Regina Dugan, who now works at Google, has been accused of violating ethics rules by the Defense Advance Research Project Agency for using her position within DARPA to push RedXDefense, a company she founded and led prior to joining DARPA. The Defense Department tipped off in 2011, by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) alleges RedX received $1.75 million in contracts following Dugan's appointment to DARPA. Google commented to the Navy Times on Dugan's position.