Originally Posted by
RatherBeOnATrain
From the article:
Guess which federal security agency he is going to consult for....
Fortunately, there are laws in place to prevent a retiree from representing a business back to his or her former employer for anywhere from one year to lifetime. Also, depending upon his specific responsibilities, he may have a one-year to lifetime ban on employment with certain companies.
So, in the meanwhile, he can be the coach in the booth sending in plays to the sidelines -- i.e.: not directly representing his company to his former employer but certainly directing business strategy and using his current insider knowledge. In that regard, the shelf life for usefulness as an insider is about 2-3 years. After that, your knowledge becomes stale and old and there are loads of other former SESs ready to take his place.
"Employer" takes on a different meaning as well. Francine may have determined that Hoggan's "employer" was the TSA, which would allow him to sell himself to any other DHS organization. Also, this doesn't prohibit him from consulting to the FAA, FBI, ATF or any other federal agency.
Like on PBS, "for further reading..."
here are some of the specific government ethics rules:
Restrictions on Contacts with the Government on Behalf of Others
- A former employee may be prohibited from having contact with an employee of any Federal agency or court, on behalf of another person or entity, concerning an official matter with which the former employee was involved as a Government employee. 18 U.S.C. § 207.
- A former high-level employee or former political appointee may be prohibited from having contact with an employee of his or her former Federal agency (and perhaps certain officials at other agencies), on behalf of another person or entity, concerning any official matter. 18 U.S.C. § 207; Executive Order 13490 (the Ethics Pledge).
- A former political appointee may be prohibited from lobbying a Government official on behalf of a client for whom he is registered as a lobbyist. Executive Order 13490 (the Ethics Pledge).