
Drinking at work again?
7/10/2017 5:04 PM
Anonymous said…
Why not? It works for me.
7/11/2017 6:27 AM
Anonymous said…
Nope. Fat fingers and a poor trxt editor interface.
7/11/2017 9:13 AM
Anonymous said…
They have yriedvand failed twice without learning a thing

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