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ASSURANCES FOR FEDERAL PASS THROUGH FUNDS 17. Audit: The Subgrantee is responsible for obtaining audits in accordance with OMB Circular A-133, "Audits for States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations". Subgrantees that expend $500,000 or more in Federal awards in a fiscal year are required to have an audit performed. As per the provisions of the Single Audit Amendments of 1996 (P. L. 104-156), the Subgrantee will submit a copy of the A133 audit to the Department of Emergency Services upon its completion "when the schedule of findings and questioned costs disclosed audit findings relating to Federal Awards provided by the Department of Emergency Services or the summary schedule of prior audit findings reported the status of any audit findings related to Federal awards that the Department of Emergency Services provided." If there are no findings or questioned costs that related to Federal awards provided by the Department of Emergency Services pursuant to the paragraph above, the Subgrantee will provide written notification to the Department of Emergency Services that: "an audit of the Subgrantee was conducted in accordance with OMB Circular A133 (including the period covered by the audit and the name, amount, and CFDA number of the Federal award(s) provided by the Department of Emergency Services; the schedule of findings and questioned costs disclosed no audit findings relating to the Federal award(s) that the Department of Emergency Services provided; and, the summary schedule of prior audit findings did not report on the status of any audit findings relating to the Federal award(s) that the Department of Emergency Services provided." Organizations receiving less than $500,000 must have records available for review upon request of the Department of Emergency Services or Federal agency. 18. Cash Management/Allowable Costs: The Subgrantee shall maintain accounting and project records that are sufficient to prepare required reports, track funds to level of expenditure, provide internal control by progress, provide budget control, assure allowable costs per A-87 Cost Principles for State/Local Government or A-21 Cost Principles for Educational Institutions and the Common Rules for Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements, provide source documentation, and assure proper cash management. Such records shall be made available to the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services and the federal government for inspection and audit during the contract term and for three years after the date of final payment, unless any litigation, claim, or audit is started before the expiration of three years, then the records shalt be retained until such action is satisfied. 19. Civil Rights: The Subgrantee shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, Executive Order 11246 and Executive Order 11375. In accordance with the aforementioned act, no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, age, handicap, sex, or religion be excluded from participation in or be subjected to discrimination in any program or activity funded, in whole or in part, by federal funds. 20. Debarment, Suspension: The Subgrantee is advised that the signature on the Notice of Grant Award form certifies that the Subgrantee or any person associated therewith is not currently under suspension, debarment, voluntary exclusion, or determination of ineligibility by any federal agency; has not been suspended, debarred, voluntary excluded, or determined ineligible by any federal agency within the past three years; and has not been indicted, convicted, or had a civil judgment rendered against it by a court of competentjurisdiction on any matter involving fraud or official misconduct within the past three years. 21. Drug Free: The Subgrantee certifies in accordance with C.F.R. 45 Part 76 that it will provide a drug-free workplace, or in case of an individual, certify that his or her conduct of grant activity will be drug-free. 22. Equipment: The Subgrantee agrees that equipment purchased with federal funds will be utilized for the purposes intended under this grant's Scope of Services. Last Updated 02-25-2008