4.2 Political Activity 4.2.1 Application of the Hatch Act None of the funds or services under this Agreement shall be used for any partisan political activity or to further the election or the defeat of any candidates for public office within the constraints of the Hatch Act (5 USC section 1501) or the Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended (2 USC section 431). 4.2.2 Partisan and Nonpartisan Activities No participant or employee whose salary is funded in whole or in part by this Agreement may engage in partisan or nonpartisan political activities during the hours for which the participant or employee is paid with federal grant funds. 4.2.3 Prohibition Against Acting as a Spokesperson for No participant or employee whose salary in whole or in part is paid for with funds made available under this Agreement, may at any time, engage in partisan political activities in which such participant or employee represents himself/herself as a spokesperson for LVWDB or the program funded under this Agreement. 4.2.4 Placement of Participant or Employees in Offices of Elected Officials No participant or employee whose salary is paid for in whole or in part with funds available under this Agreement shall be employed or out stationed in the office of a member of Congress or a Commonwealth office or local legislator or on the staff of a legislative committee or in the office of any local elected official(s) of the Commonwealth or a unit of local government in positions involving political activities. 4.2.5 Application of the Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment (31 U.S.S 1352) Contractor certifies that it will not and has not used federal funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. 1352. Contractor agrees to disclose any lobbying with non-Federal funds in connection with obtaining any federal award. 4.3 Religious Activity 4.3.1 Prohibition Against Religious Activity
which requires a priority of service to veterans and spouses of certain veterans for the receipt of employment, training, and placement services. Representation Regarding Quality Contractor Staff Have the Knowledge and Skills to Deliver Services Contractor represents that all person delivering the services required by this Agreement have the knowledge and skills, either by training, experience, education, or a combination thereof to adequately and competently perform the duties, obligations, and services set forth in this Agreement and to provide and perform such services to LVWDB’s satisfaction for the agreed compensation. Contractor Exercise Economic Prudence Contractor shall make every effort to exercise economic reasonableness in all expenditures involved in the delivery of services under this Agreement. Quality of Performance The quality of Contractor’s performance and all interim and final product(s) provided to or on behalf of LVWDB shall be comparable to the best local, Commonwealth and national services. Article 5, Program Requirements is amended to substitute the following : 5.1 Contractor Monitoring Contractor’s Responsibility Contractor shall establish a protocol to monitor the program funded by this Agreement. Monitoring shall include, but is not limited to, a review of participant eligibility, data entry participant time and attendance, verification of documents and reports prepared and/or submitted to LVWDB by Contractor, participant progress reports, invoices and fiscal records. The Self-Monitoring required by this Agreement shall be in addition to the monitoring conducted by the LVWDB. Monitoring Schedule