{"id":141,"date":"2017-02-15T00:59:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T00:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.secondordereffects.net\/?p=141"},"modified":"2017-06-10T08:41:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T12:41:42","slug":"the-side-effects-of-preventing-government-employees-from-working-for-government-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secondordereffects.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/15\/the-side-effects-of-preventing-government-employees-from-working-for-government-contractors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Side Effects of Preventing Government Employees from working for government contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Premise of Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n

President-Elect Trump has proposed restricting government employees that are involved in government contracting from ever taking jobs with government contractors. At this point, there aren\u2019t any details about what\u00a0President-Elect Trump is proposing. For the sake of this article, we will assume the most restrictive policy that we can imagine and then propose policies that would actually work.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n

President-Elect Trump stated that \u201che would make it illegal for anyone that made or was involved in the selection of a company for a contract to ever work for any government contractor\u201d. For anyone that has worked in government acquisition, this statement lacks some specificity and so we will add that in the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. If an employee ever works in an acquisition career field or is ever on a source selection team they will never be allowed to work for any company that has or even bids on a US Government contract.<\/li>\n
  2. The policy isn\u2019t retroactive, employees working on source selections started before the effective date of the policy are exempt<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    With these assumptions, the people that could be effected are:<\/p>\n

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    1. Acquisition Officials \u2014 These are the high level Government Officials that approve large procurements<\/li>\n
    2. Contracting Officers and Procurement Officers \u2014 Every contract the government creates has to have a contracting officers approval<\/li>\n
    3. Procurement Technical Evaluation Staff \u2014 These are the engineers and scientists that evaluate proposals on source selection teams<\/li>\n
    4. Functional personal that are on a source selection team \u2014 If your buying an Airplane it is likely that a number of pilots will be involved in the source selection team<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      There are existing rules that restrict a government employee from cashing in on the contacts that they develop toward the end of their employment.\u00a0 Click here<\/a> to see a summary of these rules.<\/p>\n

      Most government employees are experts in some area that the government has an interest.\u00a0 So it is normal when the employee leaves for them to leverage their respective skills to get a job with a company that needs their expertise.\u00a0 As an example, when a pilot leaves they go to work for the Airlines as a pilot.\u00a0 The problem with the president-elect\u2019s proposed policy is that if the pilot ever worked on a procurement for anything, he could never go to work for any of the major airlines.\u00a0 All of the major airlines have contracts to carry US government employees.\u00a0 Based on the proposed rules above that pilot would be barred from working as a pilot.<\/p>\n

      Potential Second Order Effect:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      There would be a lot of resignations and retirements on or before the effective date of the new policy.\u00a0 In addition, it would next to impossible to compel government functional employees to have any role in any procurement. \u00a0If government employees would rather resign than work on a procurement, the whole system would grind to a complete halt. \u00a0This would effect every aspect of delivering government services. \u00a0The proposed policy would be as effective at shutting down the government as congress not passing a budget.<\/p>\n

      Potential Ways Forward to minimize Second Order Effects:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      It is unlikely that the President-Elect really wants to shut the government down. \u00a0As a good capitalist, he would understand that individuals can make chooses that would be in their best interest and that the policy that he stated is exceptionally broad and he would modify his position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      President-Elect Trump has proposed restricting government employees that are involved in government contracting from ever taking jobs with government contractors. At this point, there aren\u2019t any details about what President-Elect Trump is proposing. For the sake of this article, we will assume the most restrictive policy that we can imagine and then propose policies that would actually work. (Since this article was written, the President has clarified his position. 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