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DAAS-735_COVID19 <br />(revised 5/1/2020) <br />7 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />17. Rights in Documents, Materials and Data Produced. The Provider agrees that at the discretion <br />of the Area Agency, all reports and other data prepared by or for it under the terms of this <br />Agreement shall be delivered to, become and remain, the property of the Area Agency upon <br />termination or completion of the work. Both the Area Agency and the Provider shall have the <br />right to use same without restriction or limitation and without compensation to the other. For <br />the purposes of this Agreement, "data" includes writings, sound recordings, or other graphic <br />representations, and works of similar nature. No reports or other documents produced in whole <br />or in part under this Agreement shall be the subject of an application for copyright by or on <br />behalf of <br /> <br />18. Maintenance of Records. The Provider shall maintain all financial and program records for a <br />period of five (5) years from the date of final payment under this contract, for inspection by the <br />Area Agency, the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services, and the Comptroller <br />General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives. If any litigation, <br />claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the Provider's records has been started before <br />the expiration of the five-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the <br />action and resolution of all issues which arise from it. <br /> <br />19. Interest of the Governing Board. The Governing Board covenants that neither the Governing <br />Board nor its agents or employees presently has an interest, nor shall acquire an interest, direct <br />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 /> <br />20. 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 /> <br />21. 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 /> <br />22. 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 Provider to engage in any activity designed to influence legislation or <br />appropriations pending before Congress. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 597E498A-5C6A-4C71-A5AA-4697608BE1BF