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each hiring for a position in the United States that is or will be funded (in whole or in part) with award funds
<br />C. "United States" specifically includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United
<br />States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
<br />D. Nothing in this condition shall be understood to authorize or require any recipient, any subrecipient at any tier, or any
<br />person or other entity, to violate any federal law, including any applicable civil rights or nondiscrimination law.
<br />E. Nothing in this condition, including in paragraph 4.13., shall be understood to relieve any recipient, any subrecipient at
<br />any tier, or any person or other entity, of any obligation otherwise imposed by law, including 8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1).
<br />Questions about E -Verify should be directed to DHS. For more information about E -Verify visit the E -Verify website
<br />(https://www.e-verify.gov/) or email E -Verify at E-Verify@dhs.gov. E -Verify employer agents can email E -Verify at E-
<br />VerifyEmployerAgent@dhs.gov.
<br />Questions about the meaning or scope of this condition should be directed to OJP, before award acceptance
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<br />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 internal confidentiality
<br />agreement or statement that prohibits or otherwise restricts, or purports to prohibit or restrict, the reporting (in
<br />accordance with law) of waste, fraud, or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement representative of a 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 312 (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 governing the
<br />nondisclosure of classified information.
<br />1. In accepting this award, the recipient --
<br />a. represents that it neither requires nor has required internal 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 learns 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 of waste, fraud, or
<br />abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any further obligations of award funds, will provide prompt written
<br />notification to the federal agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption of) such obligations only if
<br />expressly authorized to do so by that agency.
<br />2. If the recipient does or is authorized under this award to make subawards ("subgrants"), procurement contracts, or
<br />both --
<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 ("subgrant"), procurement contract, or subcontract under a procurement contract) either
<br />requires or has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently
<br />prohibit or otherwise currently restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees or 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, if it learns 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, it will
<br />immediately stop any further obligations of award funds to or by that entity, will provide prompt written notification to the
<br />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.
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