Fort Walton Beach Resolution — 2023-05 Accepting FDLE Grant for Dive Equipment — reading text

notification regarding any information technology project funded by this award during the obligation and expenditures period. This is to facilitate communication among local and state governmental entities regarding various information technology projects being conducted with these award funds. In addition, the recipient must maintain an administrative file documenting the meeting of this requirement. For a list of State IT Points of Contact, go to https a/ it. oip.qov/ technol oqv- contacts. The State IT Point of Contact will ensure the recipient's project follows a statewide comprehensive strategy for information sharing systems that improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on integration of all criminal justice components, law enforcement, courts, prosecution, corrections, and probation and parole. Interstate Connectivity- To avoid duplicating existing networks or IT systems in any initiatives funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance 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 recipient can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Bureau of Justice Assistance that this requirement would not be cost effective or would impair the functionality of an existing or proposed IT system. 15.0 Interoperable Communications Guidance - Recipients using funds to support emergency communications activities must comply with the current SAFECOM Guidance for Emergency Communication Grants, including provisions on technical standards that ensure and enhance interoperable communications. Emergency communications activities include the purchase of Interoperable Communications Equipment and technologies such as voice- over-internet protocol bridging or gateway devices, or equipment to support the build out of wireless broadband networks in the 700 MHz public safety band under the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC) Waiver Order. SAFECOM guidance can be found at https.i/www.dhs. qov/publicationgunding- documents. Recipients interested in developing a public safety broadband network in the 700 MHz band in their jurisdictions must adhere to the technical standards set forth in the FCC Waiver Order, or any succeeding FCC orders, rules, or regulations pertaining to broadband operations in the 700 MHz public safety band. The recipient shall also ensure projects support the Statewide Communication Interoperability Plan ( SCIP) and are fully coordinated with the full- time Statewide Interoperability Coordinator ( SWIC). If any future regulatory requirement ( from the FCC or other governmental entity) results in a material technical or financial change in the project, the recipient should submit associated documentation, and other material, as applicable, for review by the SWIC to ensure coordination. Recipients must provide a listing of all communications equipment purchased with award funding ( plus the quantity purchased of each item) to FDLE once items are procured during any periodic programmatic progress reports. Page 21 of 26 16. 0 Global Standards Package- In order to promote information sharing and enable interoperability among disparate systems across the justice and public safety community, OJP requires the recipient to comply with DOJ' s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative ( DOJ' s Global) guidelines and recommendations for this particular award. Recipient shall conform to the Global Standards Package( GSP) and all constituent elements, where applicable, as described at https:// it. oip. gov/qsp. Recipient 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 recommended. 17. 0 Prohibition on Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment— In accordance with the requirements as set out in 2 C. F. R. § 200.216, recipients are prohibited from obligating or expending award funds to: 1) Procure or obtain; 2) Extend or renew a contract to procure or obtain; 3) Enter into a contract to procure or obtain equipment, services, or systems that use telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system, produced by Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation ( or a subsidiary or affiliate of such entities). 18. 0 Unreasonable Restrictions on Competition - This condition applies with respect to any procurement of property or services funded ( in whole or in part) by this award, by the recipient( or subrecipient at any tier), and regardless of the dollar amount of the purchase or acquisition, the method of procurement, or the nature of any legal instrument used. The provisions of this condition must be among those included in any subaward ( at any tier). 1) Consistent with the ( DOJ) Part 200 Uniform Requirements -- including as set out at 2 C. F. R. 200. 300 and 200. 319(a)— Recipient( or subrecipient at any tier) may ( in any procurement transaction) discriminate against any person or entity on the basis of such person or entity' s status as an " associate of the federal government" or on the basis of such person or entity's status as a parent, affiliate, or subsidiary of such an associate), except as expressly set out in 2 C. F. R. 200. 319(a) or as specifically authorized by USDOJ. 2) Monitoring of compliance with the requirements of this condition will be conducted by FDLE. 3) The term " associate of the federal government" means any person or entity engaged or employed ( in the past or at present) by or on behalf of the federal government-- as an employee, contractor or subcontractor( at any tier), award recipient or - subrecipient ( at any tier), agent, or otherwise -- in undertaking any work, project, or activity for or on behalf of( or in providing goods or services to or on behalf of) the federal government, and includes any applicant for such employment or engagement, and any person or entity committed by legal instrument to undertake any such work, project, or activity( or to provide such goods or services) in future. 4) Nothing in this condition shall be understood to authorize or require any recipient, any subrecipient at any tier, or any person or other entity, to violate any federal law, including any applicable civil rights or nondiscrimination law. 19. 0 Non- Disclosure Agreements- No recipient or entity that receives a procurement 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 of waste, fraud, or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement representative of a federal department or agency authorized to receive such information. 20. 0 Confidential Funds and Confidential Funds Certificate - A signed certification that the Project Director or Implementing Agency Chief Official has read, understands, and agrees to abide by all conditions for confidential funds outlined in Section 3. 12 of the DOJ Grants Financial Guide is required for all projects that involve confidential funds. The signed certification must be submitted at the time of award application. Confidential Funds certifications must be signed by the recipient Chief Official or an individual with formal, written signature authority for the Chief Official. Prior to the reimbursement of expenditures for confidential funds, the recipient must compile and maintain a CI Funds Tracking Sheet to record all disbursements under the award. The completed form must be submitted with the payment request for OCJG review. 21. 0 For JAG: Task Force Training Requirement- The recipient agrees that within 120 days of award, each current member of a law enforcement task force funded with these funds who is a task force commander, agency executive, task force officer, or other task force member of equivalent rank, will complete required online( internet-based) task force training. The training can be accessed https// www.centf.orq/ CTFLI/ All current and new task force members are required to complete this training once during the life of the award, or once every four years if multiple awards include this requirement. This training addresses task force effectiveness Page 22 of 26  as well as other key issues including privacy and civil liberties/ rights, task force performance measurement, personnel selection, and task force oversight and accountability. When FDLE awards funds to support a task force, the recipient must compile and maintain a task force personnel roster along with course completion certificates. 22.0 For NCHIP and NARIP: Protective Order Systems - Any system developed with funds awarded under this cooperative FBI. agreement will be designed to permit interface with the National Protective Order file maintained by the 23. 0 For PREA: PREA Audits - Recipients using funds, in whole or in part, to conduct PREA audits must utilize a DOJ certified PREA auditor who must abide by all applicable requirements in the DOJ PREA Auditor Handbook. SECTION VII: ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS 1. 0 Environmental Protection Agency' s ( EPA) list of Violating Facilities - The recipient assures that the facilities under its ownership, lease or supervision which shall be utilized in the accomplishment of the Program Purpose are not listed on the EPA' s list of Violating Facilities and that it will notify the Department of the receipt of any communication from the Director of the EPA Office of Federal Activities indicating that a facility to be used in the project is under consideration for listing by the EPA. 2.0 National Environmental Policy Act( NEPA)- The recipient agrees to assist FDLE in complying with the NEPA, the National Historic Preservation Act, and other related federal environmental impact analyses requirements in the use of award funds by the recipient. This applies to the following new activities whether or not they are being specifically funded with these award funds. That is, it applies as long as the activity is being conducted by the recipient or any third party and the activity needs to be undertaken in order to use these award funds. Accordingly, the recipient agrees to first determine if any of the following activities will be funded by the award, prior to obligating funds for any of these purposes. If it is determined that any of the following activities will be funded by the