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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> F JoU°meq LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> v , <br /> P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> caN`oENc� (225)219-5600 <br /> '••..o»••' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.Ia.gov <br /> May 5, 2025 <br /> Jay Efferson <br /> 21807 Waterfront East Dr. <br /> Maurepas, Louisiana 70449 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-109 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Efferson: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its May 2,2025 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion regarding whether the post-employment provisions in the Code of Governmental Ethics <br /> (Code) prohibit you, the Vice President of Avexon, LLC from soliciting Office of Technology <br /> Services(OTS)with sales and service opportunities within two years of your prior service at OTS. <br /> FACTS <br /> You currently serve as the Vice President of Operations for a New Orleans based IT Company <br /> Avexon, LLC. You terminated your employment with OTS December of 2024. You served as a <br /> Director 3 in OTS End User Computing(OTS/EUC)section called Field Operations. Your primary <br /> focus troubleshooting issues with end user devices such as computers, laptops,printers, ect. In the <br /> last several years your primary duties were to assist state agencies against cyber-attacks. In your <br /> position you did not have any decision-making authority for hardware or software. However, you <br /> supervised the Field Operations Section for OTS/EUC. <br /> You would like to know if in your new position in the private sector you may approach the OTS <br /> Department heads to provide them with sales and service opportunities from Avexon, LLC. You <br /> stated that you will not solicit OTS/EUC Field Operations. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121A(1)No former agency head or elected official shall, for a period of two years <br /> following the termination of his public service as the head of such agency or as an elected public <br /> official serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an <br /> appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency or render any service on a <br /> contractual basis to or for such agency. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />