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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 05.11.01.09" title_num="05" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="01" heading="Administration of Grants.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Recipients of capacity building grants and technical assistance grants shall maintain accurate financial records, in a form acceptable to the Department, of all transactions which relate to the grant, and make these records available to the Department for review on request for a period of not less than 3 years following the expiration of the grant agreement.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Grantees receiving capacity building grants and technical assistance grants shall submit a periodic progress report, in the form required by the Department and on the schedule specified in the grant agreement, which clearly shows progress of the grantee in relation to the grantee's strategic plan and proposed goals and objectives.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Capacity building grantees and technical assistance grantees who do not show adequate progress in meeting goals may be required to accept technical assistance from the Department or may not be approved for funding in the subsequent years of the grant.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>All grantees under this program shall make their books, accounts, and records, their administrative offices and personnel, whether full-time, part-time, consultants, or volunteers, available to the Department during reasonable working hours, for the duration of the grant period and for a period of not less than 3 years following the expiration of the grant agreement.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>