r. Recipient agrees that the Department of Homeland Security shall have the
<br />authority to seek patent rights for any process, product, invention or discovery developed and
<br />paid for with funding through this Agreement based on the requirements of 37 CFR§ 401 and
<br />any other implementing regulations, as applicable.
<br />S. Recipient may copyright any books, publications or other copyrightable materials
<br />developed in the course of or under this Agreement. However, the federal awarding agency,
<br />State Administrative Agency (SAA) and City reserve a royalty -free, non-exclusive, and
<br />irrevocable license to reproduce, publish or otherwise use, and to authorize others to use, for
<br />federal government, SAA and/or City purpose:
<br />(1) the copyright in any work developed through this Agreement; and
<br />(2) any rights of copyright to which the subcontractor purchases ownership with support
<br />through this grant. The Federal government's, SAA's and City's rights identified
<br />above must be conveyed to the publisher and the language of the publisher's release
<br />form must ensure the preservation of these rights.
<br />t. Pursuant to Equal Employment Opportunity requirements of 41 C.F.R. 60-1.4(b)
<br />in accordance with Executive Order 11246 as amended by Executive Order No. 11375, as to any
<br />construction contract thereunder, if applicable, during the performance of this contract, the
<br />contractor agrees as follows:
<br />(1) The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for
<br />employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
<br />or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants
<br />are employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to
<br />their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
<br />Such action shall include, but not be limited to the following:
<br />Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment
<br />advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation;
<br />and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post
<br />in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment,
<br />notices to be provided setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination
<br />clause.
<br />(2) The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or
<br />on behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive
<br />consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
<br />orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
<br />(3) The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any
<br />employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has
<br />inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant
<br />or another employee or applicant. This provision shall not apply to instances in which
<br />an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or
<br />applicants as apart of such employee's essential job functions discloses the
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