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... NNSA related to the study committee that in order to attract industrial bidders the management fee was significantly increased. As a result, the annual fee for managing LANL and LLNL grew to about $60 million and $40 million, respectively.
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From page 11...
... The same four, plus Battelle Memorial Institute, are the parents of Lawrence Livermore National Security. At all three laboratory site visits, and at other open study committee meetings, the study committee heard presentations and discussions of management-related matters that make the conduct of science and engineering more difficult, or at least have the potential to do so.
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From page 12...
... The study committee found that the current M&O contracts for LLNL and LANL have significantly increased the cost of operating those laboratories. Specifically, they have added costs that have to be absorbed within the top-line laboratory budgets, thereby decreasing funds available to support science and engineering.
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From page 13...
... However, typically 10 percent or less of the performance fee is tied specifically to the quality of S&E.
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