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Exhibit 371

Effects of Certain Ethics Requirements on DOD Hiring, Retention, and Operations (IDA Product 3001788)

Exhibit 371 · Research advisory report

Effects of Certain Ethics Requirements on DOD Hiring, Retention, and Operations (IDA Product 3001788)

IDA’s analysis shows that well under one percent of these retired officials are registered lobbyists for top 100 defense contractors.

Congressionally required review of sec. 1045, sec. 1117 (FY2022), 10 U.S.C. 988 and sec. 847. No measurable effect of the restrictions on recruitment and retention; sec. 1045 judged 'most problematic'; well under one percent of retired senior officials are registered lobbyists for top-100 contractors; removal of the provisions unlikely to affect arms-length contracting given other safeguards.

Source
Institute for Defense Analyses (for DoD Standards of Conduct Office)
Date
April 2024
Quoted from
Executive Summary, p. v
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://ida.org/-/media/feature/publications/e/ef/effects-of-certain-ethics-requirements-on-dod-hiring-retention-and-operations/3001788.ashx
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
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Note
Sponsor-commissioned: IDA is an FFRDC paid by the DoD office whose rules it reviewed.

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Finding DEF-4.10
Primary record A 2024 study by the Institute for Defense Analyses, commissioned by the DoD Standards of Conduct Office, found no measurable effect of the post-government employment restrictions on recruitment and retention. It also found that well under one percent of retired senior officials are registered lobbyists for the top 100 defense contractors.