FFRDCs

[Anonymous]

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There are SVPs and VPs that are dead weight on the IPR side...they don't market or write proposals. Not my experience with true gov contracting firms.

Okay… what does that have to do with the discussion of the FFRDC’s execs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:RAND Arroyo went from $38,122,000 in core funding in FY25 to $10,892,000 in FY26. JFC. Who did they piss off in the Army to get at 71% year-over-year cut?

Our CEO doesn’t really care about Arroyo only his AI division, so why not just cut the budget?

As always, the people who hate RAND the most are the people who work at RAND.

jason matheny is RAND's savior..... saving the place from its long decline. the haters should just leave if they can't deal with it.

There is a lot of deadweight and a lot of bureaucracy and he didn't fix it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:RAND Arroyo went from $38,122,000 in core funding in FY25 to $10,892,000 in FY26. JFC. Who did they piss off in the Army to get at 71% year-over-year cut?

Our CEO doesn’t really care about Arroyo only his AI division, so why not just cut the budget?

As always, the people who hate RAND the most are the people who work at RAND.

jason matheny is RAND's savior..... saving the place from its long decline. the haters should just leave if they can't deal with it.

There is a lot of deadweight and a lot of bureaucracy and he didn't fix it.

What do you expect him to do? He built GER which is the only place at RAND that is doing cutting edge research. If others are set in their ways that’s on them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:RAND Arroyo went from $38,122,000 in core funding in FY25 to $10,892,000 in FY26. JFC. Who did they piss off in the Army to get at 71% year-over-year cut?

Our CEO doesn’t really care about Arroyo only his AI division, so why not just cut the budget?

As always, the people who hate RAND the most are the people who work at RAND.

jason matheny is RAND's savior..... saving the place from its long decline. the haters should just leave if they can't deal with it.

There is a lot of deadweight and a lot of bureaucracy and he didn't fix it.

What do you expect him to do? He built GER which is the only place at RAND that is doing cutting edge research. If others are set in their ways that’s on them.

His job isn't to run GER, it's to run RAND.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:RAND Arroyo went from $38,122,000 in core funding in FY25 to $10,892,000 in FY26. JFC. Who did they piss off in the Army to get at 71% year-over-year cut?

Our CEO doesn’t really care about Arroyo only his AI division, so why not just cut the budget?

As always, the people who hate RAND the most are the people who work at RAND.

jason matheny is RAND's savior..... saving the place from its long decline. the haters should just leave if they can't deal with it.

There is a lot of deadweight and a lot of bureaucracy and he didn't fix it.

What do you expect him to do? He built GER which is the only place at RAND that is doing cutting edge research. If others are set in their ways that’s on them.

His job isn't to run GER, it's to run RAND.

GER is the future of RAND.

[Anonymous]

Are FFRDC projects returning — either getting g new ones or turning old ones back on?

[Anonymous]

I heard some ONA ones were reinvigorated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are FFRDC projects returning — either getting g new ones or turning old ones back on?

RAND is still way down on sales for all of their FFRDCs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are FFRDC projects returning — either getting g new ones or turning old ones back on?

RAND is still way down on sales for all of their FFRDCs.

Business is fine at RAND.

[Anonymous]

Is Mitre having another layoff?

[Anonymous]

MITRE is having another layoff the week of Aug 11. Overstaffed by at least 600 people. Will impact all of MITRE, so they say, but it's clear some areas of MITRE are in bigger trouble than others.

This will be round 3. Likely another round September/October. September AND October (rounds 4 and 5?) or September OR October (round 4?)? Who knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MITRE is having another layoff the week of Aug 11. Overstaffed by at least 600 people. Will impact all of MITRE, so they say, but it's clear some areas of MITRE are in bigger trouble than others.

This will be round 3. Likely another round September/October. September AND October (rounds 4 and 5?) or September OR October (round 4?)? Who knows.

Oh my god. This is just awful. Which areas are in bigger troubles?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MITRE is having another layoff the week of Aug 11. Overstaffed by at least 600 people. Will impact all of MITRE, so they say, but it's clear some areas of MITRE are in bigger trouble than others.

This will be round 3. Likely another round September/October. September AND October (rounds 4 and 5?) or September OR October (round 4?)? Who knows.

Oh my god. This is just awful. Which areas are in bigger troubles?

Thank you for the heads-up. I have friends there. Has this been announced in an All-Hands or is it speculation?

[Anonymous]

It was announced in an all-hands. Will likely impact the folks supporting non-DoD portfolios the most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was announced in an all-hands. Will likely impact the folks supporting non-DoD portfolios the most.

Very sorry to hear it. Very sorry.