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OFFICE OF THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL VOCA 2016-2017 Organization: Indian River County Sheriff's Office Grant No.: VOCA-2016-Indian River County Sheri -00470 IStandard Assurances principal, employee, agent, subrecipient, contractor, subcontractor, or other person has -- (1) submitted •a claim for award funds that violates the False Claims Act; or (2) committed a criminal or civil violation of laws pertaining to fraud, conflict of interest, bribery, gratuity, or similar misconduct involving award funds Potential fraud, waste, abuse, or misconduct should be reported to the OIG by - mail- Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Investigations Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Room 4706 Washington, DC 20530 e-mail- hotline(cDusdoj.aov hotline '(contact information in English and Spanish) (800) 869-4400 or I hotline fax: (202) 616-9881 Additional information is available from the DOJ OIG websiteiat www.usdoi.gov/oig Restrictions and certifications regarding non -disclosure agreements and related matters No recipient or subrecipient under this award, or entity that receives a contract or subcontract with any funds under this 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 foregoing is not intended, and shall not be understood by the agency making this award, to contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (which relates to classified information), Form 4414 (which relates to sensitive compartmented information), or any other form issued by a federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information 1 In accepting this award, the recipient — l a. represents that it neither requires nor has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise currently restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees or contractors from reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, and b certifies that, if it learns or is notified that it is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute agreements or statements that prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict), reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any further obligations of award funds, will provide prompt written notification to the agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption of)such obligations only if expressly authorized to do so by that agency 2. If the recipient does or is authorized to make subawards or contracts under this award -- a. it represents that -- (1) it has determined that no other entity that the recipient's application proposes may or will receive award funds (whether through a subaward, contract, or subcontract) either requires or has required internal 02/23/2016 Page 11 of 42 100