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U.S. Department of Justice Office ofJustice Programs ANVARDCONTnTATION Bureau of Justice Assistance SHEET - PAGE s of 23 Grant PROJGCT NUb1aGR 2018 Dl BX-a82a AWARD DATE 11/16l2nI9 SPECIAL CONDITIONS 24. Restrictions and certifications regarding non -disclosure agreements and related matters No recipient or subrecipient ("subgmntee") 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 prohibitor restrict, the reporting (in accordance with law) of waste, fraud, or abuse to aninvestigative or law enforcement representative of a federal department or agency 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 Fomr 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 neither requires nor has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently prohibitor otherwise currently restrict(or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees or contractors from reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as described above; and b. certifies 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 (orpurport to prohibit or restrict), reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any further 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 ("subgmnts"), procurement contracts, or both -- a. it represents that-- (1) it has determined that no other entity that the recipienCs application proposes may or will receive award funds (whether through a subaward("subgra 0), procurement contract, or subcontract under a procurement contract)either requires orhas required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently pmhibit or otherwise curently restrict (or purport to prohibit orrutrict) employees or contractors from reporting wasta, 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 Ieams or is notified that any subrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor entity that receives funds under this award is or 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 furtherobligations of award funds to or by that entity, will provide prompt written notificatiouto 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. OJP FORM 4e09i2(REV 4-88)