The Lacuna Project

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

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Agency

Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • DEF-4.6: The Project On Government Oversight counted 645 instances in 2018 in which the top 20 contractors of fiscal year 2016 employed former senior officials, officers, Members of Congress or senior staff as lobbyists, directors or executives, 562 of them as lobbyists. Senator Warren's staff report of April 2023 counted 672 such cases for 2022, 613 of them registered lobbyists.
  • DEF-4.8: Four officials who came to the Pentagon from contractor roles stated their recusal terms in their own agreements: Shanahan (Boeing), for the duration of his service; Esper (Raytheon), one year, with a continuing limit tied to his deferred compensation; Mattis (General Dynamics), one year; and Austin (Raytheon Technologies), four years. The DoD Inspector General investigated 2019 allegations that Shanahan promoted Boeing and did not substantiate any of them.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 358 April 2023. Senator Elizabeth Warren (staff report): Pentagon Alchemy: How Defense Officials Pass Through the Revolving Door and Peddle Brass for Gold
  • Exhibit 359 16 July 2019. Senator Elizabeth Warren (posted transcript of Senate Armed Services Committee hearing): Transcript: Warren questions Defense Secretary nominee Mark Esper on Raytheon recusal (SASC, 16 July 2019)