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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program Florida Department of Law Enforcement . accordance with the federal OMB Circular A-133 and other applicable federal law. The contract for this agreement shall be identified in The Schedule of Federal Financial Assistance in the subject audit. The contract shall be identified as federal funds passed through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and include the contract number, CFDA number, award amount, contract period, funds received and disbursed. When applicable, the subgrant recipient shall submit an annual financial audit that meets the requirements of Sections 11.45 and 215.97, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 10.550 and 10.600, Rules of the Florida Auditor General. b. A complete audit report that covers any portion of the effective dates of this agreement must be submitted within 30 days after its completion, but no later than nine (9) months after the audit period. In order to be complete, the submitted report shall include any management letters issued separately and management's written response to all findings, both audit report and management letter findings. Incomplete audit reports will not be accepted by the Department and will be returned to thesubgrant recipient. c. The subgrant recipient' shall have all audits completed by an Independent Public Accountant (IPA). The IPA shall be either a Certified Public Accountant or a Licensed Public Accountant. d. The subgrant recipient shall take appropriate corrective action within six (6) months of the issue date of the audit report in instances of noncompliance with federal laws and regulations. e. The subgrant recipient shall ensure that audit working papers are made available to the Department, or its designee, upon request for a period of three (3) years from the date the audit report is issued, unless extended in writing by the Department. . f. Subgrant recipients that expend less than $500,000 in Federal awards during a fiscal year are exempt from the audit requirements of OBM Circular A-133 for that fiscal year. In this case, written notification, which can be in the form of the "Certification of Audit Exemption" form, shall be provided to the Department by the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, that the subgrant recipient is exempt. This notice shall be provided to the Department no later than March 1 following the end of the fiscal year. g. If this agreement is closed out without an audit, the Department reserves the right to recover any disallowed costs identified in an audit completed after such closeout. h. The completed audit report or notification of non-applicability should be sent to the following address: Florida Department of Law Enforcement Office of Criminal Justice Grants 2331 Phillips Road Tallahassee, Florida 32308 17. Performance of Agreement Provisions . In the event of default, non-compliance or violation of any provision of this agreement by the subgrant recipient, the subgrant recipient's consultants and suppliers, or both, the, Department shall impose sanctions it deems appropriate including withholding payments and cancellation, termination, or suspension of the agreement in whole or in part. In such event, the Department shall notify the subgrant recipient of its decision thirty (30) days in advance of the effective date of such sanction. The subgrant recipient shall be paid only for those services satisfactorily performed prior to the effective date of such sanction. SFY 2008 Rule Reference 110-9.006 Page 5 OCJG-005 (rev. October 2005)