Hi everyone. I am from the private sector and have received verbal offers from 2 gov agencies so far. I heard that if you are currently in a gov agency and are moving to another gov agency (gov to gov), HR will contact the HR of your current gov agency to do reference checks. But if I am from private sector, will the HR of the gov agency still contact the HR of my current private company to check? And if they do, will they ask for my permission first?

Thanks in advance!