Advisory Opinions - 2019
2019-FAO-023 Post-Employment Restrictions: An agency ethics officer requested advice on behalf of a former state employee who wanted to provide training services for a company who has a contract with her former agency.
2019-FAO-022 Post-Employment Restrictions: A former state employee sought an opinion to determine if the post-employment restrictions would prohibit him from going to work for certain entities who received funding from his former agency during his tenure as a division director.
2019-FAO-021 Outside Employment/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Votes/Conflict of Interests-Contracts: An agency ethics officer requested advice on behalf of a state employee regarding an outside employment opportunity funded by a contract with a different state agency.
2019-FAO-020 Outside Employment/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Votes/Conflict of Interests-Contracts: An agency ethics officer requested advice on behalf of a state employee regarding an outside employment opportunity funded by a contract with a different state agency.
2019-FAO-018 Post-Employment Restrictions: A former state employee sought an opinion regarding a post-employment opportunity with an entity who has a contract with his former state agency.
2019-FAO-017 Withdrawn
2019-FAO-016 Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: An Appointing Authority and Ethics Officer sought an opinion on behalf of a special state appointee to determine if she would have a conflict of interests if she were to participate in matters related to the school corporation she works for that came before the state board on which she serves.
2019-FAO-015 Post-Employment Restrictions/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: An agency Ethics Officer requested an opinion to determine whether a state employee would be subject to any post-employment restrictions if he were to accept employment with a consulting firm that has a contract with his state agency.
2019-FAO-014 Post-Employment Restrictions/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: An agency Ethics Officer requested an opinion to determine whether a state employee would be subject to any post-employment restrictions if he were to accept employment with an MCE that has a contract with his state agency.
2019-FAO-013 - Withdrawn
2019-FAO-012 Outside Employment/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting/Conflict of Interests-Contracts: A state employee sought an opinion regarding outside employment with a local government health department.
2019-FAO-011 - No Opinion Issued
2019-FAO-010 Post-Employment Restrictions: A former state employee sought an opinion to determine if the post-employment rule’s particular matter restriction would apply to her opportunity to serve as a consultant on a project funded by a grant from her former agency.
2019-FAO-009 Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: A state employee requested advice to determine if he would have a conflict of interest if he were to sell crops and/or livestock to the type of operations he inspected for his agency.
2019-FAO-008 Post-Employment Restrictions: A former state employee sought an opinion regarding a post-employment opportunity working as a consultant on a project with her former state agency.
2019-FAO-007 Post-Employment Restrictions/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: An agency Ethics Officer requested an opinion to determine whether a state employee would be subject to any post-employment restrictions if he were to accept employment with a research and consulting firm that has a contract with his state agency.
2019-FAO-006 Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting/Conflict of Interests-Contracts: A state employee sought an opinion regarding whether he would have a conflict of interest if he were to sell his real property to the agency for which he works.
2019-FAO-005 Outside Employment/Conflict of Interests – Contracts: A state employee requested approval for her outside employment with a company that had a contract with her state agency.
2019-FAO-004 Communications by State Officers: An agency’s Ethics Officer and Communications Director requested advice to determine if it was permissible to create and/or post certain communications on a state officer’s official state social media accounts and official state website.
2019-FAO-003 - Withdrawn
2019-FAO-002 Post-Employment Restrictions: A state employee who served on a committee that scored part of an RFP for a Managed Care Entity contract and had frequent interaction in a subsequent position with one of the providers that was awarded an MCE contract, sought advice to determine if any post-employment restrictions would apply to her prospective employment with the provider.
2019-FAO-001 Post-Employment Restrictions: A state employee requested advice to determine if any post-employment restrictions would apply to his prospective employment with a non-profit organization with ties to his state agency.