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DAAS-735_COVID 19 (revised 5/1/2020) 17. Rights in Documents, Materials and Data Produced. The Provider agrees that at the discretion of the Area Agency, all reports and other data prepared by or for it under the terms of this Agreement shall be delivered to, become and remain, the property of the Area Agency upon termination or completion of the work. Both the Area Agency and the Provider shall have the right to use same without restriction or limitation and without compensation to the other. For the purposes of this Agreement, "data" includes writings, sound recordings, or other graphic representations, and works of similar nature. No reports or other documents produced in whole or in part under this Agreement shall be the subject of an application for copyright by or on behalf of 18. Maintenance of Records. The Provider shall maintain all financial and program records for a period of five (5) years from the date of final payment under this contract, for inspection by the Area Agency, the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services, and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the Provider's records has been started before the expiration of the five-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it. 19. Interest of the Governing Board. The Governing Board covenants that neither the Governing Board nor its agents or employees presently has an interest, nor shall acquire an interest, direct or indirect, which conflicts in any manner or degree with the performance of its service hereunder, or which would prevent, or tend to prevent, the satisfactory performance of the service hereunder in an impartial and unbiased manner. 20. Interest of Members of the Area Agency, Lead Regional Organization, and Others. No officer, member or employee of the Area Agency or Lead Regional Organization, and no public official of any local government which is affected in any way by the Project, who exercises any function or responsibilities in the review or approval of the Project or any component part thereof, shall participate in any decisions relating to this Agreement which affects his personal interest or the interest of any corporation, partnership or association in which he is, directly or indirectly, interested; nor shall any such persons have any interest, direct or indirect, in this Agreement or the proceeds arising there from. 21. Officials not to Benefit. No member of or delegate to the Congress of the United States of America, resident Commissioner or employee of the United States Government, shall be entitled to any share or part of this Agreement or any benefits to arise here from. 22. Prohibition Against Use of Funds to Influence Legislation. No part of any funds under this Agreement shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any employee or agent acting on behalf of the Provider to engage in any activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before Congress. 7