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<br />FFY18 Fire Management Assistance Grant Agreement Page 14 of 22 Kittitas, County of, D19-1004 <br />A.21. NOTICES <br />The SUBRECIPIENT shall comply with all public notices or notices to individuals required by <br />applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations, and shall maintain a record of this compliance. <br />A.22. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY/HEALTH ACT and WASHINGTON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY/ HEALTH ACT <br />(OSHA/WISHA) <br /> The SUBRECIPIENT represents and warrants that its work place does now or will meet all applicable <br />federal and state safety and health regulations that are in effect during the SUBRECIPIENT’s <br />performance under this Agreement. To the extent allowed by law, the SUBRECIPIENT further agrees <br />to indemnify and hold harmless the DEPARTMENT and its employees and agents from all liability, <br />damages and costs of any nature, including but not limited to, costs of suits and attorneys' fees <br />assessed against the DEPARTMENT, as a result of the failure of the SUBRECIPIENT to so comply. <br />A.23. OWNERSHIP OF PROJECT/CAPITAL FACILITIES <br /> The DEPARTMENT makes no claim to any capital facilities or real property improved or constructed <br />with funds under this Agreement, and by this subaward of funds does not and will not acquire any <br />ownership interest or title to such property of the SUBRECIPIENT. The SUBRECIPIENT shall assume <br />all liabilities arising from the ownership and operation of the project and agrees to hold the <br />DEPARTMENT and the state of Washington and the United States government harmless from any <br />and all causes of action arising from the ownership and operation of the project. <br />A.24. POLITICAL ACTIVITY <br />No portion of the funds provided herein shall be used for any partisan political activity or to further the <br />election or defeat of any candidate for public office or influence the approval or defeat of any ballot <br />issue. <br />A.25. PRIVACY <br /> Personal information collected, used or acquired in connection with this agreement shall be used <br />solely for the purposes of this agreement. SUBRECIPIENT and its subcontractors agree not to <br />release, divulge, publish, transfer, sell or otherwise make known to unauthorized persons’ personal <br />information without the express written consent of the DEPARTMENT or as provided by law or court <br />order. SUBRECIPIENT agrees to implement physical, electronic and managerial safeguards to <br />prevent unauthorized access to personal information. <br /> The DEPARTMENT reserves the right to monitor, audit, or investigate the use of personal information <br />collected, used or acquired by the SUBRECIPIENT through this Agreement. The monitoring, auditing <br />or investigating may include but is not limited to “salting” by the DEPARTMENT. Salting is the act of <br />placing a record containing unique but false information in a database that can be used later to identify <br />inappropriate disclosure of data contained in the database. <br /> Any breach of this provision may result in termination of the contract and the demand for return of all <br />personal information. The SUBRECIPIENT agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the <br />DEPARTMENT for any damages related to the SUBRECIPIENT’s unauthorized use, loss or <br />disclosure of personal information. <br /> For purposes of this provision, personal information includes, but is not limited to, information <br />identifiable to an individual that relates to a natural person’s health, finances, education, business, use <br />or receipt of governmental services, or other activities, names, addresses, telephone numbers, social <br />security numbers, driver license numbers, financial profiles, credit card numbers, financial identifiers <br />and other identifying numbers. <br />A.26. PROHIBITION AGAINST PAYMENT OF BONUS OR COMMISSION <br />The assistance provided under this Agreement shall not be used in payment of any bonus or <br />commission for the purpose of obtaining approval of the application for such assistance or any other <br />approval or concurrence under this Agreement provided, however, that reasonable fees or bona fide <br />technical consultant, managerial, or other such services, other than actual solicitation, are not hereby <br />prohibited if otherwise eligible as project costs.