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Attachment B STOP Grant Award Conditions Page 3 of 4 10. Restrictions and certifications regarding non-disclosure agreements No recipient or subrecipients under the STOP Grant award, or entity that receives a procurement contract or subcontract with any funds under the STOP Grant award, may require any employee or contractor to sign an internal confidentiality agreement or statement that prohibits or otherwise restricts, or purports to prohibit or restrict, the reporting (in accordance with law) of waste, fraud, or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement representative of a federal department or agency authorized to receive such information. The details of this condition are posted on the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/award-conditions (Award Condition: Restrictions and certifications regarding non-disclosure agreements and related matters), and are incorporated by reference here. 11. Compliance with 41 U.S.C.4712 (including prohibitions on reprisal; notice to employees) The recipient, and subrecipients at any tier, must comply with, and is subject to, all applicable provisions of 41 U.S.C.4712, including all applicable provisions that prohibit, under specified circumstances, discrimination against an employee as reprisal for the employee's disclosure of information related to gross mismanagement of a federal grant,a gross waste of federal funds,an abuse of authority relating to a federal grant,a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a federal grant. The recipient also must inform its employees, in writing (and in the predominant native language of the workforce), of employee rights and remedies under 41 U.S.C. 4712. The details of this condition are posted on the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/award-conditions (Award Condition: Compliance with 41 U.S.C. 4712 (including prohibitions on reprisal; notice to employees)), and are incorporated by reference here. 12. General Appropriations—Law restrictions on the use of federal funds The recipient, and subrecipients at any tier, must comply with all applicable restrictions on the use of federal funds set out in federal appropriations statutes. Pertinent restrictions,for each fiscal year, are posted on the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/award-conditions (Award Condition: General appropriations- law restrictions on use of federal award funds), and are incorporated by reference here. 13. Copyrighted works Pursuant to 2 C.F.R. 200.315(b), the recipient may copyright any work that is subject to copyright and was developed, or for which ownership was acquired, under this award. OVW reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work, in whole or in part (including in the creation of derivative works), for federal purposes, and to authorize others to do so. The details of this condition are posted on the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/award-conditions (Award Condition: Copyrighted works),and are incorporated by reference here.