As the chairman of the Big Board's compensation committee from 1999 through the first half of 2003, Mr. Langone played an instrumental role in developing the contracts that awarded Mr. Grasso the bulk of his pay package, which approached $188 million.
More importantly, the command appeared to be unaware of its responsibility to determine contracted support requirements or develop the contract management and support plans required by guidance.
As part of its transparency promise, the government developed the 'Contracts Finder' website, which details all government procurement opportunities, since 2010, over the value of £10,000.
Former Enron executives said that the men became close professionally when Mr. Pai helped Mr. Skilling develop the contracts that enabled Enron to trade natural gas and later, electricity.
Representative Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California and chief deputy whip, who is developing the new contract for the House, said he had called Mr. Gingrich for advice.
These include Dana Rohrabacher of California, who served as a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan in the 1980s; Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, who played a key role in developing the Republican Contract With America in 1994; and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee.
Ernesto Marrero, the executive director of Correctional Health Services, the city unit that oversees jail care and developed the new contract, said that the new contract would incorporate the best of both models.
"In an age where massive pieces of legislation are written in secret and passed before anyone has time to understand their contents, it is my hope that this open process of developing the 21st Century Contract With America will help restore the bonds of trust between the American people and their elected representatives," Mr. Gingrich writes.
Currently, Embraer is developing the plane under contract for the Brazilian air force.
