ABSTRACT
A flow of personnel—uniformed and civilian—links the Executive with the industry side of the “iron triangle.” Defense contractors regularly hire DoD civilian employees and retiring military officers who bring a wealth of professional experience and useful contacts to the company. Military retirees provide the industry with a pool of men and women who are knowledgeable in the ways of Government, aerospace technology, and procurement strategies. Public discussions of the personnel transfer issue have focused less on policy bias and special access to information and Federal offices than on the risk of conflict of interest. Several Federal statutes are designed to prevent such conflicts. Provisions of 18 U.S.C. 203, 205 and 209 prohibit a Federal employee from representing any other party before agencies of the Federal Government in which the employee has a job or an interest.
