Program to Rein in Retired Officers Working as Private Contractors Delayed

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Program to Rein in Retired Officers Working as Private Contractors Delayed

Program to Rein in Retired Officers Working as Private Contractors Delayed
By TOM VANDEN BROOK
July 11, 2010

The Pentagon has not yet determined how many retired generals and admirals it has converted from contractors to government employees under a new policy ordered by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, according to interviews with military officials.

The policy was to have taken effect July 1.

Gates ordered the change to rein in the pay and require financial disclosures for the retired three- and four-star officers, known as senior mentors, who have worked as private contractors. Congress is moving to put Gates' order into law.

Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn will require the services to tell the Pentagon by July 31 how many mentors have been hired as government employees, Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, said Thursday.

"We don't have a good sense" of compliance with the policy, Whitman said. "That's why we want to take the step to evaluate what the compliance has been."

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General Peter Pace, USMC (Ret.)
President & Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Advisors Incorporated

General Peter Pace is President and CEO of SM&A Strategic Advisors.

General Pace served for more than 40 years in the Marine Corps before retiring in October 2007 from the most senior position in the United States Armed Forces. As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2005 until 2007, he served as the principal military advisor to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council during a time of tremendous change in the nation's strategic focus. Prior to becoming Chairman, he served as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2001 to September 2005. General Pace holds the distinction of being the first Marine to have served in either of these positions.

A 1967 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, General Pace holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from George Washington University and attended Harvard University for the Senior Executives in National and International Security programs. The General is also a graduate of the Infantry Officers' Advanced Course at Fort Benning, Ga.; the Marine Corps Command and Staff College in Quantico, VA; and the National War College at Ft. McNair, Washington, DC.

General Pace serves on the Board of Directors for the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation � a charity that provides scholarship bonds to children of Marines or Federal law enforcement personnel who were killed while serving our country at home or abroad.

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