A. Ernest Fitzgerald

A. Ernest Fitzgerald was a U.S. government employee from 1965 to 2006.

Career

After working for a number of years as an engineer and in management, Fitzgerald was employed by the U.S. Air Force as Deputy for Management Systems in 1965. While employed at the Pentagon Fitzgerald testified to Congress in 1968 and 1969 about the concealed cost overruns and the technical problems of the Lockheed C-5A transport plane. He was accused of revealing classified information and was fired on order of President Richard M. Nixon. He later successfully appealed to the Civil Service Commission to be reinstated. Furthermore, he was involved in several legal cases that were significant in establishing presidential immunity and defining the rights of government employees, including the U.S. Supreme Court case "Nixon v. Fitzgerald". He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama.

Books

*"The High Priests of Waste" (1972), an account of the procurement practices of the U.S. military.
*"The Pentagonists: An Insider's View of Waste, Mismanagement and Fraud in Defense Spending" (1989)

ee also

*Nixon v. Fitzgerald

References

* [http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5423 U.S. Air Force biography]
* [http://www.igpa.uiuc.edu/ethics/fitzgerald-bio.asp Paul Douglas Ethics in Government Award biography]
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0457_0731_ZO.html Nixon vs. Fitzgerald ]