ORANGE, COUNTY, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - 2016

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Page 11 of 20 "'.r. U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs e Bureau of Justice Assistance PROJECT NUMBER 2016-DJ-BX-0746 AWARD CONTINUATION SHEET Grant AWARD DATE 08/16/2016 SPECIAL CONDITIONS 20. Restrictions and certifications regarding non -disclosure agreements and related matters PAGE 7 OF 13 No recipient or subrecipient ("subgrantee") under this award, or entity that receives a procurement contract or subcontract with any finds 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 nceordance with law) of waste, fraud, or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement representative of 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 Fort 312 (which relates to classified information), Fort 4414 (which relates to sensitive compartmented information), or any other form issued by a federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information. I. In accepting this award, the recipient-- & 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 to prohibit or restrict) employees or contractors from reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as described above; and b. certifies that, if it teams 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 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 ("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 funds (whether through a subaward ("subgrmtt"), procurement contract, or subcontract under a procurement contract) either requires or has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from arnployees or contractors that cu ently 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 entity that receives finds 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 further obligations of award funds to or by that entity, will provide prompt written notification to m the federal agency making this award, and will resume (or petit resumption off such obligations only if expressly authorized to do so by that agency. OJP FORM 4000/2 (REV. 4-88)