At least 121 of Landry’s employees have signed a strict confidentiality agreement with the governor’s office, which binds them to secrecy about what they learn on the job, the story said. Employees can be fired or sued for violating the governor’s office NDAs, even after leaving state government. And NDA’s with elected officials are now standard procedure for Louisiana Economic Development, the state agency tasked with attracting businesses to the state. The leaders of both legislative chambers have signed NDAs, along with 77% of the Senate and 13% of the House. We can’t remember another time when state government secrecy has grown like it has over the last 2½ years.