(a) Cooperation and assistance. The Secretary shall to the fullest
extent practicable seek the cooperation of recipients in obtaining
compliance with this part and shall provide assistance and guidance to
recipients to help them comply voluntarily with this part.
(b) Compliance reports. Each recipient shall keep such records and
submit to the Secretary timely, complete and accurate compliance reports
at such times, and in such form and containing such information, as the
Secretary may determine to be necessary to enable him to ascertain
whether the recipient has complied or is complying with this part. In
general, recipients should have available for the department racial and
ethnic data showing the extent to which members of minority groups are
beneficiaries of federally assisted programs. In the case of any program
under which a primary recipient extends Federal financial assistance to
any other recipient, such other recipient shall also submit such
compliance reports to the primary recipient as may be necessary to
enable the primary recipient to carry out its obligations under this
part.
(c) Access to sources of information. Each recipient shall permit
access by the Secretary during normal business hours to such of its
books, records, accounts, and other sources of information, and its
facilities as may be pertinent to ascertain compliance with this part.
Where any information required of a recipient is in the exclusive
possession of any other agency, institution or person and this agency,
institution or person shall fail or refuse to furnish this information,
the recipient shall so certify in its report and shall set forth what
efforts it has made to obtain the information.
(d) Information to beneficiaries and participants. Each recipient
shall make available to participants, beneficiaries, and other
interested persons such information regarding the provisions of this
part and its applicability to the program under which the recipient
receives Federal financial assistance, and make such information
available to them in such manner, as the Secretary finds necessary to
apprise such persons of the protections against discrimination assured
them by the Act and this part.
[29 FR 16284, Dec. 4, 1964. Redesignated and amended at 38 FR 17956,
July 5, 1973]
