2010 - 11-01-2010 Regular Meeting

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8006 23 PuE 779 State of North Carolina, the GRANTEE agrees to comply with any requests made by the CENTER from time to time for other financial and organizational materials to permit the CENTER to comply with its fiscal monitoring responsibilities. (e) The GRANTEE agrees that within thirty (30) days after the termination of this Agreement, a Final Report shall be submitted to the CENTER which describes the activities and accomplishments of the Project. The Final Report will include a review of performance and activities over the entire project period and will include a one -page program summary which the CENTER can use for future publication. In that brief summary, the G1KANTEE should describe the project, how it is implemented, to what degree the established project objectives were met and the difficulties encountered, what the project changed, and its cost. In addition to accounting m for the use of the Project funds during the current fiscal year, the GRANTEE will sub t a detailed final financial report by category (i.e., salaries, materials, equipment, etc.) showing all expenditures during the entire Project period and reports the source and amount of all other funds used to support the Project. (f) The CENTER may request from the GRANTEE certain information which will assist the CENTER with evaluation of the short- and long -range impact of its programs. The GRANTEE recognizes that such request may occur after the termination of this Agreement and agrees, to the extent possible, to provide such information to the CENTER. 10. Project Records (a) The GRANTEE shall maintain full, accurate and verifiable financial records, supporting documents, and all other pertinent data for this Project in such a manner as to clearly identify and document the expenditure of the CENTER funds provided under this Agreement separate from accounts for other awards, monetary contributions, or other revenue sources for this Project. (b) The GRANTEE shall retain all financial records, supporting documents, and all other pertinent records related to the Project for a period of three years from the date of termination of this Agreement. In the event such records are audited, all project records shall be retained beyond the three -year period mrtil any and all audit findings have been resolved. (c) The GRANTEE agrees to make available to the CENTER, or its des'gnated representative, all of its records whic ?n relate to the Project, and agrees to allow the CENTER or said representative to audit, examine and copy any and all data, documents, proceedings, records and notes of activity relating in any way to the Project. Access to these records shall be allowed upon request at any time during normal business hours and as often as the CENTER or said representative may deem necessary. 11. Publications (a) Any reports, data, or other information given to, prepared or assembled by the GRANTEE under the Agreement must contain the following acknowledgment and disclaimer statement: "This material is based upon work supported in whole or part by the Rural Economic Development Center." All materials must also contain the following statement: "Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Rural Economic Development Center." (b) Except as provided in paragraph 11(a) above, the GRANTEE may publish or arrange for the publication of scientific and technical information resulting from work carried out under this Agreement. The GRANTEE may, with the permission of the CENTER, copyright any books, publications, films, or other copynghtable materials developed in the course of cr resulting from work under this Agreement. (c) Projects which are the subject of a press release by the GRANTEE to the news media shall contain an acknowledgment statement that the project is supported by an award from the Rural Economic Development Center. (d) Upon publication of materials resulting from the work of the project, the GRANTEE shall furnish a rnimmum of two copies of reprints to the CENTER.