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6.D. - Page 138 of 179 <br />U.S. Department of Justice <br />Office of Justice Programs AWARD CONTINUATION <br />t Bureau of Justice Assistance SHEET PAGE 8 OF 13 <br />Grant <br />PROJECT NUMBER 2018 -BC -BX -0007 AWARD DATE 09/26/2018 <br />SPECIAL CONDITIONS <br />24. 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 />O7P FORM 4000/2 <br />177 <br />