I missed this yesterday if there were threads on it...
Top Air Force Official Dies in Apparent Suicide
By ERIC SCHMITT and GINGER THOMPSON
Published: October 15, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 — The second-highest ranking member of the Air Force’s procurement office was found dead of an apparent suicide at his Virginia home Sunday, Air Force and police officials said today.
The official, Charles D. Riechers, 47, came under scrutiny by the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month after the Air Force arranged for him to be paid $13,400 a month by a private contractor, Commonwealth Research Institute, while he awaited review from the White House of his appointment as principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition. He was appointed to the job in January.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/us/15cnd-contract.html