State of the State attendees were asked to sign nondisclosure agreements by Abbott staff
The scoop via John Moritz at the USA Today Network: Lawmakers and other guests invited to attend Gov. Greg Abbott 's State of the State address at a corporate site in San Marcos on Thursday were told they must sign a nondisclosure agreement and leave their cellphones outside of the venue, according to a memo distributed last week and obtained Tuesday by the USA TODAY Network. The 7 p.m. speech is scheduled to be delivered at the Noveon Magnetics Corp. manufacturing facility about 6 miles south of downtown San Marcos. Abbott will lay out his priorities for the 140-day legislative session that began last month. The location had not been publicly disclosed and no reporters will be allowed inside the venue, except a crew from the television news stations that will air and livestream the governor's speech. "Because Noveon has national security and corporate espionage concerns, they will require attendees to sign a non-disclosure agreement," the governor's office said in its memo that instructed those invited to respond by Feb. 12. " Noveon has also requested that all attendees either not bring cell phones or, alternatively, have those phones bagged onsite until after the attendees leave the facility." Renae Eze , Abbott's spokeswoman, told the USA TODAY Network that the NDA requirement was later rescinded but the cellphone prohibition will stand. Full story here . Depending on your browser, you may have to right click and open in a new tab.
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The scoop via John Moritz at the USA Today Network:
Lawmakers and other guests invited to attend Gov. Greg Abbott 's State of the State address at a corporate site in San Marcos on Thursday were told they must sign a nondisclosure agreement and leave their cellphones outside of the venue, according to a memo distributed last week and obtained Tuesday by the USA TODAY Network.
The 7 p.m. speech is scheduled to be delivered at the Noveon Magnetics Corp. manufacturing facility about 6 miles south of downtown San Marcos. Abbott will lay out his priorities for the 140-day legislative session that began last month.
The location had not been publicly disclosed and no reporters will be allowed inside the venue, except a crew from the television news stations that will air and livestream the governor's speech.
"Because Noveon has national security and corporate espionage concerns, they will require attendees to sign a non-disclosure agreement," the governor's office said in its memo that instructed those invited to respond by Feb. 12. " Noveon has also requested that all attendees either not bring cell phones or, alternatively, have those phones bagged onsite until after the attendees leave the facility."
Renae Eze , Abbott's spokeswoman, told the USA TODAY Network that the NDA requirement was later rescinded but the cellphone prohibition will stand.
Full story here . Depending on your browser, you may have to right click and open in a new tab.
The scoop via John Moritz at the USA Today Network:
Lawmakers and other guests invited to attend Gov. Greg Abbott 's State of the State address at a corporate site in San Marcos on Thursday were told they must sign a nondisclosure agreement and leave their cellphones outside of the venue, according to a memo distributed last week and obtained Tuesday by the USA TODAY Network.
The 7 p.m. speech is scheduled to be delivered at the Noveon Magnetics Corp. manufacturing facility about 6 miles south of downtown San Marcos. Abbott will lay out his priorities for the 140-day legislative session that began last month.
The location had not been publicly disclosed and no reporters will be allowed inside the venue, except a crew from the television news stations that will air and livestream the governor's speech.
"Because Noveon has national security and corporate espionage concerns, they will require attendees to sign a non-disclosure agreement," the governor's office said in its memo that instructed those invited to respond by Feb. 12. " Noveon has also requested that all attendees either not bring cell phones or, alternatively, have those phones bagged onsite until after the attendees leave the facility."
Renae Eze , Abbott's spokeswoman, told the USA TODAY Network that the NDA requirement was later rescinded but the cellphone prohibition will stand.
Full story here . Depending on your browser, you may have to right click and open in a new tab.