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Buried in John's post is

>I've seen it but I can't stand to read it.  It is a step-by-step
>documentation of the dying quiver of our once-great national labs
>grasping in the dark for a mission, any mission.  I don't like
>grieving and what is going on in the national labs now makes me
>grieve.
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He has pinpointed what is going to be a national tragedy for science.  I
have just retired from Sandia to take a position with a consulting company
and I have seen at first hand that:

DOE treats the national labs like consulting companies only does not allow
them to compete (we couldn't respond to RFPs in the CBD)

DOE has gone to a "project-oriented" funding system which means there is no
continuity.

Many labs have large and expensive facilities to maintain which DOE funds
only reluctantly and inadequately.

The labs are forced to compete rather than collaborate.

I could go on and on.  Does anyone have any ideas about this?

Ruth Weiner
ruth_weiner@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Neon John <johngd@bellsouth.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: norm's "grand plan" (alternatives to nukes/coal)


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