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Exhibit 353

Defense Contracting: Post-Government Employment of Former DOD Officials Needs Greater Transparency (GAO-08-485)

Exhibit 353 ยท Government report

Defense Contracting: Post-Government Employment of Former DOD Officials Needs Greater Transparency (GAO-08-485)

contractor data provided to us showed they employed 1,263 individuals in 2006 who matched our criteria as former DOD senior and acquisition officials, while our analysis of IRS data showed the contractors employed 2,435 former DOD senior and acquisition officials in 2006, or almost twice as many

In 2006, 52 contractors employed 2,435 former DoD senior and acquisition officials; seven employed 1,581. Contractors reported 1,263. Sample extrapolation: at least 422 could have worked on contracts under their former agency's responsibility and at least nine on the same contracts they oversaw. GAO says it found no violations. DoD concurred with the recommendation.

Source
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Date
21 May 2008
Quoted from
GAO-08-485, Results in Brief, p. 5
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-08-485
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding DEF-4.3
Primary record In 2008 the Government Accountability Office reported that 52 major defense contractors employed 2,435 former Defense Department senior and acquisition officials in 2006, and that seven of the firms employed 1,581 of them. The contractors' own data showed 1,263, and GAO described its IRS-based figure as almost twice as many.