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- U.S. Department of.lustice � �,,> s-�' ;?I effl Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance AWARD CONTINUATION SHEET PACE s or 13 GCAIIt Ali PROJEC'1'NUMBER 2018 -BC -BX -0016 AWARD DATE 09/26/2018 SPLCIAL CONDITIONS 24. Restrictions and certifications regarding non -disclosure agreement's and related matters No recipient or subrecipient ("subgrantee') under this award, or entity that receives a procurement contract or subcontract with any funds under this award, may require any employee or contractor to sign an internal confidentiality agreement or statement that prohibits or otherwise restricts, or purports to prohibit or restrict, the reporting (in accordance with law) of waste, baud, or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement representative of a federal department magency authorized to receive such information, The foregoing is not intended, and shall not be understood by the agency making this award, to contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (which relates to classified information), Form 4414 (which relates to sensitive compartmented information), or any other form issued by a federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information. 1. In accepting this award, the recipient -- a. represents that it ueihner requires nor has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise currently restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees or contractors from reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as described above; and b. cerli (yes that, if it Learns or is notified that it is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute agreements or statements that prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or resh iet), reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any I'm ther obligations of award funds, will provide prompt written notification to the federal agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption of) such obligations only if expressly authorized to do so by that agency. 2. If the recipient does or is authorized under this award to make subawards ("subgrants"), procurement contracts, or both -- a. it represents that -- (1) it has determined that no other entity that the recipient's application proposes may or will receive award hinds (whether through a subaward ("subgrant"), procurement contract, or subcontract under a procurement contract) eithe requires m has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements train employees or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise currently restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees or contractors from reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as described above; and (2) it has made appropriate inquiry, or otherwise has an adequate factual basis, to support this representation; and b. it certifies that, if it teams or is notified that any subrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor cuity that receives funds under this award is m' has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute agreements or statements that prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict), reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any hn ther obligations of award Funds to or by that entity, will provide prompt written notification to the federal agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption oft such obligations only if expressly authorized to do so by that agency. CA O1P FORM 4000/2 (REV, 4-88)