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...????This [job on the commission] requires a sort of dispassionate lookâ????her distance might allow her to see things that insiders might not recognize,â????Â?? Venky said. â????If you take Livermore Labs, they have some of the very large laser facilities and they make nuclear weapons: Dean Murray had to manage complex systems in that environment and manage the risks in those complex systems.â???...
Murray's management skills, supplemented with her exposure to the intellectual riches of Harvard, provides the dean a deep understanding of risk management systemsâ????an asset that will inform her contributions to a commission that ultimately seeks to shape the way that the government responds to oil spill catastrophes...
Geophysics and Engineering Sciences Professor James R. Rice said that whileÂ??he does not think Murray has "any specific experience" with oil- and petroleum-related issues, Murray's time at Livermore Labs represents a crucial element of her work history that "properly equips" Murray for her role on the commission...
...seven membersÂ??of the bipartisan commission, created by an executive order from President Barack Obama, will have their first meetingÂ??in mid-July, according to The New York Times...
Rice, who said that he was â????astonished by the rate at which the oil was coming out,â????Â?? said that creating a committee in which all members are highly knowledgeable about every detail of the committee's chargeâ????in this case, the BP oil spillâ????is nearly impossible, particularly given the sheer size of the current catastrophe. A committee with members who specialize in different, yet relevant, areas of the issue at hand is a better fit to deal with complex disasters, Rice said...