Comments on: Pensacola Chamber Awarded $200K Cyber Warfare Grant

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:06:24 +0000

I agree with Jeeperman…there is nothing saying what this will be used for or why Florida is subsidizing a Federal Navy base. We have many well educated people here, many with high technical skills, who are not even able to get a job. We educate the young and they move away because there are no jobs here. I want to know WHAT they are using this money for???? And how much of it are the County Commissioner’s syphoning off for themselves?

By: Robert S.

Robert S. — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:07:26 +0000

@ Jeeperman…..

Have same questions. This article and the one in PNJ have a lot of words, mostly folks patting each other on the back, but very little substance or explanation of what exactly is to be done with the $200,000.

Figured after CoC does its “normal” studies, assessments, inquiries, hires a few individuals to manage things and buys a box of staples that all the money will have been well spent and nothing accomplished. Sort of like the “Technology Park” and the ECUA old poop plant property which are all booming.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:20:55 +0000

This same grant was “awarded” last year for the same thing.
The Center for Information Dominance Unit (CIDU) Corry Station is a Navy operation.
So is this state of Florida grant being used to subsidize federal dollars for the program or what?
And why is the CoC in the middle, most likely syphoning off “administrative expenses” ?