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U.S. Department oflusticc cr Office oflusioe programs Bureau of Justice Assistance PROIEGTNUIYffiER 2017DI-BXA99a AWARD CONTINUATION SHEET Grant AWAaDDATE 11/02lrota SPECIAL CONDITIONS 22. Restrictions and certifications regarding non -disclosure agreements and related matters PAGE s OF 21 No recipient or subrecipient ("subgramec") under this award, or entity that receives a procurement contract or subcontract with any funds under this award, may require my employee or contractor to sign an internal confidentiality agreement or statement drat prohibits or otherwise restricts, or purports to prohibit or restrict, the reporting (in accordance with law) ofwaste, fraud, or abuse to an, investigative or law enforcement representative of a federal departarmt or agency authorized to receive such information The foregoing is notintcnded, and shall not be undersmod by the agency making this award, to contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (which relates to classified information), Form4414 (which relates to sensitive compartmented information), or say other form issued by a federal depurlment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information. L In eccepttag this award, the recipient — a. represents that it neither requires nor has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise currently restrict (or purport m prohibit or restrict) employees or contractors hoar reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as described above; and b. eerdfies that, if it learns or is notified that it is or has been requiring its employees orcontractors m execute agreements or statements that prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport in prohibitor restrict), reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop nay further obligations of award funds, will provide prompt written notification to the federal agency making this award, and will resume (or permitresnmptian of) such obligations only ifoxpressly authorized to do so by that agency. 2. If the recipient does or is authnriz d under this award ro make subawards ("subgrants"), procurement commas, or both -- a. itrepmentsfhat-- (1) it has determined that no otherentity that the recipient's application purposes may or will receive award funds (whether through a subaward ("subgmnt'), procuremem contract, or subeontra t under aprocurement contact) either requires or has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently prohibit orothenvise cure ently restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees or contractors from reporting waste, fraud, orabuse as described above; and (2) it has made appropriate inquiry, or otherwise has an adequate factual basis, to support this representation; and b. itcerfifies that, if it learns or is notified that any suhrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor entity that receives funds under this award is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute agreements or statcsuents that prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict), reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop my further obligations ofaward funds to or by that entity, will provide prompt written notification to the federal agency making this awed, and will resume (or permit resumption ot) such obligations only if expressly authorized to do so by that agency. OR FOREI 400M(REV. 4-M) 20A-19