The Nation - News from July 26, 1985

The Pentagon’s inspector general’s office and a House subcommittee are investigating whether the Defense Department’s top procurement regulator violated conflict of interest laws during a recent job search, an aide to Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) said. The official, Mary Ann Gilleece, did not advise her superior and an agency ethics officer for three weeks that she had offered her private consulting services and the services of an aide this spring to 14 defense contractors, the Dingell staffer said. In a proposed consulting contract, Gilleece and an aide, Navy Capt. Carl Mayer, offered to represent some of the nation’s largest defense contractors before the government, including serving as their “coordinator” on procurement matters and helping affect changes in federal policies and regulations.