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Department of Justice(DOJ) <br /> OF <br /> �•4��ti- ��G t��. <br /> Office of Justice Programs AWARD CONTINUATION <br /> dry;z .51q Bureau of Justice Assistance SHEET PAGE 12 OF 16 <br /> ST F Grant <br /> PROJECT NUMBER 2020-BC-BX-0007 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 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, <br /> or abuse as described above,it will immediately stop any further obligations of award funds,will provide prompt <br /> written notification to the federal agency making this award,and will resume(or permit resumption of)such <br /> obligations only if 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 <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 /> OW FORM 4000/2(REV.4-88) <br /> C <br />