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AWARD CONTINUATION <br />SHEET <br />Cooperative Agreement <br />PAGE 3 OF 9 <br />Department of Justice <br />Office of Justice Programs <br />Office of Juvenile Justice and <br />Delinquency Prevention <br />PROJECTNUMBER 2OI5.MC-FX-K039 AWARD DATE O9/2II2OI5 <br />SPECIAL CONDITIONS <br />7. Restrictions and certifications regarding non-disclosure agreements and related matters <br />No recipient or subrecipient under this award, or entity that receives a conhact or subconkact with any funds under this <br />award, may require any employee or contractor to sign an intemal confidentiality agreement or statement that prohibits <br />or otherwise restricts, or purports to prohibit or reshict, the reporting (in accordance with law) ofwaste, fraud, or abuse <br />to an investigative or law enforcement representative of a federal department or agency authorized to receive such <br />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 l2 (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 classifi ed information. <br />l. In accepting this award, the recipient -- <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) employeeJ 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 conhactors 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, will provide prompt <br />written notification to the agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption of)such obligationi only if <br />expressly authorized to do so by that agency. <br />2. rf the recipient does or is authorized to make subawards or contracts under this award -- <br />a. it represents that -- <br />(1) it has determined that no other entity that the recipient's application proposes may or will receive award funds <br />(whether through a subaward, contract, or subcontract) either requires or has required intemal confidentiality <br />agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise currently restrict (or <br />puryort to prohibit or restrict) employees or contractors from reporting waste, 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, if it leams or is notified that any subrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor entity that receives funds <br />under 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 of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, iiwill <br />immediately stop any firther obligations of award funds to or by that entity, will provide prompt written notification to <br />the agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption of) such obligations only if expressly authorized <br />to do so by that agency. <br />Recipient understands and agrees that it cannot use any federal funds, either directly or indirectly, in support of any <br />contract or subaward to either the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its <br />subsidiaries, without the express prior written approval of OJP. <br />9.The recipient agrees to comply with any additional requirements that may be imposed during the grant performance <br />period ifthe agency determines that the recipient is a high-risk grantee. <br />I <br />oJP FORM 40oo/2 (REV.4-88)