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Cooperative Agreement PI4AC00084 Page 13 of 16 Highlights of the Single Audit Process" which is available on the internet at http://www.dot.Lov/ost/m60/grant/sincontact.html. Additional information on single audits is available from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse at http://harvester.census.gov/sac/ . 6. Procurement Procedures: It is a national policy to place a fair share of purchases with minority business firms. The Department of the Interior is strongly committed to the objectives of this policy and encourages all recipients of its grants and cooperative agreements to take affirmative steps to ensure such fairness. Positive efforts shall be made by recipients to utilize small businesses, minority-owned firms, and women's business enterprises, whenever possible. Recipients of Federal awards shall take all of the following steps to further this goal: a) Ensure that small businesses, minority-owned firms, and women's business enterprises are used to the fullest extent practicable. b) Make information on forthcoming opportunities available and arrange time frames for purchases and contracts to encourage and facilitate participation by small businesses, minority-owned firms, and women's business enterprises. c) Consider in the contract process whether firms competing for larger contracts intend to subcontract with small businesses, minority-owned firms, and women's business enterprises. d) Encourage contracting with consortiums of small businesses, minority- owned firms and women's business enterprises when a contract is too large for one of these firms to handle individually. e) Use the services and assistance, as appropriate, of such organizations as the Small Business Development Agency in the solicitation and utilization of small business, minority-owned firms and women's business enterprises. 7. No Lobbying for Federal Funds: The Recipient will not seek appropriations from Congress to support any ongoing or proposed Recipient activity or project relating to the subject matter of this Agreement or any amendments or sub-agreements hereto, including without limitation federal appropriations for construction, renovation, property acquisition, leasing, administration or operations. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to preclude the Recipient from applying for and obtaining a competitive or non-competitive grant of federal financial assistance from a federal agency or from undertaking otherwise lawful activities with respect to any project or proposal included in the President's budget request to Congress; nor should this paragraph be