Archive: revolving door
The Revolving Pentagon Door
Are you sitting down? It seems a former senior Pentagon official involved with "homeland defense" has moved on to a job in which he will help contractors get homeland security and disaster planning work with the government. Can you imagine? "McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) is pleased to announce...
By Robert O'Harrow | February 5, 2009; 07:42 AM ET | Comments (1)
Rep. Tom Davis Goes To Consulting Firm
Let's file this one away in the "this is not exactly a surprise" folder. It seems that Rep. Tom Davis(R-Va.) -- perhaps the lawmaker most active in procurement over the last decade -- is joining Deloitte Consulting. He'll be receiving more than $1 million a year. "This is not a...
By Robert O'Harrow | November 17, 2008; 10:26 AM ET | Comments (5)
In And Out Of Government
So where do all the government people with juice go when their tenures end? That was one of the questions that came to mind when I read yesterday's announcement that former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge was starting a "D.C.-based advisory firm serving business and government clients." "The firm...
By Robert O'Harrow | October 2, 2007; 05:59 AM ET | Comments (1)
