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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Been there, quit that. by luckytroll · 2014-03-13 02:22 · Score: 5, Informative

I spent a lost year of my life working for a similar agency. The systematic fear and redundant covering of asses made for endless meetings.
The only thing worse than busywork is busywork with a profound sense of importance attached to it.
Feynman by scottnix · 2014-03-13 02:25 · Score: 5, Informative

This reminds me of what Richard Feynman went through while investigating the Shuttle Discovery disaster.
They made a movie about it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt24...