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DAAS-735 <br /> (revised 2/16) <br /> 17. Interest of the Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners covenants that neither <br /> the Board of Commissioners nor its agents or employees presently has an interest,nor shall <br /> acquire an interest, direct or indirect,which conflicts in any manner or degree with the <br /> performance of its service hereunder, or which would prevent, or tend to prevent, the <br /> satisfactory performance of the service hereunder in an impartial and unbiased manner. <br /> 18. Interest of Members of the Area Agency,Lead Regional Organization, and Others. No officer, <br /> member or employee of the Area Agency or Lead Regional Organization, and no public official <br /> of any local government which is affected in any way by the Project,who exercises any <br /> function or responsibilities in the review or approval of the Project or any component part <br /> thereof, shall participate in any decisions relating to this Agreement which affects his personal <br /> interest or the interest of any corporation,partnership or association in which he is, directly or <br /> indirectly,interested;nor shall any such persons have any interest, direct or indirect,in this <br /> Agreement or the proceeds arising there from. <br /> 19. Officials not to Benefit. No member of or delegate to the Congress of the United States of <br /> America,resident Commissioner or employee of the United States Government, shall be <br /> entitled to any share or part of this Agreement or any benefits to arise here from. <br /> 20. Prohibition Against Use of Funds to Influence Legislation. No part of any funds under this <br /> Agreement shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any employee or agent acting on <br /> behalf of the County to engage in any activity designed to influence legislation or <br /> appropriations pending before Congress. <br /> 21. Confidentiality and Security. Any client information received in connection with the <br /> performance of any function of a community service provider or its subcontractors under this <br /> Agreement shall be kept confidential. The community service provider acknowledges that in <br /> receiving, storing,processing, or otherwise handling any confidential information,the agency <br /> and any subcontractors will safeguard and not further disclose the information except as <br /> provided in this Agreement and accompanying documents. <br /> 22. Record Retention and Disposition. All state and local government agencies,nongovernmental <br /> entities, and their subrecipients, including applicable vendors,that administer programs funded <br /> by federal sources passed through the NC DHHS and its divisions and offices are expected to <br /> maintain compliance with the NC DHHS record retention and disposition schedule and any <br /> agency-specific program schedules developed jointly with the NC Department of Cultural <br /> Resources,Division of Archives and Records. Retention requirements apply to the community <br /> service providers funded under this Agreement to provide Home and Community Care Block <br /> Grant services. Information on retention requirements is posted at <br /> http://www.ncdhhs.gov/control/retention/retention.htm and updated semi-annually by the NC <br /> DHHS Controller's Office. By funding source and state fiscal year, this schedule lists the <br /> earliest date that grant records in any format may be destroyed. The Division of Archives and <br /> 8 <br />