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Department of Justice (DOJ) <br />Office of Justice Programs <br />Bureau of Justice Assistance <br />AWARD CONTINUATION <br />SHEET <br />Grant <br />PAGE 12 OF 16 <br />PROJECTNUMBER 2O2O-AR-BX.OI48 AWARD DATE <br />SPECIAL CONDITIONS <br />27. Restrictions and certifications regarding non-disclosure agreements and related matters <br />No recipient or subrecipient ("subgrantee") under this award, or entity that receives a procurement contract or <br />subcontract with any funds under this award, may require any employee or contractor to sign an intemal confidentiality <br />agreement or statement that prohibits or otherwise restricts, or purports to prohibit or restrict, the reporting (in <br />accordance lvith [aw) ofwaste, fraud, or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement representative ofa federal <br />department or agency authorized to receive such information. <br />The foregoing is not intended, and shall not be understood by the agency making this award, to contravene <br />requirements applicable to Standard Form 3 12 (which relates to classified information), Form 4414 (which relates to <br />sensitive compartmented information), or any other form issued by a federal department or agency goveming the <br />nondisclosure of classihed information. <br />l. In accepting this award, the recipien!- <br />a. represents that it neither requires nor has required intemal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees <br />or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise currently restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees or <br />contractors from reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as described above; and <br />b. certifies that, if it leams or is notified that it is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute <br />agreements or statements that prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict), reporting ofwaste, fraud, <br />or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any further obligations of award funds, witl provide prompt <br />written notification to the federal agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption of) such <br />obligations only ifexpressly authorized to do so by that agency. <br />2. Iftherecipientdoesorisauthorizedunderthisawardtomakesubawards("subgrants"),procurementcontracts,or <br />both-- <br />a. it represents that-- <br />( I ) it has determined that no other entity that the recipient's application proposes may or will receive award funds <br />(whether through a subaward ("subgrant"), procurement contract, or subcontract under a procurement contract) either <br />requires or has required intemal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently <br />prohibit or otherwise cunently restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees oi contractors from reporting waste, <br />fraud, or abuse as described above; and <br />(2) it has made appropriate inquiry, or otherwise has an adequate factual basis, to support this representation; and <br />b. it certifies that, ifit learns or is notified that any snbrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor entity that receives funds <br />trnder this award is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute agreements or statements that prohibit <br />or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict), reporting ofwaste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it will <br />immediately stop any further obligations of award funds to or by that entity, will provide prompt written notification to <br />the federal agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption of) such obligations only if expressly <br />authorized to do so by that agency. <br />oJP FORM 4000i2 (REV. 4-88)