The Lacuna Project

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

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Project On Government Oversight

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.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 357 5 November 2018. Project On Government Oversight: Brass Parachutes: Defense Contractors' Capture of Pentagon Officials Through the Revolving Door