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ass;r ;f+ Department of Justice Office ofJustice Programs AWARD CONTINUATION V' �� _` Bureau of Justice Assistance SHEET PAGE $ OF to n 4,F „ir Grant PROJECT NUMBER 2015-DJ-tX-1078 AWARD I)ATE 09/14/2015 SPECIAL CONDITIONS 19. The recipient agrees to comply with OW grant monitoring guidelines,protocols,and procedures,and to cooperate with BJA and OCFO on all grant monitoring requests,including requests related to desk reviews,enhanced programmatic desk reviews,and/or site visits, The recipient agrees to provide to BJA and OCFO all documentation necessary to complete monitoring tasks,including documentation related to any subawards made under this award. Further,the recipient agrees to abide by reasonable deadlines set by BJA and OCFO for providing the requested documents. Failure to cooperate with 13JA's/OCFO's grant monitoring activities may result in sanctions affecting the recipient's DOJ awards,including,but not limited to:withholdings and/or other restrictions on the recipient's access to grant funds;referral to the Office of the Inspector General for audit review;designation of the recipient as a 001 High Risk grantee;or termination of an award(s). 20, The recipient understands and agrees that it has a responsibility to monitor its subrecipients'compliance with applicable federal civil rights laws. The recipient agrees to submit written Methods of Administration(MOA)for ensuring subrecipients'compliance to the OJP's Office for Civil Rights at CivilRightsMOA@usdoj.gov within 90 days of receiving the grant award,and to make supporting documentation available for review upon request by OJP or any other authorized persons. The required elements of the MOA are set forth at http://www.ojparsdoj.gov/funding/other„_requirements.htm,under the heading,"Civil Rights Compliance Specific to • State Administering Agencies.” 21. In order to promote information sharing and enable interoperability among disparate systems across the justice and public safety community,OJP requires the grantee to comply with DOJ's Global Justice Information Sharing initiative (DOD's Global)guidelines and recommendations for this particular grant.Grantee shall conform to the Global Standards Package(OSP)and all constituent elements,where applicable,as described at: hap://www,it.ojp.gov/gsp_grantcondition.Grantee shall document planned approaches to information sharing and describe compliance to the GSP and appropriate privacy policy that protects shared information,or provide detailed justification for why an alternative approach is rcconunertcicd, 22. To avoid duplicating existing networks or IT systems in any initiatives funded by BJA for law enforcement information sharing systems which involve interstate connectivity between jurisdictions,such systems shall employ,to the extent possible,existing networks as the communication backbone to achieve interstate connectivity,unless the grantee can demonstrate to the satistisction of I3JA that this requirement would not be cost effective or would impair the functionality of an existing or proposed IT system. 23. The recipient agrees that any information technology system funded or supported by OJP funds will comply with 28 C.F.R.Part 23,Criminal Intelligence Systems Operating Policies,if OJP determines this regulation to be applicable. Should OJP determine 28 C.F.R.Part 23 to be applicable,OJP may,at its discretion,perform audits of the system,as per the regulation. Should any violation of 28 C.F.R.Pan 23 occur,the recipient may be fined as per 42 U.S.C. 3789g(c)-(d). Recipient may not satisfy such a fine with federal funds. 24. The grantee agrees to comply with the applicable requirements of 28 C.F.R.Part 38,the Department of Justice regulation governing"Equal Treatment for Faith Based Organizations”(the"Equal Treatment Regulation").The Equal "Treatment Regulation provides in pan that Department of Justice grant awards of direct funding may not be used to fund any inherently religious activities,such as worship,religious instruction,or prosclytization.Recipients of direct grants may still engage in inherently religious activities,but such activities must be separate in time or place from the Department of Justice funded program,and participation in such activities by individuals receiving services front the grantee or a sub-grantee must be voluntary,The Equal Treatment Regulation also makes clear that organizations participating in programs directly funded by the Department of Justice are not permitted to discriminate in the provision of services on the basis of beneficiary's religion. Notwithstanding any other special condition of this award,faith- based organizations may,in some circumstances,consider religion as a basis for employment. See http://www.ojp.gov/about/ocriequal_lbolitm. OW FORM 400012(REV.4.88) f