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Department of Justice <br />} Office of Justice Programs <br />I Bureau of Justice Assistance <br />AWARD <br />CONTINIJATIONSHEET <br />Grant <br />PROJECTNOMBER 2013 -DJ -BX -1065 AWARD DATE 08/26/2013 <br />SPECIAL CONDITIONS <br />PAGE 7 OF 8 <br />32. The recipient agrees that funds received under this award will not be used to supplant State or local funds, but will be <br />used to increase the amounts of such funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available for law <br />enforcement activities. <br />33. Award recipients must submit quarterly a Federal Financial Report (SF -425) and annual performance reports through <br />GMS (https: / /grants.ojp.usdoj.gov). Consistent with the Department's responsibilities under the Government <br />Performance and Results Act (GPRA), P.L. 103 -62, applicants who receive funding under this solicitation must <br />provide data that measure the results of their work. Therefore, quarterly performance metrics reports must be submitted <br />through BJA's Performance Measurement Tool (PMT) website (www.bjaperformancetools.org), For more detailed <br />information on reporting and other JAG requirements, refer to the JAG reporting requirements webpage. Failure to <br />submit required JAG reports by established deadlines may result in the freezing of grant funds and future High Risk <br />designation. <br />34. Award recipients must verify Point of Contact(POC), Financial Point of Contact (FPOC), and Authorized <br />Representative contact information in GMS, including telephone number and e-mail address. If any information is <br />incorrect or has changed, a Grant Adjustment Notice (GAN) must be submitted via the Grants Management System <br />(GMS) to document changes. <br />35. The grantee agrees that within 120 days of award acceptance, each current member of a law enforcement task force <br />funded with these funds who is a task force commander, agency executive, task force officer, or other task force <br />member of equivalent rank, will complete required online (internet- based) task force training. Additionally, all future <br />task force members are required to complete this training once during the life of this award, or once every four years if <br />multiple awards include this requirement. The training is provided free of charge online through BJA's Center for Task <br />Force Integrity and Leadership (www.ctfli.org). This training addresses task force effectiveness as well as other key <br />issues including privacy and civil liberties /rights, task force performance measurement, personnel selection, and task <br />force oversight and accountability. When BJA funding supports a task force, a task force personnel roster should be <br />compiled and maintained, along with course completion certificates, by the grant recipient. Additional information is <br />available regarding this required training and access methods via BJA's web site and the Center for Task Force <br />Integrity and Leadership (www.ctfli.org). <br />36. No JAG funds may be expended on unmanned aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, or aerial vehicles (US, GAS, or <br />UAV) unless the BJA Director certifies that extraordinary and exigent circumstances exist, making them essential to <br />the maintenance of public safety and good order. Additionally, any JAG funding approved for this purpose would be <br />subject to additional reporting, which would be stipulated by BSA post - award. <br />37. BJA strongly encourages the recipient submit annual (or more frequent) JAG success stories at <br />JAG.Showcase @ojp.usdoj.gov or via the online form at https : / /www,bja.gov /contactus,aspx. JAG success stories should <br />include the: name and location of program /project; point of contact with phone and e-mail; amount of JAG funding <br />received and in which fiscal year; and a brief summary describing the program /project and its impact. <br />38. With respect to this award, federal funds may not be used to pay cash compensation (salary plus bonuses) to any <br />employee of the award recipient at a rate that exceeds 110% of the maximum annual salary payable to a member of the <br />federal government's Senior Executive Service (SES) at an agency with a Certified SES Performance Appraisal System <br />for that year. (An award recipient may compensate an employee at a higher rate, provided the amount in excess of this <br />compensation limitation is paid with non - federal funds,) <br />This limitation on compensation rates allowable under this award may be waived on an individual basis at the <br />discretion of the OJP official indicated in the program announcement under which this award is made. <br />ON FORM 4000/2 (REV. 488) <br />1 <br />