In my contract it is not only weird but somewhat illegal for me to leave and work for a supplier - especially one I just approved a big order from. If it's per

In my contract it is not only weird but somewhat illegal for me to leave and work for a supplier - especially one I just approved a big order from. If it's perfectly reasonable that I'm prohibited from working for our printer paper supplier (however much I respect them) why is it ok for a government official to skip to a company that he wrote a big taxpayer check to?