Well, maybe NIST wants to cut, and maybe not. What happens is, in zero
based budgeting, the chain of command will pass down the line requests
for budgets for the coming year with cuts of varying depth. After a
couple of cuts everywhere, travel for example, an agency will seek
programs that can be cut and managers will have to make several
suggested budgets. I have done this, and have had to cut as much as 30
percent out of mine. Since budget cuts are very hard to use as reason
for layoffs, operating funds have to take up the slack. So this may not
come to anything.
The land, if not leased, is probably managed by the GSA, an arm of
Congress rather than the executive branch. I'll bet most of you can
figure out why this is so. NIST will not see a dime from any sale.
Anyway, that's an end to my contributions to this thread.
Selah.
Don
On 2018-08-12 19:46, paul swed wrote:
What bits I have read do seem to indicate its NIST that wants to cut
the
service. Since technology has moved beyond the services value which is
kind
of true. Just think what they can get for the land the sites on.
Microsemi's comments were interesting in that in some manner there
might be
a NTP based solution that could be far more accurate then what we
typically
see today for NTP. But it also seemed to hint it would be a fee
service. I
think thats very very early.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 8:37 PM, Wes <w...@triconet.org> wrote:
Comment in the link about visiting WWV reminds me of my experience.
Many
years ago my late wife and I were roving around Colorado and I
telephoned
WWV and asked if I could get a tour. I mentioned that I was a ham, an
EE,
blah blah. This had worked before at other installations (not NAA
however)
including the Apollo tracking station at Guaymas Mexico a day after a
splashdown.
The fellow I talked to was somewhat taken aback and said that they
didn't
give tours. I expressed some dismay and was about to hang up when he
said,
"Actually, we have some contractors doing some work here and the gate
is
unlocked. If you were to come in you could look at the antennas, but
please stay in your car." So we did.
Wes
On 8/12/2018 4:05 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote:
Group,
This subject needs some additional detail. I found an article with
comments at
https://swling.com/blog/2018/08/nist-fy2019-budget-includes-
request-to-shutdown-wwv-and-wwvh/
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