Anonymous
Post 02/14/2026 04:16     Subject: FFRDCs
Is L. Ron Hubbard the president of Rand? ^ sounds like Scientology.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 21:23     Subject: FFRDCs
https://web.archive.org/web/20110810083732/http://jgmatheny.org/extinctionethics.htm

If a benevolent, advanced extraterrestrial civilization exists, then it is probably distant. We would waste some fraction of remaining starlight if we waited for them to reach this region of space.

There are around 10^13 stars in the Virgo Supercluster and, assuming each star could provide enough energy to sustain 10^10 sentients... our Supercluster could support 10^23 sentients.

If we are not at the leading edge, and there are extraterrestrials more advanced than we are, then they are probably either not benevolent or not nearby. Otherwise, it is hard to fathom why they haven't intervened (overtly or covertly) in Earth's affairs to prevent the mass of suffering on this planet.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 20:50     Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:i think rand corporation’s ceo has wrotes some cooky articles abt the need to colonize space, aliens and human extinction


This is the dumbest thing I have ever read. He was the director of IARPA and a senior advisor to President Biden. You do not get into these positions by writing about aliens and space colonization. You are clueless.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 20:12     Subject: FFRDCs
i think rand corporation’s ceo has wrotes some cooky articles abt the need to colonize space, aliens and human extinction
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 12:51     Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As each week goes by, CNA struggles even more.


Anonymous wrote:
I love how this one (I assume) disgruntled ex-CNAer periodically tries to jump into the middle of the RAND/Mitre bashing.

“Guuuys! Come on! CNA sucks too!”

“Who?”


This is a thread about FFRDCs...Sherlock!
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 08:17     Subject: FFRDCs
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.


Mitre sounds awful. How could it get this bad?


Jason's push for growth, at any cost.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 23:21     Subject: FFRDCs
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.


Mitre sounds awful. How could it get this bad?
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 16:46     Subject: FFRDCs
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.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 15:09     Subject: FFRDCs
Most FFRDCs should remove an entire layer of executives and increase their span of control.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 22:48     Subject: FFRDCs
who has had the most senior leadership turnover in the past year? mitre, cna, idą, or rand?
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 22:25     Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:As each week goes by, CNA struggles even more.


Anonymous wrote:
I love how this one (I assume) disgruntled ex-CNAer periodically tries to jump into the middle of the RAND/Mitre bashing.

“Guuuys! Come on! CNA sucks too!”

“Who?”
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 19:26     Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:As each week goes by, CNA struggles even more.


Who is struggling the most?
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 11:24     Subject: FFRDCs
As each week goes by, CNA struggles even more.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 19:55     Subject: FFRDCs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Check out the Glassdoor reviews for MITRE. That place is messy.

Most employees despised the previous CEO, his constant talk of “growth,” attempts to stand up “alt-FFRDC” business lines, and his tone-deaf, foot-in-mouth communication style on many company-wide CEO calls. He explicitly encouraged the mess that was made on Glassdoor. Such an out of touch jerk.

New CEO seems like a breath of fresh air. Even before the Trump administration took office, we’re hearing about better focus on appropriate FFRDC work (e.g., emerging technologies and approaches, work with high risk of failure that others might avoid, hands-on prototyping that transitions to industry quickly), raising the bar very high on technical quality, and differentiation from other beltway contractors.

MITRE has always said no to plenty of work the government asks us to do because it’s not a good fit for our FFRDC role. I think that approach is going to increase, even with the government-driven contractions that are underway.

Glassdoor reviews will likely improve over time.


Sounds like RAND right now. Our new CEO is all about growth, AI, and is focused on alt-FFRDC work to the point where I wonder if they even want their FFRDCs anymore.


It is a very good thing for the organization that they diversified in terms of funding sources over the last few years. It will still be very painful for them if the FFRDCs are cut or eliminated, but it will not be existential.


I have a feeling our senior leadership posted this or it’s someone close to them. Pure guess…
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 17:52     Subject: FFRDCs
Heard she’s asking about conflict of interest stuff….