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Page 8 F. Briefings and Reporting Provide regular federal policy, advocacy, and funding updates. Participate in Consortium coordination meetings as authorized under the County-TFG contract. Provide quarterly written activity reports. Provide an annual report or briefing regarding accomplishments, priorities, risks, and recommended next steps. 5. INDIVIDUAL PARTY SERVICES AND AUTHORITY. TFG may assist individual Parties with Party-specific advocacy, grants, appropriations, or project priorities only if the Party authorizes the work in writing; the work is within the County-TFG contract or separately authorized; the work does not represent that other Parties support the priority unless authorized; and the Party retains exclusive ownership and authority over its project, application, advocacy position, and execution decisions. 6. COMPLIANCE AND CERTIFICATIONS. All work performed under this Agreement and the County-TFG contract shall concern official governmental or institutional purposes. No Party shall use federal funds, grant funds, or other restricted funds to pay any cost under this Agreement unless the applicable award, appropriation, statute, regulation, and funding conditions expressly permit that use. Consortium funds, staff time, property, communications, and other resources shall not be used for campaign activity, political contributions, gifts, entertainment, or ballot-measure activity prohibited by applicable law. The County-TFG contract shall require TFG to maintain all registrations, reports, disclosures, and other compliance filings applicable to TFG's lobbying or advocacy activities. Each Party remains responsible for its own certifications, grant submissions, disclosures, and project representations. The base scope does not authorize campaign activity. Advocacy relating to state or local governmental action is excluded unless separately authorized in writing, included in the County-TFG contract, and permitted by applicable law. 7. EXCLUDED OR OPTIONAL SERVICES. The following are excluded from the base scope unless separately authorized: full grant writing or grant-application submission; post-award grant administration, compliance, reporting, monitoring, or closeout; benefit-cost analyses; engineering, architecture, environmental review, legal services, or specialized technical studies; services exceeding the fixed-fee scope; and travel or reimbursable expenses not included in the approved fixed-fee arrangement.