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LLNS “Empire Building”

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By scooby

 LLNS “Empire Building” began in 2007


You have “empire building” on steroids at LLNL, and lots of waste through misdirected resources to maintain the empires as a result.

It started with the “gray march” mass lay off in 2008, and has only gotten worse. And now the NNSA is planning to reward LLNS with a 5 year contract extension?

Looks like a race condition with the new DOGE.

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Anonymous said…
I don't think DOGE is going to do much with the weapons complex. No one cares about its details, but every politician thinks we need it. DOE will continue to get a inflated budget for weapons.
11/18/2024 3:40 PM
Anonymous said…
“No one cares about its details, but every politician thinks we need it.”

I think DOGE will frequently get this response from bloated Federal Departments and Agencies, but time will tell if it will be a compelling argument.
11/19/2024 12:12 AM
Anonymous said…
"We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright…We expect mass reductions in force in areas of the federal government that are bloated. We expect massive cuts among federal contractors and others who are over-billing the federal government."

-Ramaswamy
11/20/2024 5:11 AM
Anonymous said…
The LLNL and LANL people who chose the orange dude are going to have a
terrible hangover!
11/20/2024 6:43 AM
Anonymous said…
11/20/2024 6:43 AM

How has calling people names as a substitute for a coherent and consistent plan forward, working out for you so far?
11/20/2024 7:23 AM
Anonymous said…
I would agree that DOE makes for a surprisingly tough target. It is bloated as hell, but nobody feels like they understand the weapons business well enough to seriously wade into it. I'd expect DOE to take a significant trimming only in some of its politically unfavored energy policy offices. Beyond that, the impenetrable weapons complex will lumber on while DOGE turns its attentions elsewhere.
11/20/2024 5:32 PM
Anonymous said…
LLNL is definitely going to be decimated.
11/20/2024 8:35 PM
Anonymous said…
“It is bloated as hell, but nobody feels like they understand the weapons business well enough to seriously wade into it.”

With respect to the scientific, engineering, and technical workforce yes, they may not want to wade into it and for good reason. However, the cumulative bureaucratic strata (overhead) above those employees and programs, might be a point of discussion.
11/21/2024 8:15 AM
Anonymous said…
Speaking of “Empire Building”, is NIF still siphoning funds from non-NIF programs at LLNL with its so called floor space/building (cooking the books) tax to help fund itself at the expense of those non-NIF Programs?
11/24/2024 7:53 AM
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