Trump's new Cabinet - Guesses & Nominations

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Ideally, every new cabinet and agency leader would begin by saying "why do we do it this way?".

I've worked in institutions (not that kind) all my life. I worked at Oak Ridge when it was dual managed by DoE and Martin Marietta. Bureaucracy is incapable of self reflection and only perpetuates self protection and growth.
 
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volinbham said:
Ideally, every new cabinet and agency leader would begin by saying "why do we do it this way?".

I've worked in institutions (not that kind) all my life. I worked at Oak Ridge when it was dual managed by DoE and Martin Marietta. Bureaucracy is incapable of self reflection and only perpetuates self protection and growth.
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That was what Vivek said..
 
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volinbham said:
Ideally, every new cabinet and agency leader would begin by saying "why do we do it this way?".

I've worked in institutions (not that kind) all my life. I worked at Oak Ridge when it was dual managed by DoE and Martin Marietta. Bureaucracy is incapable of self reflection and only perpetuates self protection and growth.
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I don't want to come across as a condescending douche, but I worked on several federal projects during my consulting career and found the capability, intelligence, and placement of government employees lacking. Perhaps that was due to the hyper-intense work environment I was accustomed to, but it was glaring. There were some willing hard workers, but often in roles they did not have the skills or ability to perform. It's tough as it's not easy to terminate folks in federal roles, even when it's necessary.
 
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gcbvol said:
I don't want to come across as a condescending douche, but I worked on several federal projects during my consulting career and found the capability, intelligence, and placement of government employees lacking. Perhaps that was due to the hyper-intense work environment I was accustomed to, but it was glaring. There were some willing hard workers, but often in roles they did not have the skills or ability to perform. It's tough as it's not easy to terminate folks in federal roles, even when it's necessary.
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That’s only been amplified with these BS DEI policies. Those are history in January.
 
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sami said:
Wait, doesn't Trump hate strong, independent women?????

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They never praised the first Female Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. Instead they put racist characters of her with buck teeth, etc. Party of tolerance and women's rights there.
 
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volbound1700 said:
They never praised the first Female Secretary of State, Condelizza Rice. Instead they put racist characters of her with buck teeth, etc. Party of tolerance and women's rights there.
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They only like you if you are a liberal woman.. everyone else is stupid or trash, fat, ugly, etc
 
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gcbvol said:
I don't want to come across as a condescending douche, but I worked on several federal projects during my consulting career and found the capability, intelligence, and placement of government employees lacking. Perhaps that was due to the hyper-intense work environment I was accustomed to, but it was glaring. There were some willing hard workers, but often in roles they did not have the skills or ability to perform. It's tough as it's not easy to terminate folks in federal roles, even when it's necessary.
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Mostly because getting the federal contract is about showing how marginalized the owners of the company are rather than absolute track record of competence and execution at a similar project. And there are soooooo many paperwork hoops to jump through, you need an entire department just to work on that, so it rewards a very certain type of company makeup to get these contracts in the first place.
 
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Vol423 said:
That’s only been amplified with these BS DEI policies. Those are history in January.
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Unfortunately that is not true. For example, Veteran-owned businesses get a lot of preference due to the strength of their lobby and nobody's willingness to say anything against a business owned by a Vet.

To expand, in the VA, if two or more Veteran-owned businesses demonstrate the capability to fulfill a need (in the determination of a government employee, mind you), then whatever contracting for that need that will eventually happen must be given to a Veteran-owned business. What that means practically is that you have non-technical non-experts making technical determinations and putting Veteran-owned businesses in places where they can't actually perform or provide the capacity needed (i.e., with certain medical products), and most definitely can't scale when big unexpected needs (i.e., epidemics) arise. This kind of thing does way more harm to way more Vets in the name of "supporting the Veteran", and nobody would argue that it is a "DEI initiative" even though it is just as stupid and wasteful.

This stuff is all mandated by Congress, by the way, and to change it would be moving a mountain. Are you going to be the guy that says a lot of Veteran-owned businesses can't perform?
 
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volinbham said:
one of the benefits of challenging the establishment - might work or might not but we'd never find out without breaking through the entrenched views.
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I also think it's important to view folks more holistically, versus using areas of disagreement as a disqualifier.

I don't agree with Salatin on everything, but as someone who believes in healthier food and better, more intelligent farming, I highly respect his expertise. I am thrilled he'll be a voice at the table.
 
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ButchPlz said:
Unfortunately that is not true. For example, Veteran-owned businesses get a lot of preference due to the strength of their lobby and nobody's willingness to say anything against a business owned by a Vet.

To expand, in the VA, if two or more Veteran-owned businesses demonstrate the capability to fulfill a need (in the determination of a government employee, mind you), then whatever contracting for that need that will eventually happen must be given to a Veteran-owned business. What that means practically is that you have non-technical non-experts making technical determinations and putting Veteran-owned businesses in places where they can't actually perform or provide the capacity needed (i.e., with certain medical products), and most definitely can't scale when big unexpected needs (i.e., epidemics) arise. This kind of thing does way more harm to way more Vets in the name of "supporting the Veteran", and nobody would argue that it is a "DEI initiative" even though it is just as stupid and wasteful.

This stuff is all mandated by Congress, by the way, and to change it would be moving a mountain. Are you going to be the guy that says a lot of Veteran-owned businesses can't perform?
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1) I was already aware of that.
2 That has absolutely nothing to do with government DEI policies. It is a totally different issue.
 
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Grand Vol said:
I like the energy Bridenstine brought, but Nelson has actually done a pretty good job and made good decisions since being there.
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Elon is likely going to object to Nelson being kept as NASA administrator after his recent comments.
www.foxbusiness.com

NASA chief says WSJ report that claims Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin should be investigated

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson this week said a report that SpaceX owner Elon Musk has had regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin should be investigated.
www.foxbusiness.com www.foxbusiness.com

We shall see.
 
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McDad said:
That hearing is where I learned behind Joe's big smile and empty head there existed a reprehensible man.
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Soulless Joe was the Democrat battering ram, sent to do the dirty work like the despicable Bork and Thomas nominations. Biden is single handedly responsible for the clown shows the Supreme Court nominations have become, setting an example of impropriety that has become more and more unseemly as the Democrat party has veered further into Looneyville.
 
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