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TDLR updates personnel manual to implement Gov. Abbott27s GA‑48; commission approves changes

2954825 · April 9, 2025
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Summary

TDLR revised parts of its personnel manual and ethics policy to implement executive order GA‑48, adding cyber intelligence review requirements for certain IT staff and requiring employees to report offers of gifts or travel from designated foreign adversaries.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation commission approved amendments to the department personnel manual to implement Governor Abbott’s executive order GA‑48, which directs state agencies to take steps to protect critical infrastructure from specified foreign adversaries.

Doug Jennings, general counsel, summarized the order and the personnel changes the department proposed. The policy amendments prohibit employees from accepting travel or gifts from entities associated with designated foreign adversaries and…

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