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EXHIBIT 1
<br /> a. Standard. All recipients, subrecipients, successors, transferees, and assignees must
<br /> acknowledge and agree to comply with applicable provisions governing DHS access to
<br /> records, accounts, documents, information, facilities, and staff. Recipients must give
<br /> DHSIFEMA access to, and the right to examine and copy, records, accounts, and other
<br /> documents and sources of information related to the federal financial assistance award and
<br /> permit access to facilities, personnel, and other individuals and information as may be
<br /> necessary, as required by DHS regulations and other applicable laws or program guidance.
<br /> See DHS Standard Terms and Conditions: Version 8.1 (2018). Additionally, Section 1225 of
<br /> the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 prohibits FEMA from providing reimbursement to
<br /> any state, local, tribal, or territorial government, or private non-profit for activities made
<br /> pursuant to a contract that purports to prohibit audits or internal reviews by the FEMA
<br /> administrator or ComptrollerGeneral.
<br /> Access to Records. The following access to records requirements apply to this contract:
<br /> i.The Contractor agrees to provide Participating Public Agency, the FEMA
<br /> Administrator, the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their authorized
<br /> representatives access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the
<br /> Contractor which are directly pertinent to this contract for the purposes of making
<br /> audits, examinations, excerpts, and transcriptions.
<br /> ii.The Contractor agrees to permit any of the foregoing parties to reproduce by any
<br /> means whatsoever or to copy excerpts and transcriptions as reasonably needed.
<br /> iii. The Contractor agrees to provide the FEMA Administrator or his authorized
<br /> representatives access to construction or other work sites pertaining to the work
<br /> being completed under the contract.
<br /> iv.ln compliance with the Disaster Recovery Act of 2018, the Participating Public Agency
<br /> and the Contractor acknowledge and agree that no language in this contract is
<br /> intended to prohibit audits or internal reviews by the FEMA Administrator or the
<br /> Comptroller General of the United States.
<br /> 14. CHANGES
<br /> a. Standard. To be eligible for FEMA assistance under the non-Federal entity's FEMA grant or
<br /> cooperative agreement, the cost of the change, modification, change order, or constructive
<br /> change must be allowable, allocable, within the scope of its grant or cooperative agreement,
<br /> and reasonable for the completion of project scope-
<br /> b. Appllcabilit . FEMA recommends, therefore, that a non-Federal entity include a changes
<br /> clause in its contract that describes how, if at all, changes can be made by either party to alter
<br /> the method, price, or schedule of the work without breaching the contract. The language of the
<br /> clause may differ depending on the nature of the contract and the end-item procured.
<br /> 15. DHS SEAL, LOGO,AND FLAGS
<br /> a. Standard. Recipients must obtain permission prior to using the DHS seals), logos, crests, or
<br /> reproductions of flags or likenesses of DHS agency officials. See DHS Standard Terms and
<br /> Conditions: Version 8.1(2018).
<br /> b. Applicabillty. FEMA recommends that all non-Federal entities place in their contracts a
<br /> provision that a contractor shall not use the DHS seal(s), logos, crests, or reproductions of
<br /> flags or likenesses of DHS agency officials without specific FEMA pre-approval-
<br /> C. "The contractor shall not use the DHS seal(s), logos, crests, or reproductions of flags or
<br /> likenesses of DHS agency officials without specific FEMA pre-approval.
<br /> Version August 19,2022
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