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A Bit More on the Tom Davis ‘Revolving-Door’ Saga

Mike Lillis — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:10:46 +0000

Yesterday we ran a post raising a red flag on Rep. Tom Davis’s (R-Va.) claim that his new, seven-figure consulting gig is not representative of the “revolving door” that so often lands former lawmakers in high-powered K-Street firms by simple virtue of their ties to Congress.

Today, Davis spokesman Brian McNicoll took exception with the implication that Davis used his years in the Capitol to land the plum position. McNicoll said Davis, a former counsel to a Virginia-based technology firm, “went out of his way” to find a position in which he wouldn’t be lobbying his former Hill colleagues directly. A statement from his new employer, Deloitte Consulting, indicates that Davis will offer “strategic guidance to help us better serve the federal government.”

Readers can decide if the “revolving door” label applies.

Tom Davis: My New Million-Dollar Consulting Job ‘Is Not a Revolving Door’

Mike Lillis — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:00:59 +0000

Rep. Tom Davis, the seven-term Virginian who’s retiring this year, may have taken a seven-figure position with Deloitte Consulting. But don’t accuse him of being just another beneficiary of the “revolving door.” According to The Washington Post, Davis says he doesn’t fit the category because he was a private contractor before he became a public servant.

“This is not a revolving door for me,” Davis said. “I am basically doing what I did before I went into government.”

Deloitte, for its part, is being more forthright. In a statement issued Monday, the global consulting firm cites, as one of Davis’s strengths, his role as “an expert in federal procurement policy.”

Davis, who will serve as director of Deloitte’s federal government services division, starts his new job next week.