<div dir="ltr">Allyson,<div><br></div><div>I'm sorry to hear about this! I understand the frustration.</div><div><br></div><div>The SB20 provision is a slightly stricter version of a provision that's been around for a while prohibiting state employees from going to work for vendors and then working on projects they were involved with as a state employee. It used to be that state employees could go to work for a vendor as long as they were working on projects for other customers. The SB20 change was intended to prevent employees from cutting sweetheart deals with vendors and then leaving the state for a cushy job with the vendor. Trust me, it's happened (not in libraries, as far as I know).</div><div><br></div><div>As far as state employees not being told about these sorts of things that can affect their employment, I agree that it's a problem. I don't know how much training universities provide their employees about state restrictions, but I do know that librarians are often surprised at the number of hoops we have to jump through at the state library. I recommend looking at Appendix 3 of the Texas Procurement and Contract Management Guide, at <a href="https://comptroller.texas.gov/purchasing/publications/procurement-contract.php">https://comptroller.texas.gov/purchasing/publications/procurement-contract.php</a>, which gives some of the restrictions for state employees involved in purchasing.</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:10pt">Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Statewide Resource Sharing
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 11:53 AM Allyson Rodriguez <<a href="mailto:allyer10@gmail.com">allyer10@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">An employee in our department (Collection Development) is offboarding to move to a new institution. As part of the offboarding process they were required to indicate they understand the following statement:<div><br></div><div><em><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Notification to exiting employees - I understand that former state
employees involved in procurement or contract negotiation are prohibited from
accepting employment from the companies they negotiated with on behalf of the
former state agency for two years after ending employment. <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcapitol.texas.gov%2Ftlodocs%2F84R%2Fbilltext%2Fhtml%2FSB00020f.HTM&data=04%7C01%7CAllyson.Rodriguez%40unt.edu%7C1ce9ead733ae4b298e6508da08347411%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C637831318616472436%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=SIPobfcssKQW8ITr7NnPsDimra14cu9C2ZWlAmnCrdc%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:normal">Click here to see the full State Bill SB20</span></a>
to Exiting Employees. </span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></em></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Up to this point, none of us in the department had heard of this requirement and by only revealing it at the point of offboarding (potentially after an employee could have accepted a position with a vendor) it could put employees in a serious bind. </span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Do other states have similar restrictions?<br>Are those in Texas (at public institutions) aware of this restriction? If so, when and how were you told? Are companies aware of this?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks all, </div><div>Allyson Rodriguez</div><div>UNT Libraries</div></div>
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