Over 14+ years later, did honor and real scientific and engineering talent, fall by the wayside to dishonor, greed, and easy profit when LLNS took over LLNL management?
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LLNS learned early on how to game the system. Rubber rulers, moveable goalposts, and a compliant/malleable Field Office are all that is required to keep the cash cow ~100% award fees coming in. Time for a non-profit fixed fee contractor is long overdue. That might also bring back a handsome tax exemption status for LLNL operations as was desired by the NNSA for Triad.
LLNS had its run, but value added metrics suggest the move to for-profit LLCs was a horrible, expensive, and colossal NNSA mistake. Expect the next contract manager of LLNL to be a non-profit.
"The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World" - Sally Denton
Book Review:
"In the highest tradition of investigative journalism, Sally Denton tells the compelling, troubling story of a vast enterprise that has blurred the lines between governmental and corporate power. This is how our nation really works, and this is a book that's impossible to ignore. So don't.” – Walter Kirn
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LLNS learned early on how to game the system. Rubber rulers, moveable goalposts, and a compliant/malleable Field Office are all that is required to keep the cash cow ~100% award fees coming in. Time for a non-profit fixed fee contractor is long overdue. That might also bring back a handsome tax exemption status for LLNL operations as was desired by the NNSA for Triad.
LLNS had its run, but value added metrics suggest the move to for-profit LLCs was a horrible, expensive, and colossal NNSA mistake. Expect the next contract manager of LLNL to be a non-profit.
Expect the next contract manager of LLNL to be a non-profit.
5/20/2022 1:42 PM
Oh Yeah? You better not discount the Bohemian grove a few mile from you, and its influence on California politics (AKA Bechtel).
"The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World" - Sally Denton
Book Review:
"In the highest tradition of investigative journalism, Sally Denton tells the compelling, troubling story of a vast enterprise that has blurred the lines between governmental and corporate power. This is how our nation really works, and this is a book that's impossible to ignore. So don't.” – Walter Kirn
https://www.amazon.com/Profiteers-Bechtel-Men-Built-World/dp/1476706476/ref=sr_1_1?crid=7CS0LPGZAT7D&keywords=Sally+Denton+bechtel&qid=1653317845&sprefix=sally+denton+bechtel%2Caps%2C236&sr=8-1
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