Anonymous
12/20/2025 02:02
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!
Who is? “DoW”?
I am the PP who mentioned it. I run a very big portfolio on S&T/R&D and IDA do their thing but they have been very expensive and the performance is not good. No changes with time and just traditional way of writing reports. My management and I decided to cut down on the support contract.
The IDA team that works for my office insists on meeting every week or two and cannot make an independent decision with my approval.
Not only that but they have to spend months of several FTE hours in writing reports that we have no need for. They insist on doing that and not what we wanted. They are also very expensive compared to other SMEs out there.
What did you want them to do?
Just give me a briefing and memo. If I want an Honda Civic, I don’t want to wait more than a year for a 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass.
Do you give them direct feedback?
Also, they are probably told they must meet with you regularly. Their management likely asks questions like “when was your last checkin” and if they were to say “a month” they would probably get in trouble.
Anonymous
12/19/2025 23:53
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!
Who is? “DoW”?
I am the PP who mentioned it. I run a very big portfolio on S&T/R&D and IDA do their thing but they have been very expensive and the performance is not good. No changes with time and just traditional way of writing reports. My management and I decided to cut down on the support contract.
The IDA team that works for my office insists on meeting every week or two and cannot make an independent decision with my approval.
Not only that but they have to spend months of several FTE hours in writing reports that we have no need for. They insist on doing that and not what we wanted. They are also very expensive compared to other SMEs out there.
What did you want them to do?
Just give me a briefing and memo. If I want an Honda Civic, I don’t want to wait more than a year for a 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass.
Anonymous
12/19/2025 16:34
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!
Who is? “DoW”?
I am the PP who mentioned it. I run a very big portfolio on S&T/R&D and IDA do their thing but they have been very expensive and the performance is not good. No changes with time and just traditional way of writing reports. My management and I decided to cut down on the support contract.
The IDA team that works for my office insists on meeting every week or two and cannot make an independent decision with my approval.
Not only that but they have to spend months of several FTE hours in writing reports that we have no need for. They insist on doing that and not what we wanted. They are also very expensive compared to other SMEs out there.
What did you want them to do?
Anonymous
12/19/2025 16:11
Subject: FFRDCs
very slowly, a lot of agencies are going to cut down on the use of FFRDCs like IDA and MITRE and there will be consolidation.
Anonymous
12/19/2025 16:06
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!
Who is? “DoW”?
I am the PP who mentioned it. I run a very big portfolio on S&T/R&D and IDA do their thing but they have been very expensive and the performance is not good. No changes with time and just traditional way of writing reports. My management and I decided to cut down on the support contract.
The IDA team that works for my office insists on meeting every week or two and cannot make an independent decision with my approval.
Not only that but they have to spend months of several FTE hours in writing reports that we have no need for. They insist on doing that and not what we wanted. They are also very expensive compared to other SMEs out there.
Anonymous
12/19/2025 14:08
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://www.rand.org/about/people/m/matheny_jason.htmlAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MITRE Jason set a high bar, but the thread implied RAND Jason’s exceeding it. Congrats I guess?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RAND Jason, not MITRE Jason. MITRE Jason was PNGed August '24.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Jason's gone quiet. He’s basically just a fundraising CEO now, chasing checks in private dining rooms.
Which Jason?
Jason P? Guessing here
Is RAND Jason running his organization into the ground like MITRE Jason did?
Who is RAND Jason? I’m so confused.
Note to FFRDCs: Skip the Jasons.
A couple of them at CNA...making over $350k/year...
Anonymous
12/19/2025 05:55
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!
Who is? “DoW”?
I am the PP who mentioned it. I run a very big portfolio on S&T/R&D and IDA do their thing but they have been very expensive and the performance is not good. No changes with time and just traditional way of writing reports. My management and I decided to cut down on the support contract.
The IDA team that works for my office insists on meeting every week or two and cannot make an independent decision with my approval.
Anonymous
12/18/2025 18:34
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!
Who is? “DoW”?
I am the PP who mentioned it. I run a very big portfolio on S&T/R&D and IDA do their thing but they have been very expensive and the performance is not good. No changes with time and just traditional way of writing reports. My management and I decided to cut down on the support contract.
What’s not good about it?
Anonymous
12/18/2025 15:22
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!
Who is? “DoW”?
I am the PP who mentioned it. I run a very big portfolio on S&T/R&D and IDA do their thing but they have been very expensive and the performance is not good. No changes with time and just traditional way of writing reports. My management and I decided to cut down on the support contract.
Anonymous
12/18/2025 14:52
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!
Who is we? Unless you are IDA management you can’t layoff IDA “support staff.” IDA has been only writing reports for 50 years. It is generally what it does. I haven’t worked ar IDA in seven years but I didn’t see that many fat people. I also see IDA is actually hiring, so…
Anonymous
12/18/2025 01:53
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:https://www.rand.org/about/people/m/matheny_jason.htmlAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MITRE Jason set a high bar, but the thread implied RAND Jason’s exceeding it. Congrats I guess?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RAND Jason, not MITRE Jason. MITRE Jason was PNGed August '24.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Jason's gone quiet. He’s basically just a fundraising CEO now, chasing checks in private dining rooms.
Which Jason?
Jason P? Guessing here
Is RAND Jason running his organization into the ground like MITRE Jason did?
Who is RAND Jason? I’m so confused.
Note to FFRDCs: Skip the Jasons.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 18:27
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!
Who is? “DoW”?
Anonymous
12/17/2025 18:07
Subject: FFRDCs
https://www.rand.org/about/people/m/matheny_jason.htmlAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MITRE Jason set a high bar, but the thread implied RAND Jason’s exceeding it. Congrats I guess?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RAND Jason, not MITRE Jason. MITRE Jason was PNGed August '24.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Jason's gone quiet. He’s basically just a fundraising CEO now, chasing checks in private dining rooms.
Which Jason?
Jason P? Guessing here
Is RAND Jason running his organization into the ground like MITRE Jason did?
Who is RAND Jason? I’m so confused.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 17:28
Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:MITRE Jason set a high bar, but the thread implied RAND Jason’s exceeding it. Congrats I guess?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RAND Jason, not MITRE Jason. MITRE Jason was PNGed August '24.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Jason's gone quiet. He’s basically just a fundraising CEO now, chasing checks in private dining rooms.
Which Jason?
Jason P? Guessing here
Is RAND Jason running his organization into the ground like MITRE Jason did?
Who is RAND Jason? I’m so confused.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 14:10
Subject: FFRDCs
we are laying off a bunch of support staff from IDA and MITRE. Too many bloated staff with crazy overhead who just writes reports. No, thank you!!