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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF LOUfsf DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> * '� * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> ooNFioENcc (225)219-5600 <br /> ••«o»••' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> February 5, 2024 <br /> Allie DeLeo-Allen <br /> 134 Sweet Gum Place <br /> Choudrant, Louisiana 71227 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2023-1077 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. DeLeo-Allen: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on February 2,2024, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") prohibits you from <br /> providing services to Louisiana Tech University's Innovation Enterprise division following your <br /> retirement from Louisiana Tech University. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You were employed by Louisiana Tech University from June 2012 to May 2023. During your <br /> entire tenure at Louisiana Tech University, you were employed within the College of Engineering <br /> and Science. Since September 2021, you served as a lecturer in the Instrumentation and Control <br /> Systems Engineering Technology ("ICET") Program within the College of Engineering and <br /> Science. In this role, your primary duty was to teach a variety of courses ranging from first-year <br /> to upper-level engineering courses. You reported to the Director of ICET and Industrial <br /> Engineering. <br /> As of December 2023, you are the sole owner of DKB Solutions, LLC, which provides grant <br /> writing and management services. You have been approached by Louisiana Tech University's <br /> Innovation Enterprise division to help establish a grant writing program that guides student <br /> employees through the grant writing process and serves faculty, external partners, and the <br /> Innovation Enterprise team. The Innovation Enterprise division is led by the Chief Innovation <br /> Officer and is separate from the College of Engineering and Science. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121B(1) provides that no former public employee shall, for a period of two years <br /> following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a <br /> transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public <br /> employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental <br /> entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following termination of <br /> his public employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to <br /> the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the <br /> parties to the contract,to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2023-1077) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />