Compliance Audits D.
4.1 Compliance Audit(s). Without limiting the generality of section A.7.4 (Records Review), if requested by the Province from time to time, which request shall be at the Province’s sole discretion, the Recipient, at its own expense, will forthwith retain an independent third party auditor to conduct one or more compliance audits of the Recipient or any Project. The audit will be conducted in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, as adopted by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, applicable as of the date on which a record is kept or required to be kept under such standards. In addition, the audit will assess the Recipient’s compliance with the terms of the Agreement and will address, with respect to each Project, without limitation, the following:
(a) whether the Funds were spent in accordance with the Agreement and with due regard to economy, efficiency, and effectiveness;
(b) the Project’s progress or state of completion;
(c) whether the financial information the Recipient provided is complete, accurate, and timely, and in accordance with the Agreement;
(d) whether the Recipient’s information and monitoring processes and systems are adequate to identify, capture, validate, and monitor the achievement of intended benefits of the Project;
(e) the overall management and administration of the Project;
(f) recommendations for improvement or redress; and
(g) whether prompt and timely corrective action is taken on prior audit findings.
Compliance Audit LEA shall have the right but shall be under no obligation to conduct audit(s), from time to time, of Provider’s records concerning its compliance obligations as set forth in this Article V. Provider shall make such records and other documents available to LEA upon request.
Performance or Compliance Audits The Department may conduct or have conducted performance and/or compliance audits of the Contractor and subcontractors as determined by the Department. The Department may conduct an audit and review all the Contractor’s and subcontractors’ data and records that directly relate to the Contract. To the extent necessary to verify the Contractor’s fees and claims for payment under the Contract, the Contractor’s agreements or contracts with subcontractors, partners, or agents of the Contractor, pertaining to the Contract, may be inspected by the Department upon fifteen (15) calendar days’ notice, during normal working hours and in accordance with the Contractor’s facility access procedures where facility access is required. Release statements from its subcontractors, partners, or agents are not required for the Department or its designee to conduct compliance and performance audits on any of the Contractor’s contracts relating to this Contract. The Inspector General, in accordance with section 5.6, the State of Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, and the Office of the Auditor General shall also have authority to perform audits and inspections.
Employee Plan Compliance (i) Q5 and Q5 Subsidiaries have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in material default or violation of, and have no Knowledge of any default or violation by any other party to each Q5 Employee Plan, and each Q5 Employee Plan has been established and maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in material compliance with all applicable laws, statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) each Q5 Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and each trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code has either received a favorable determination, opinion, notification or advisory letter from the IRS with respect to each such Q5 Employee Plan as to its qualified status under the Code or has remaining a period of time under applicable Treasury regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to apply for such a letter and make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination as to the qualified status of each such Q5 Employee Plan; (iii) no "prohibited transaction," within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, and not otherwise exempt under Section 4975 or Section 408 of ERISA (or any administrative class exemption issued thereunder), has occurred with respect to any Q5 Employee Plan; (iv) there are no actions, suits or claims pending, or, to the Knowledge of Q5 or any Q5 Subsidiary, threatened or reasonably anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Q5 Employee Plan or against the assets of any Q5 Employee Plan; (v) there are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Q5 or any of Q5 Subsidiaries, or any ERISA Affiliates, threatened by the IRS or DOL with respect to any Q5 Employee Plan; and (vi) neither Q5, Q5 Subsidiaries, nor any ERISA Affiliate is subject to any penalty or tax with respect to any Q5 Employee Plan under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code.
IRS Compliance a. Monitor the Trust’s status as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), including without limitation, review of the following:
(i) Asset diversification requirements.
(ii) Qualifying income requirements.
(iii) Distribution requirements.
b. Calculate required distributions (including excise tax distributions).
FERPA Compliance In connection with all FERPA Records that Contractor may create, receive or maintain on behalf of University pursuant to the Underlying Agreement, Contractor is designated as a University Official with a legitimate educational interest in and with respect to such FERPA Records, only to the extent to which Contractor (a) is required to create, receive or maintain FERPA Records to carry out the Underlying Agreement, and (b) understands and agrees to all of the following terms and conditions without reservation:
CEQA Compliance The District has complied with all assessment requirements imposed upon it by the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resource Code Section 21000 et seq. (“CEQA”) in connection with the Project, and no further environmental review of the Project is necessary pursuant to CEQA before the construction of the Project may commence.
Single Audit Act Compliance If the Contractor is a subrecipient and expends $750,000 or more in federal awards from any and/or all sources in any fiscal year, the Contractor shall procure and pay for a single audit or a program-specific audit for that fiscal year. Upon completion of each audit, the Contractor shall:
(1) Submit to the DSHS contact person the data collection form and reporting package specified in 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F, reports required by the program-specific audit guide (if applicable), and a copy of any management letters issued by the auditor;
(2) Follow-up and develop corrective action for all audit findings; in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F; prepare a “Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Findings” reporting the status of all audit findings included in the prior audit's schedule of findings and questioned costs.
Contract Compliance All individual employee contracts entered into and/or in force during the duration of this Agreement shall be subject to and consistent with Washington State law and the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any individual employee contract executed shall expressly provide that it is subject to the terms of this and subsequent Agreements between the District and the Association. If any individual employee contract contains any language inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement, during its duration, shall be controlling.
Contractual and Operational Compliance Audits (a) ICANN may from time to time (not to exceed twice per calendar year) conduct, or engage a third party to conduct, contractual compliance audits to assess compliance by Registry Operator with its representations and warranties contained in Article 1 of this Agreement and its covenants contained in Article 2 of this Agreement. Such audits shall be tailored to achieve the purpose of assessing compliance, and ICANN will (a) give reasonable advance notice of any such audit, which notice shall specify in reasonable detail the categories of documents, data and other information requested by ICANN, and
(b) use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct such audit during regular business hours and in such a manner as to not unreasonably disrupt the operations of Registry Operator. As part of such audit and upon request by ICANN, Registry Operator shall timely provide all responsive documents, data and any other information reasonably necessary to demonstrate Registry Operator’s compliance with this Agreement. Upon no less than ten (10) calendar days notice (unless otherwise agreed to by Registry Operator), ICANN may, as part of any contractual compliance audit, conduct site visits during regular business hours to assess compliance by Registry Operator with its representations and warranties contained in Article 1 of this Agreement and its covenants contained in Article 2 of this Agreement. ICANN will treat any information obtained in connection with such audits that is appropriately marked as confidential (as required by Section 7.15) as Confidential Information of Registry Operator in accordance with Section 7.15.
