DD Form 2945: Post-Government Employment Advice Opinion Request

In Box 1, provide the Department of War Agency of your last assignment and do not abbreviate it.

In Box 2, enter your first name, middle initial and last name.

In Box 4, provide a primary telephone number and an alternate telephone number to include the area code or country code if appropriate.

In Box 5, provide a primary valid e-mail address and an alternate e-mail address if appropriate.

Opinions will be transmitted via email; individuals without access to email should make arrangements with their ethics office for alternate means of transmittal.

In Box 6.a, select one: Career Civilian, Military (specify service) or Other (specify as Non Career SES, schedule C, IPA, HQE, SGE).

In Box 6.b, provide the military rank or civilian pay grade (rank/pay plan and grade), before January 1 of the current year and after January 1 of the current year.

Required if you are not a military member: your current annual base pay (exclude locality & cost of living), before January 1 of the current year and after January 1 of the current year.

In Box 6.c, if a political appointee, have you made other ethics commitments? If yes, provide detail: did you receive a waiver, or do you anticipate work as a lobbyist.

In Box 6.d, during your last year of Federal service, did you serve in a supervisory or managerial type position? Describe.

In Box 7, provide the name of the last organization you were assigned to as a member of DoW and do not abbreviate it.

In Box 8, provide the name of your immediate supervisor of your last position in DoW.

In Box 9, mark one reason for separation: Retirement if you retired or are retiring from DOW; Resignation if you resigned or are resigning from DOW; Other (Specify) if neither retirement nor resignation applies.

Enter the separation or retirement date in Box 10 and the terminal or transition leave date in Box 11, each as YYYYMMDD; in Box 11, provide both dates if applicable.

In Box 12, mark one: do you plan to work while on terminal/transition leave?

In Box 13, mark Yes if your employee status is a civilian and you previously retired from the U.S. Armed Forces before becoming a civilian employee of DoW; mark No if you are a civilian employee who did not previously retire from the U.S. Armed Forces.

In Box 14, mark Yes or No: are you a reservist?

In Box 15.a, mark Yes if you have received any ethics advice or opinion (oral or written) from another Government ethics official concerning your prospective employment; if so, in Box 15.b provide the ethics official's name, office and telephone number.

In Box 15, mark No if you did not receive any prior ethics advice concerning employment by a civilian company.

In Box 16, mark No if you have not filed, or mark Yes if you have filed, an OGE 450 or OGE 278 financial disclosure report within the last two years.

In Box 16, if you file a OGE 278, you must file a termination report no later than 30 days after separation.

If either the OGE 450 or OGE 278 is selected, provide the position title you were assigned to when you filed the report.

In Box 17, indicate if you are a licensed attorney, even if you are not employed as an attorney by DoW.

In Box 18, in what agencies or organizations have you served during your last 5 years of Department of War service?

For each position, describe your job or briefly describe your major duties during the last 5 years.

If more than three, continue in block 28, "Additional Comments".

For each position, enter the position held from YYYYMMDD to YYYYMMDD.

In Box 19, have you served in any of the following positions or personally taken one of the following actions regarding an acquisition or contract in excess of $10 million during the last 5 years, or for which the contract has not yet expired? (checked October 22, 2026)

a. Procuring or administrative contracting officer or source selection authority; b. a member of a source selection evaluation board, or a chief of a financial or technical evaluation team; c. program manager or deputy program manager for an acquisition program; d. award of a contract, subcontract, modification, task order or delivery order, or payment of a contract claim; e. establishing overhead or other rates; f. approval of a contract payment or payments.

In Box 19.g, if Yes was answered to any of questions 19.a. - f., provide the contract number(s), contract title(s), and date(s) you last acted on those contracts and provide a summary of your duties and responsibilities.

In Box 20.a, do you hold a position in the Executive Service, Senior Executive Service or a General or Flag position (Grade O7 and above - but not frocked)?

In Box 20.b, did you participate in an acquisition with a value in excess of $10 million, during the last 5 years, or for which the contract has not yet expired (See instructions for the definition of "participate.") (checked October 22, 2026)

"Personal" means direct, and "substantial" means of significance to the matter.

In Box 21.a, have you taken any action to resolve a potential conflict of interest related to seeking employment efforts, including issuing a written disqualification, changing jobs, had your duties changed?

In Box 21.b, if yes, provide details, including the names of the prospective employer(s)/client(s) involved.

In Box 22.a, are you planning to engage in compensated activities with any non-federal entity following your Government service? Yes continues to Item 22b and No skips to Item 25.

In Box 22.b, are you currently seeking employment with any non-federal entity(ies) (i.e., sent a resume within the last 60 days, interviewed, responded to an employment overture other than to decline, etc.); if yes, list the entity(ies).

In Box 22.c, do you have a current agreement or arrangement for employment or other compensated activities with any non-federal entity(ies); if yes, list the entity(ies), and if no, continue to Item 23.

In Box 22.d, describe any official duties or involvement you had during your Government service that related to any entity(ies) identified in this section as prospective employers.

In Box 22.e, if you have an agreement or arrangement for future employment, including any tentative or conditional offer of employment, provide (1) employer, (2) job title, (3) detailed description of duties to be performed and (4) expected start date (YYYYMMDD).

In Box 23, say what actions you have taken concerning your future employment.

In Box 24, describe any official involvement with, or duties you have had related to, prospective employers listed in Block 22.

Print your full name in Box 25, add your signature in Box 26 and the date signed in Box 27 (YYYYMMDD).

In Box 28, provide any additional information about your pending employment with a civilian employer that you want your ethics attorney to know.

Failure to comply may also result in the imposition of administrative penalties in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 2105(c).