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other applicable federal, state and local laws or regulations. Auditor agrees that each audit prepared under this Agreement shall conform to the requirements set forth herein. The County is progressive in its attitude toward new accounting standards, and early implementation is practiced when recommended. 3. AUDIT RESPONSIBILITIES. 3.1. The "Audit Approach and Work Plan," consisting of pages 17 through 22 of the Auditor's Proposal for Independent Auditing Services, and the "Detailed Audit Approach" consisting of 10 pages in the Appendix section of same proposal, all set forth in Exhibit "C" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference in their entirety, set forth the framework under which the Services will be performed under this Agreement. 3.2. The County has received the Government Finance Officers Association's Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 1983 through 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports ("CAFR"). The CAFR for each of the fiscal years covered by this Agreement will be submitted for consideration for such Certificate. Auditor shall provide technical assistance to help the County meet the requirements to attain such Certificate. 3.3. Auditor acknowledges and agrees that it possesses the ability to store all working papers and reports at the Auditor's expense for a minimum of five years, unless Auditor is notified by the County to extend the retention period. The Auditor will be required to make working papers available, upon request, to the following parties or their designees: the County; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; General Accounting Office; parties to an audit quality review process; and auditors of entities of which the County is a recipient of grant funds. In addition, Auditor shall respond to the reasonable inquiries of successor auditors and allow successor auditors to review working papers. 3.4. Auditor agrees to comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations applicable to the furnishing of the Services set forth in this Agreement, and any provisions required thereby to be included herein shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference. 4. ADDITIONAL SERVICES. It is the intent of the County that future additional audit requirements, imposed on the County by applicable national and state agencies, shall be provided by the Auditor under this Agreement and included in the negotiated compensation in this Agreement. The Auditor acknowledges and agrees that any future additional audit requirements, imposed on the County by applicable national and state agencies, are included within the negotiated compensation set forth in this Agreement. 5. AUDITOR AUDIT TEAM. The Auditor shall assign members of its staff, as identified in the "Your Engagement Team" section consisting of pages 5 through and including 6 of the Auditor's Proposal for Independent Auditing Services, attached hereto as Exhibit "C" and incorporated herein by this reference in its entirety ("Auditor Audit Team"). The Auditor agrees that the County shall have the right to approve the Auditor's Audit Team, and that the Auditor shall not change any manager of its Auditor's Audit Team without prior written notice to the County. Furthermore, if any manager of the Auditor's Audit Team is removed from providing Services under this Agreement, or employment is otherwise terminated or curtailed by the Auditor, or if any manager of the Auditor's Audit Team terminates employment with 2