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9/30/22,8:58 AM Funded Award
<br /> C. "United States" specifically includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the
<br /> United 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
<br /> tier, or any person or other entity, to violate any federal law, including any applicable civil rights or
<br /> nondiscrimination law.
<br /> E. Nothing in this condition, including in paragraph 4.B., shall be understood to relieve any recipient, any
<br /> subrecipient at any tier, or any person or other entity, of any obligation otherwise imposed by law, including 8
<br /> 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
<br /> website (https://www.e-verify.gov/) or email E-Verify at E-Verify@dhs.gov. E-Verify employer agents can
<br /> email E-Verify at E-VerifyEmployerAgent@dhs.gov.
<br /> Questions about the meaning or scope of this condition should be directed to OJP, before award
<br /> 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
<br /> or subcontract with any funds under this award, may require any employee or contractor to sign an internal
<br /> confidentiality agreement or statement that prohibits or otherwise restricts, or purports to prohibit or restrict,
<br /> the reporting (in accordance with law) of waste, fraud, or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement
<br /> representative of a federal 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
<br /> relates to sensitive compartmented information), or any other form issued by a federal department or agency
<br /> governing the 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
<br /> employees or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise currently restrict(or purport to prohibit or
<br /> restrict) employees or 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
<br /> execute agreements or statements that prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict),
<br /> reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any further obligations of
<br /> award funds, will provide prompt written notification to the federal agency making this award, and will
<br /> resume (or permit resumption of) such 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
<br /> contracts, or 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
<br /> funds (whether through a subaward ("subgrant"), procurement contract, or subcontract under a procurement
<br /> contract) either requires or has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or
<br /> contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise currently restrict(or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees
<br /> 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
<br /> representation; and
<br /> b. it certifies that, if it learns or is notified that any subrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor entity that
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