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52. Will comply with the financial administrative requirements set forth in the current edition of the DHS Financial Management Guide. 53. Agrees that all allocations and use of funds under this grant will be in accordance with the FY 2013 Homeland Security Grant Program Funding Opportunity Announcement, and the California Supplement to the FY 2013 Homeland Security Grant Program Funding Opportunity Announcement. All allocations and use of funds under this grant will be in accordance with the Allocations, and use of grant funding must support the goals and objectives included in the State and/or Urban Area Homeland Security Strategies as well as the investments identified in the Investment Justifications which were submitted as part of the California FY2013 Homeland Security Grant Program application. Further, use of FYI funds is limited to those investments included in the California FYI Investment Justifications submitted to DHS/FEMA and Cal OES and evaluated through the peer review process. 54. Will comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) -5, Management of Domestic Incidents. The adoption of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a requirement to receive federal preparedness assistance, through grants, contracts, and other activities. The NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all levels of government, tribal nations, nongovernmental organizations, and private sector partners to work together to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity. 55. Will comply with OMB Standard Form 424B Assurances — Non - construction Programs, whereby the awarding agency may require subgrantees and subrecipients to certify to additional assurances. 56. Will not make any award or permit any award (subgrant or contract) to any party which is debarred or suspended or is otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in federal assistance programs under Executive Order 12549 and 12689, "Debarment and Suspension ". As required by Executive Order 12549, Debarment and Suspension, and implemented at 44 CFR Part 17, for prospective participants in primary covered transactions, the Applicant will provide protection against waste, fraud and abuse, by debarring or suspending those deemed irresponsible in their dealings with the federal government. Applicant certifies that it and its principals: a. Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, sentenced to a denial of federal benefits by a state or federal court, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal department or agency. b. Have not within a three -year period preceding this application been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (federal, state, or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property. c. Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity (federal, state, or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1)(b) of this certification; and have not within a three -year period preceding this application had one or more public transactions (federal, state, or local) terminated for cause or default; and d. Where the applicant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, he or she shall attach an explanation to this application. 13UASI112613 37