The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Person

Robert O. Work

Documented positions

  • Robert O. Work: Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense (2014 – 2017-07); Director (elected 14 Aug 2017; Audit, Public Affairs, Special Activities committees), Raytheon (Raytheon Company, Raytheon Technologies, RTX) (2017-08-14 – present)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • DEF-4.7: Seven officials are documented moving between Defense Department posts and the boards or payrolls of defense contractors in dated steps from 2009 to 2021, under the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. Five of them (Lynn, Shanahan, Esper, Mattis and Austin) came to senior Pentagon posts from contractor roles, and four (Work, Pawlikowski, Mattis and Austin) took contractor board seats after leaving DoD posts or the armed services.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 369 14 August 2017. Raytheon Company: Raytheon Company Form 8-K and press release: Robert O. Work elected to Board