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Responding to written questions, the SBA didn’t say whether it was aware of Manger’s work for Womply and whether it signed off on it.Įmployees of the SBA who “occupied a position involving discretion over, or who exercised discretion with respect to, the granting or administration of SBA Assistance” are barred from working as an “employee, partner, agent, attorney or other representative” of any company that received SBA assistance for two years after the assistance is granted or administered.įederal revolving-door regulations are typically focused on restricting the ability of senior officials to lobby their former employers after leaving, but the fact that the SBA has specific rules connected to SBA assistance is because of the unique nature of the agency, which is heavily involved in helping small businesses obtain loans and other funding, said Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. “I don’t really have anything to add,” he said.
