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Docket No. 13-1488
 
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RE:
Advisory opinion request regarding the application of the post employment provisions to George Bendeck a former employee of the Program Management Team at Jacobs/CSRS representing the Recovery School District and the Orleans Parish School Board in rebuilding schools in New Orleans.
Facts:
George Bendeck was previously employed by the Program Management Team at Jacobs/CSRS representing the Recovery School District and the Orleans Parish School Board in rebuilding of schools in New Orleans. Mr. Bendeck would like to seek employment with architectural firms and needs to know if he can work on Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School Board projects as a consultant or employee.

Additional information was requested to determine Mr. Bendeck's job duties and responsibilities as they related to rebuilding schools projects as well as a description of the services he seeks to perform on these projects. No additional information was submitted in response to the request for additional information.

Comments:
Additional information was requested on December 3, 3013. No response has been received.

Law:
La. R.S. 42:1121A(1) provides no former agency head or elected official shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public service as the head of such agency or as an elected public official serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that former agency or render any service on a contractual basis to or for such agency.
La. R.S. 42:1121B provides no former public employee shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties to the contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed.

Recommendations:
Decline to render absent the requested information.

Assigned Attorney: Tracy Barker
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
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2013-1488: Advisory Opinion Request
2013-1488 Draft Opinion