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HIRING OF GOVERNMENT AND FORMER
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
Special restrictions apply to hiring
or retaining a government or former
government employee as an employee
or consultant. In addition, various laws
create post-employment restrictions
that may limit the type of work that the
government employee can perform
for certain periods of time, particularly
for matters that they were personally
and substantially involved or that
involved agencies where they had held
senior positions.
publicly announced that they are
leaving government service.
In addition, any plans to employ
retired military officers of general or
flag rank, or civilian officials having the
rank of Deputy Assistant Secretary or
above, must be approved by the BBNC
President and CEO or the respective
subsidiary company group President
and CEO prior to an offer
of employment.
BBNC will not conduct any discussions
regarding potential employment
or business opportunities to any
procurement official connected to
a contract for which a bid has been
submitted or contract awarded. In
order to be sure that you do not
run afoul of restrictions in this area,
before discussing potential BBNC
employment with any government
employee, contact the BBNC
Compliance Department.
Authorization from the BBNC
Compliance Department must be
obtained before even mentioning
proposed employment to current
or recently separated government
employees, and only after they have
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Operating with
Hiring Government
Employees
Q: I would like to hire a current or
former government employee.
What precautions should I take
before discussing potential
employment with a current or former
government employee?
A: The first step is to contact BBNC
Compliance Department to discuss
what you can and cannot do
depending on the specific facts and
circumstances. There are restrictions
on even discussing possible
employment with certain current
government employees.
Current and former government
employees are also banned from
disclosing certain information
that they learned during their
government employment, and
further safeguards/firewalls may
need to be put in place so as to
avoid BBNC or its subsidiaries
from potentially being disqualified
from competing for future
contracting opportunities.
Some government employees have
post-employment or revolving door
restrictions on the type of work the
can do for specified periods of time
after leaving the government.