Bummer: Government cuts to "the Department of Energy’s Office of Science would affect the work of 25,000 researchers and staff working in 10 laboratories across the country"

Green Groups Decry Sequester's Effects - NYTimes.com

[Stephen Chu] also warned that cuts to the Department of Energy’s Office of Science would affect the work of 25,000 researchers and staff working in 10 laboratories across the country.  [Hey Stephen:  What, exactly, are we paying all of these people to do, and how would we know if they did 10% less of it?]