Exhibit 363

Secretary of Defense memorandum: Ethics Obligations and Updated Screening Arrangement

Exhibit 363 · Memorandum

Secretary of Defense memorandum: Ethics Obligations and Updated Screening Arrangement

For Four Years from the date of my appointment as the Secretary of Defense:

Austin states recusal periods: four years from appointment for Raytheon Technologies; two years for Booz Allen Hamilton, Austin Strategy Group, Tenet, Pine Island Capital Partners, Nucor, Guest Services, Carnegie Corporation, Auburn University, Fidelity and JPMorgan.

Source: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
Date: 6 May 2021
Quoted from: Memorandum p. 1
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Proactive_disclosures/Secretary_of_Defense_Lloyd_Austin_Screening_Arrangement_(May_6_2021).pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: The underlying ethics agreement was not opened.

Cited by

Finding DEF-4.8: Primary record 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.