Government Affairs Council
Update
November 10, 2005
Lobby Law Seminar
Staff Contact: Ken Pokalsky
The NYS Bar Association is holding a half-day seminar on compliance with the new procurement lobbying legislation, on Friday, December 9 in Albany. The session will feature presentations by NYS Lobby Commission representatives (including David Grandeau), and will cover lobby act compliance as the state and local government levels, as well as related Ethics Law changes. The event is $80 for Bar Association members, $130 for non-members.
Minister Wins Assembly Seat
The Rev. Karim Camara won the special
election Tuesday to fill the vacant
43rd Assembly District seat. Rev.
Camara, a Democrat, garnered 77%
of the vote in the race to fill
the vacancy left in September when
veteran Brooklyn Democrat Clarence
Norman Jr. was forced out of office.
Procurement
Lobbying Advisory Council
Staff Contact: Ken Pokalsky
The state Advisory Council on
Procurement Lobbying will hold
its first meeting on Thursday,
November 17. It is scheduled
to run from 10am to 12 noon
in Meeting Room 7, Empire State
Plaza, in Albany. The meeting
is open to the public. The
Advisory Council was established
by Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2005,
which extended the state Lobbying
Act to, and imposed restrictions
on, lobbying activities related
to state and local government
procurement efforts. Most provisions
of this act take effect on
January 1, 2006.
The Advisory Council is charged with:
- giving advice to the state Lobbying Commission regarding implementation of the procurement lobbying act;
- issuing “model guidelines” related to this act in general, and specifically for compliance with new limits on contacts with state agencies during a contract’s “restricted period” (i.e., the period between the first public notice of a procurement, and the final contract award.)
- by 12/31/05 submitting a preliminary report to the Governor and legislature on “potential implementation issues,” and by 10/30/07 a final report on the effects of these procurement lobbying provisions.
The Council is comprised of three state agency representatives; representatives from public authorities, local government, and the contracting community; as well as designees by the legislative leaders. Advisory Council members include: Richard Reed (NYS OGS); Michael Nevins (JP Morgan); Mary Ann Gridley, (NYS Dormitory Authority); Daniel Steward (City of Plattsburgh); Steve Sloan (CDPHP); Terri Matthews (NYC); Thomas Perreault (NYS DOT); Kim Fine (State Comptroller); Ronald Younkins (Office of Court Administration); and Susan Knapp (NYS Division of Budget). Speaker Silver has yet to name his appointee to the Council.
For more information, or to discuss possible issues to be addressed by the Advisory Council, contact Ken Pokalsky at The Business Council.
