FFRDCs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:who has had the most senior leadership turnover in the past year? mitre, cna, idą, or rand?

Mitre didn’t really have “leadership” turnover. They got rid of middle managers, long-term SMEs, etc. Many glassdoor comments on this topic.

Agreed. Self-preservation at its best.

They refuse to accept that MPS is dead and gone. Huge resources (~50%) still allocated to this side of the business, when it will about 20% of MITRE in 2026. Lots of MPS leadership survived despite much of their staff getting axed.

MPS runs most of Mitres FFRDCs (quantity, not revenue) - CAASD, CGEM/CEM, HSSEDI, Health, and NCF

[Anonymous]

AI won't save MITRE from things to come and It's leadership is grasping at straws. The only way forward is to become a for- profit organization and merge with a large defense contractor (with the resulting RIFs of redundant personnel - including them)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:who has had the most senior leadership turnover in the past year? mitre, cna, idą, or rand?

Mitre didn’t really have “leadership” turnover. They got rid of middle managers, long-term SMEs, etc. Many glassdoor comments on this topic.

Agreed. Self-preservation at its best.

They refuse to accept that MPS is dead and gone. Huge resources (~50%) still allocated to this side of the business, when it will about 20% of MITRE in 2026. Lots of MPS leadership survived despite much of their staff getting axed.

MPS runs most of Mitres FFRDCs (quantity, not revenue) - CAASD, CGEM/CEM, HSSEDI, Health, and NCF

What good is having an FFRDC if the government doesn’t give you any work under them? They should spin off MPS and slowly let it die, but the longtime MITRE mafia won’t let that happen.

[Anonymous]

Why doesn't the government give work to bloated FFRDCs? At RAND, a Security Manager with a GED can out-earn a Research Lead in AI Security Policy. Apparently, keeping the doors locked is more valuable than securing the future of humanity. SMH.

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Santa-Monica-CA-Greater-Los-Angeles-Area/Manager--Security-Services_R3466

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/Research-Lead---AI-Security-Policy_R3121

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't the government give work to bloated FFRDCs? At RAND, a Security Manager with a GED can out-earn a Research Lead in AI Security Policy. Apparently, keeping the doors locked is more valuable than securing the future of humanity. SMH.

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Santa-Monica-CA-Greater-Los-Angeles-Area/Manager--Security-Services_R3466

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/Research-Lead---AI-Security-Policy_R3121

Are you seriously doing this again? You hate GER and don't think AI is real.

[Anonymous]

Not the other post, but these kinds of examples are making the rounds over at DoW and DOGE has surely taken notice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't the government give work to bloated FFRDCs? At RAND, a Security Manager with a GED can out-earn a Research Lead in AI Security Policy. Apparently, keeping the doors locked is more valuable than securing the future of humanity. SMH.

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Santa-Monica-CA-Greater-Los-Angeles-Area/Manager--Security-Services_R3466

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/Research-Lead---AI-Security-Policy_R3121

Are you seriously doing this again? You hate GER and don't think AI is real.

Making ad hominem attacks instead of addressing the criticism itself. Very sophisticated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:who has had the most senior leadership turnover in the past year? mitre, cna, idą, or rand?

Mitre didn’t really have “leadership” turnover. They got rid of middle managers, long-term SMEs, etc. Many glassdoor comments on this topic.

Agreed. Self-preservation at its best.

They refuse to accept that MPS is dead and gone. Huge resources (~50%) still allocated to this side of the business, when it will about 20% of MITRE in 2026. Lots of MPS leadership survived despite much of their staff getting axed.

MPS runs most of Mitres FFRDCs (quantity, not revenue) - CAASD, CGEM/CEM, HSSEDI, Health, and NCF

What good is having an FFRDC if the government doesn’t give you any work under them? They should spin off MPS and slowly let it die, but the longtime MITRE mafia won’t let that happen.

Bizarre that the new left the mafia in place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't the government give work to bloated FFRDCs? At RAND, a Security Manager with a GED can out-earn a Research Lead in AI Security Policy. Apparently, keeping the doors locked is more valuable than securing the future of humanity. SMH.

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Santa-Monica-CA-Greater-Los-Angeles-Area/Manager--Security-Services_R3466

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/Research-Lead---AI-Security-Policy_R3121

Are you seriously doing this again? You hate GER and don't think AI is real.

I <3 GERD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't the government give work to bloated FFRDCs? At RAND, a Security Manager with a GED can out-earn a Research Lead in AI Security Policy. Apparently, keeping the doors locked is more valuable than securing the future of humanity. SMH.

