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Trump pick for Air Force boss frustrated auditors with lucrative, murky consulting for nuclear weapons labs Patrick Malone and R. Jeffrey Smith Center for Public IntegrityFebruary 28, 2017 A federal inspector contacted the Energy Department fraud hotline a few years back to flag irregularities in contracts that several nuclear weapons laboratories had signed with a former New Mexico Congresswoman whom President Trump has designated to become the new Air Force Secretary. A far-reaching probe ensued in Washington after the hotline contact, which ended in a demand that the weapons labs give back nearly a half-million dollars to the government. Wilson has said she did not do anything wrong in trading on her Washington experience to become a “strategic adviser” to the labs. But internal Energy Department documents newly obtained by the Center for Public Integrity make clear that some of the contracting irregularities stemmed from demands specifically made by Wilson in her negotiations with ...

Hey Scooby, why all the garbage about "road signs," "store fronts," and "street signs" on the "prove you're not a robot" thing?? It takes me twice as long to do this crap as to type a post. What problem is this garbage solving? If you have abuse statistics, publish them so we can see your choices of authorization methods are reasonable. Why does all this matter on an essentially unmonitored, anonymous blog??? Comments:   Anonymous  said... I suppose that you might have heard about denial of service attacks?   Anonymous  said... Again, on an unmonitored anonymous blog, the "service" is worth essentially nothing. Who cares if it goes down?   Anonymous  said... Similarly, untested nukes are also worth nothing. No computer sim is going to capture the effect of thousands of incremental changes in materials, design and manufacturing processes. Trump, make testing go BOOM again!

U.S. Forecast to Spend $400B on Nuke Forces Over Next Decade: CBO 02/16/17 07:56 Weapons Complex Monitor The United States appears set to spend $400 billion on its nuclear deterrent over the next decade, with spending rising as weapons modernization advances, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday. The United States appears set to spend $400 billion on its nuclear deterrent over the next decade, with spending rising as weapons modernization advances, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported Tuesday. "If carried out, the plans for nuclear forces delineated in the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) and the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) budget requests for fiscal year 2017 would cost a total of $400 billion over the 2017– 2026 period, CBO estimates—an average of $40 billion a year. according to the report. "The current 10-year total is 15 percent higher than CBO’s most recent previous estimate of the 10-year costs of nuclear forces, $348 billion over the 2015–2024 ...

Sanctuary Lab LLNL is a sanctuary lab for people wanting to pose as scientists and engineers. The work force is second rate and would get slaughtered anywhere else. It's unfortunate that the young, good talent leaves before 40.

Ah, great. Another Trump success story https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/08/trump-administration-halts-penalties-against-firms-that-punish-nuclear-whistleblowers/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-fedgov%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.c78348dfaa25

I am sure the new porn policy will help with this: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lanl-safety-program-receives-failing-grade/article_59edb6a7-b5d7-57f9-b4de-bcefac373487.html

LLNL NewsLine - 02/09/2017 Since the founding of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1952, a dozen presidential administrations have come and gone. Each transition came with questions about program shifts and funding impacts. While each administration has set its own priorities, the Laboratory's core mission -- to apply cutting-edge science and technology to make the nation and world safer and more secure -- has stayed the same. Lawrence Livermore was created as the "new ideas" Lab, a multidisciplinary institution working at the cutting-edge to respond to the world's greatest challenges. Over the past six decades, our approach to innovation has served the nation exceptionally well. We changed the paradigm for nuclear weapons design with the Polaris missile; invented stockpile stewardship to assure the safety, security and reliability of the nuclear deterrent without testing; helped stem proliferation and respond to terrorist threats around the world; and, with o...

"Asked by Putin about the possibility of extending the treaty capping U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads — known as New START — Trump reportedly paused to ask his aides what the treaty was, two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official briefed on the call told Reuters." Comments: Anonymous February 9, 2017 at 4:00 PM "Asked by Putin about the possibility of extending the treaty capping U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads — known as New START — Trump reportedly paused to ask his aides what the treaty was, two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official briefed on the call told Reuters." February 9, 2017 at 2:46 PM If true, this is reason to fire the aides for failure to prepare him for what was a near certain topic during the call. Anonymous February 9, 2017 at 6:18 PM Trump has no concern for or respect for facts or actual knowledge. Putin just had a freebee to show the world that Trump is a know-nothing ...

Trump's nuclear options: Upcoming review casts a wide net Defense News February 8, 2017 http://www.defensenews.com/articles/trumps-nuclear-options Some key excerpts: "In a Jan. 27 executive order signed at the Pentagon, Trump directed Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to “initiate a new Nuclear Posture Review [NPR] to ensure that the United States nuclear deterrent is modern, robust, flexible, resilient, ready, and appropriately tailored to deter 21st-century threats and reassure our allies.” It’s wide open language, leaving Mattis with significant leeway over how the study will be run, who will be involved, and even the timetable, all factors that are certain to affect the study's conclusions. Or, as Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, puts it: “Trump is basically turning nuclear policy over to Mattis, whether Trump realizes it or not.”  But how much will really change? Analysts largely a...

Class action lawsuit: Sandia Corporation http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170207006594/en/Lieff-Cabraser-Outten-Golden-Announce-Sandia-National

To: LANL-ALL From: Susan K. Harris, HR-DO, P124 Date: February 7, 2017 Subject: Pornography in the Workplace Los Alamos National Laboratory strives to create and maintain a comfortable and safe work environment for all. As such, we take reasonable steps to deter inappropriate behavior that adversely affects our work environment. One area that has an especially negative impact is viewing or accessing pornography, whether using government equipment to do so or bringing pornographic material into the workplace. This behavior is unacceptable and undercuts the Laboratory’s efforts to be a “best place to work.” In addition, dealing with pornography is closely related to addressing the larger issue of sexual harassment, which the Laboratory does not tolerate. Pornography has no place at the Laboratory and no place on government equipment, be it a cellphone, desktop computer, laptop, or any other government property. Therefore, I am announcing that our disciplinary practice related to pornogra...

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UC just landed on the new administration's twitter account post. It might soon be time to end all UC involvement with Laboratory management. "If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view - NO FEDERAL FUNDS? 6:13 AM - 2 Feb 2017" Comment Anonymous February 2, 2017 at 6:34 AM UC just landed on the new administration's twitter account post. It might soon be time to end all UC involvement with Laboratory management. Berkeley students did the right thing and they should be very proud. The speaker is spreading hate speech and hate speech is not protected under the US constitution, if anything the speaker should be locked up. Free speech is not free when it comes at the expense of other people. It is time to fight back against hate!

Optical Society of America joins the battle on the side of American Physical Society, and sticks it's nose into partisan politics too.  www.osa.org/en-us/get_involved/public_policy/osa_responds_to_immigration_ban/

Hurry! Send in applications to LANL, while they are still able to hire. http://www.lamonitor.com/content/federal-hiring-freeze-does-not-effect-lanl