Top U.S. Scientific Misconduct Official Quits In Frustration With Bureaucracy

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 13, 2014 @02:13AM from the an-exit-interview-I'd-like-to-overhear dept.

sandbagger writes "The director of the U.S. government office that monitors scientific misconduct in biomedical research has resigned after 2 years out of frustration with the 'remarkably dysfunctional' federal bureaucracy. Officials at the Office of Scientific Integrity spent 'exorbitant amounts of time' in meetings and generating data and reports to make their divisions look productive, David Wright writes. He huge amount of time he spent trying to get things done made much of his time at ORI 'the very worst job I have ever had.'"

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Re:Been there. by Racemaniac · 2014-03-13 02:57 · Score: 2, Funny

i gues for the most we're producing money to go up the chain to those who deserve it?
Re:Been there. by boristdog · 2014-03-13 03:09 · Score: 4, Funny

"Bob, I'd say in a week I do an average of 15 minutes of real work."
I wonder how many forms he had to fill out to quit by JoeyRox · 2014-03-13 03:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Oh the irony.
He huge by Megahard · 2014-03-13 03:30 · Score: 3, Funny

If true he could get another job where there's no paperwork.

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