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Santa-Monica-CA-Greater-Los-Angeles-Area/Manager--Security-Services_R3466

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/Research-Lead---AI-Security-Policy_R3121

Are you seriously doing this again? You hate GER and don't think AI is real.

Making ad hominem attacks instead of addressing the criticism itself. Very sophisticated.

I know even before looking that it's another one with overlapping salary ranges probably not reflecting what the hires are actually going to make. There's no criticism, just a crazy person who should have left RAND years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't the government give work to bloated FFRDCs? At RAND, a Security Manager with a GED can out-earn a Research Lead in AI Security Policy. Apparently, keeping the doors locked is more valuable than securing the future of humanity. SMH.

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Santa-Monica-CA-Greater-Los-Angeles-Area/Manager--Security-Services_R3466

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/Research-Lead---AI-Security-Policy_R3121

Are you seriously doing this again? You hate GER and don't think AI is real.

Making ad hominem attacks instead of addressing the criticism itself. Very sophisticated.

I know even before looking that it's another one with overlapping salary ranges probably not reflecting what the hires are actually going to make. There's no criticism, just a crazy person who should have left RAND years ago.

If you’re looking for the crazy ones, look at the leadership. They traded RAND’s legacy for science fiction, and the market responded with a 40%+ drop in sales. The math just doesn't add up.

[Anonymous]

RAND Global and Emerging Risks is the vanguard of cutting edge tech analysis. If anything, RAND should be thanking those in the division for moving into the areas where the policy conversations are heading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't the government give work to bloated FFRDCs? At RAND, a Security Manager with a GED can out-earn a Research Lead in AI Security Policy. Apparently, keeping the doors locked is more valuable than securing the future of humanity. SMH.

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Santa-Monica-CA-Greater-Los-Angeles-Area/Manager--Security-Services_R3466

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/Research-Lead---AI-Security-Policy_R3121

Are you seriously doing this again? You hate GER and don't think AI is real.

Making ad hominem attacks instead of addressing the criticism itself. Very sophisticated.

I know even before looking that it's another one with overlapping salary ranges probably not reflecting what the hires are actually going to make. There's no criticism, just a crazy person who should have left RAND years ago.

If you’re looking for the crazy ones, look at the leadership. They traded RAND’s legacy for science fiction, and the market responded with a 40%+ drop in sales. The math just doesn't add up.

RAND's legacy was long gone by the time current leadership came aboard. When was the last Nobel prize winner associated with RAND, 1981?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't the government give work to bloated FFRDCs? At RAND, a Security Manager with a GED can out-earn a Research Lead in AI Security Policy. Apparently, keeping the doors locked is more valuable than securing the future of humanity. SMH.

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Santa-Monica-CA-Greater-Los-Angeles-Area/Manager--Security-Services_R3466

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/Research-Lead---AI-Security-Policy_R3121

Are you seriously doing this again? You hate GER and don't think AI is real.

Making ad hominem attacks instead of addressing the criticism itself. Very sophisticated.

I know even before looking that it's another one with overlapping salary ranges probably not reflecting what the hires are actually going to make. There's no criticism, just a crazy person who should have left RAND years ago.

If you’re looking for the crazy ones, look at the leadership. They traded RAND’s legacy for science fiction, and the market responded with a 40%+ drop in sales. The math just doesn't add up.

RAND's legacy was long gone by the time current leadership came aboard. When was the last Nobel prize winner associated with RAND, 1981?

Let’s see how many Nobel prizes go to GERD’ers in the future. What I do know is that revenue never dropped by almost half at RAND in recent decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't the government give work to bloated FFRDCs? At RAND, a Security Manager with a GED can out-earn a Research Lead in AI Security Policy. Apparently, keeping the doors locked is more valuable than securing the future of humanity. SMH.

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Santa-Monica-CA-Greater-Los-Angeles-Area/Manager--Security-Services_R3466

https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/Research-Lead---AI-Security-Policy_R3121

Are you seriously doing this again? You hate GER and don't think AI is real.

Making ad hominem attacks instead of addressing the criticism itself. Very sophisticated.

I know even before looking that it's another one with overlapping salary ranges probably not reflecting what the hires are actually going to make. There's no criticism, just a crazy person who should have left RAND years ago.

If you’re looking for the crazy ones, look at the leadership. They traded RAND’s legacy for science fiction, and the market responded with a 40%+ drop in sales. The math just doesn't add up.

RAND's legacy was long gone by the time current leadership came aboard. When was the last Nobel prize winner associated with RAND, 1981?

Let’s see how many Nobel prizes go to GERD’ers in the future. What I do know is that revenue never dropped by almost half at RAND in recent decades.

I'm sorry your expensive lit reviews got crushed by the same forces crushing everything else in your field.