RE: "ANYTHING better"

["Dukelow, James S Jr" <jim.dukelow@PNL.GOV>]

Harry Anagnostopoulos wrote:

-----Original Message-----

From: Anagnostopoulos, Harry W.

[mailto:HAROLD.W.ANAGNOSTOPOULOS@saic.com]

Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:44 PM

To: 'Norman Cohen'

Cc: Radsafe (E-mail)

Subject: RE: NY Times - nuke guards swamped by overtime





Norm;



   <snip>



I cannot think of a single federal agency that does ANYTHING better than

private industry can (I might accept the military, being x-Navy myself, but

one might imagine what alot of cash and little overhead might

accomplish...). 



   <snip>



I respectfully disagree on this one. (& my private rambling, of course)



Regards,



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Harry Anagnostopoulos, CHP



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Qouting Harry, "I respectfully disagree on this one."



Does he consider NIST, USGS, CDC, NIH, etc. to be federal agencies?



Does he consider to be private industry Enron, Worldcom, Global Crossing,

Wall Street analysts pimping for the investment banking side of the house,

and all the other thieves and buffoons recently on display?  As an investor,

I'm here to tell you that there is plenty of incompetence and worse floating

around what we call the private sector.



Someone taking less of an ideological knee-jerk reaction to this issue might

note that there are dedicated and competent people in both government and

private industry, but that the organizational missions and the incentives

make some functions of society more appropriate for government and some more

appropriate for private industry.  Figuring out which is which is part of

the reason we have the different branches of government and allow citizens

to vote and individuals and organizations (including private companies) to

contribute to political campaigns.



Best regards.



Jim Dukelow

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Richland, WA

jim.dukelow@pnl.gov



These comments are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my

management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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