Thanks to the comment from Allison on Schulte’s log, I was able to read this article.
NIH says McSweegan is director of the US-Indo Vaccine Action Program, and has traveled to countries such as Russia representing the agency. He has also ”produced reports and other work products.”
But McSweegan said he has never been told he was director of the program and knew of no such title. Three other people ran the project, and his work for it — such as arranging coffee for lunches and forwarding messages — was ”the kind of work you would get an intern to do.”
Another $100K well spent by the government. As amazing as it is, it still doesn’t surprise me. And just think, how many people in this guys’ shoes do you think would really fess up to it and give an interview like this? Probably not many. Who knows how many more people are out there flying under the radar collecting our money? The government is huge and cannot account for itself.
And who wants to bet that the NIH is still getting plenty of federal dollars despite these inefficiencies that would leave it bankrupt if it were a private organization?
Private ownership doesn’t necessarily mean that such inefficiencies are eliminated. For example, I recall a non-government investment company having such “inefficiencies” and I believe these “inefficiencies” go by the names of Callahan and Sarge. If that’s not a private company paying for nothing, well, I don’t know what is.
Don’t forget Schulte, who is still employed by that private company that will remain nameless.
That particular private company has gone through several rounds of layoffs, eliminating many people falling under that category.
I would love to see the government do the same.