FFRDCs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Way way back in this thread someone who claimed to have insider knowledge at DHS posted. The short version was that DHS planned to terminate all existing DHS FFRDCs, rethink and restructure their entire approach to using FFRDCs, and then solicit for new proposals.

If I were working on DHS stuff at any company or organization, I would have started my job search 6 months ago.

who cares about hsoac when you have donor money?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any news on the MITRE contact for DHS (HSSEDI)? Or is that not going to happen?

rumor mill at MITRE is saying that a much smaller IDIQ will be signed that at least gets some new work in. No idea of how valid that rumor is, could easily be any other scenario you could imagine. I'm not in that part of MITRE, no insider info.

[Anonymous]

How is the new position of VP of Operations (created by the new CEO) working at Mitre?(Just curious. Not a loaded question. No agenda)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Way way back in this thread someone who claimed to have insider knowledge at DHS posted. The short version was that DHS planned to terminate all existing DHS FFRDCs, rethink and restructure their entire approach to using FFRDCs, and then solicit for new proposals.

If I were working on DHS stuff at any company or organization, I would have started my job search 6 months ago.

The $100k+ contract approval requirement from the Secretary has also been brutal for DHS contracts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Way way back in this thread someone who claimed to have insider knowledge at DHS posted. The short version was that DHS planned to terminate all existing DHS FFRDCs, rethink and restructure their entire approach to using FFRDCs, and then solicit for new proposals.

If I were working on DHS stuff at any company or organization, I would have started my job search 6 months ago.

The $100k+ contract approval requirement from the Secretary has also been brutal for DHS contracts.

So glad that RAND got away from this trash work.

[Anonymous]

The evidence points to a clear trend of RAND becoming aligned with Effective Altruism. RAND's CEO is a leader in EA, https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/effective-altruism-in-government-jason-matheny. The think tank's funding disproportionately comes from EA groups, https://www.rand.org/global-and-emerging-risks/centers/technology-and-security-policy/funding.html. RAND even co-brands their reports with other EA think tanks, https://www.longtermresilience.org/reports/global-risk-index-for-ai-enabled-biological-tools/.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any news on the MITRE contact for DHS (HSSEDI)? Or is that not going to happen?

rumor mill at MITRE is saying that a much smaller IDIQ will be signed that at least gets some new work in. No idea of how valid that rumor is, could easily be any other scenario you could imagine. I'm not in that part of MITRE, no insider info.

Many believe that this "rumor" is merely the current management team (VP/TDs/CEs) trying to protect themselves after struggling to build the necessary relationships within DHS and effectively showcase Mitre's value. I can't help but wonder if they are aware of the negative perception they have among those in the center and throughout the corporation. Most of these people are not employable in the private sector and the rest of mitre doesn’t want them either so they are hanging on tight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The evidence points to a clear trend of RAND becoming aligned with Effective Altruism. RAND's CEO is a leader in EA, https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/effective-altruism-in-government-jason-matheny. The think tank's funding disproportionately comes from EA groups, https://www.rand.org/global-and-emerging-risks/centers/technology-and-security-policy/funding.html. RAND even co-brands their reports with other EA think tanks, https://www.longtermresilience.org/reports/global-risk-index-for-ai-enabled-biological-tools/.

effective altruism just means getting the most bang for the buck for donations - like, how do we really help people? And the link on funding just looks at one unit - TASP. So it's not "disproportionate."

this is sort of cherry picking stuff and interpreting it negatively.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The evidence points to a clear trend of RAND becoming aligned with Effective Altruism. RAND's CEO is a leader in EA, https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/effective-altruism-in-government-jason-matheny. The think tank's funding disproportionately comes from EA groups, https://www.rand.org/global-and-emerging-risks/centers/technology-and-security-policy/funding.html. RAND even co-brands their reports with other EA think tanks, https://www.longtermresilience.org/reports/global-risk-index-for-ai-enabled-biological-tools/.

effective altruism just means getting the most bang for the buck for donations - like, how do we really help people? And the link on funding just looks at one unit - TASP. So it's not "disproportionate."

this is sort of cherry picking stuff and interpreting it negatively.

Lots of things to critique at RAND, but the EA angle is a big nothingburger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The evidence points to a clear trend of RAND becoming aligned with Effective Altruism. RAND's CEO is a leader in EA, https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/effective-altruism-in-government-jason-matheny. The think tank's funding disproportionately comes from EA groups, https://www.rand.org/global-and-emerging-risks/centers/technology-and-security-policy/funding.html. RAND even co-brands their reports with other EA think tanks, https://www.longtermresilience.org/reports/global-risk-index-for-ai-enabled-biological-tools/.

effective altruism just means getting the most bang for the buck for donations - like, how do we really help people? And the link on funding just looks at one unit - TASP. So it's not "disproportionate."

this is sort of cherry picking stuff and interpreting it negatively.

there is seemingly disagreement from fox news...... www.foxnews.com/politics/meet-ex-biden-appointee-who-could-be-major-force-against-trumps-ai-agenda-doomsayer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The evidence points to a clear trend of RAND becoming aligned with Effective Altruism. RAND's CEO is a leader in EA, https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/effective-altruism-in-government-jason-matheny. The think tank's funding disproportionately comes from EA groups, https://www.rand.org/global-and-emerging-risks/centers/technology-and-security-policy/funding.html. RAND even co-brands their reports with other EA think tanks, https://www.longtermresilience.org/reports/global-risk-index-for-ai-enabled-biological-tools/.

effective altruism just means getting the most bang for the buck for donations - like, how do we really help people? And the link on funding just looks at one unit - TASP. So it's not "disproportionate."

this is sort of cherry picking stuff and interpreting it negatively.

there is seemingly disagreement from fox news...... www.foxnews.com/politics/meet-ex-biden-appointee-who-could-be-major-force-against-trumps-ai-agenda-doomsayer

Have you figured out yet what anonymous party is placing that story and why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The evidence points to a clear trend of RAND becoming aligned with Effective Altruism. RAND's CEO is a leader in EA, https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/effective-altruism-in-government-jason-matheny. The think tank's funding disproportionately comes from EA groups, https://www.rand.org/global-and-emerging-risks/centers/technology-and-security-policy/funding.html. RAND even co-brands their reports with other EA think tanks, https://www.longtermresilience.org/reports/global-risk-index-for-ai-enabled-biological-tools/.

effective altruism just means getting the most bang for the buck for donations - like, how do we really help people? And the link on funding just looks at one unit - TASP. So it's not "disproportionate."

this is sort of cherry picking stuff and interpreting it negatively.

there is seemingly disagreement from fox news...... www.foxnews.com/politics/meet-ex-biden-appointee-who-could-be-major-force-against-trumps-ai-agenda-doomsayer

Have you figured out yet what anonymous party is placing that story and why?

No anonymous party was placing these kinds of stories when Michael Rich was the CEO.