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CSJ # <br />District # <br />Code Chart 64 # <br />Project: <br />CFDA # <br />Whenever American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds are used <br />and the Local Government is performing any work, either directly or through a <br />contractor, it must comply with the following provisions. If a Local Government is <br />receiving ARRA funds, but is not performing any work, the following provisions apply, if <br />appropriate, and to the extent necessary to comply with ARRA regulations. <br />Additionally, the State, the Local Government, and the FHWA and their duly authorized <br />representatives shall have access to all the governmental records that are directly <br />applicable to this Agreement for the purpose of making audits, examinations, excerpts, <br />and transcriptions. <br />In accordance with Section 902 of the ARRA, should this agreement involve the <br />expenditure of ARRA funds, then the U.S. Comptroller General and its representatives <br />shall have the authority to: <br />a. examine any records of the contractor or any of its subcontractors, or any State or <br />local agency administering such contract, that directly pertain to, and involve <br />transactions relating to the contract or subcontract; and <br />b. interview any officer or employee of the contractor or any of its subcontractors, or <br />any State or local agency administering the contract regarding such contracts. <br />Nothing in the section previously mentioned shall be interpreted to limit or restrict in any <br />way the existing authority of the Comptroller General. <br />In accordance with Section 1515(a) of the ARRA, with respect to each contract or grant <br />awarded using covered funds, any representative of an appropriate inspector general <br />appointed under Section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), is <br />authorized: <br />a. to examine any records of the contractor or grantee, any of its subcontractors <br />or subgrantees, or any State or local agency administering such contract that <br />pertain to and involve transactions relating to the contract, subcontract, grant, <br />or subgrant; and <br />b. to interview any officer or employee of the contractor, grantee or subgrantee, <br />or agency regarding such transactions. <br />Section 1515(b) further provides that nothing in the section previously mentioned shall be <br />interpreted to limit or restrict in any way the existing authority of an inspector general. <br />The ARRA requires that the Contractor report monthly employment information for its <br />firm as well as that of all of its subcontractors. The Contractor, similarly, shall include <br />this reporting requirement in all of its subcontracts. Failing to include the requirement in <br />agreements with subcontractors can serve as grounds for contract termination. <br />Form FHWA-1589, Monthly Employment Report, promulgated by the Federal Highway <br />Administration (FHWA), captures the necessary monthly employment information and <br />shall be submitted by the Contractor on a regular basis to the LG (Local Government). It <br />AFA_AFA_SafeRts2School Page 11 of 14 07/07/10 <br />