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RE: Pursuit of Excellence [was GAO Opens DB investigation]
<<My students used to ask me "what did I
need to do to get an A instead of a B?" and I had to have specific
criteria to tell them. >>
Starting with, "Answer the question that was
asked"?
Jack Earley
Radiological
Engineer
In a message dated 9/9/02
10:10:01 AM Mountain Daylight Time, liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM writes:
In this business, anything less than excellence is not "good
enough." Complacency with "good enough" is what gets you in trouble.
Those who can't or won't accept this philosophy are our real enemies.
Maybe excellence is what is
meant by "good enough". Without a specific example, I still have to ask
the question: if existing regulations are not good enough, or excellent, or
adequate, or acceptable, or whatever adjective you choose, what changes are
needed, using, e.g., Davis-Besse as an example? What should the
regulations say in order to be acceptable? Moreover, how can you expect anyone
to meet some undefined criterion like "exceeding regulations?"
I know
this is belaboring the point. But I am tired of vague, undefined
criticisms. My students used to ask me "what did I need to do to get an
A instead of a B?" and I had to have specific criteria to tell them.
Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
ruthweiner@aol.com