Public Justice Center Inc.

“The bylaws were amended on march 9, 2017 to establish the audit committee as a standing committee of the board of directors. The audit committee is composed of the treasurer and at least two other directors. The audit committee retains independent accountants for the corporation, and in cooperation with the independent accountants, prepares and approves the annual audit reports of the financial activity of the corporation and the 990 in the fall of each calendar year. The executive director and director of administration participate in the selection of the auditor and preparation of the audit and 990. The audit and 990 are reviewed and approved by the audit committee. The 990 is then distributed to all board memebers and then submitted to the irs. The audit and 990 are discussed in detail at the december board meeting.”

“Conflict of interest disclosure forms are completed annually and executed by each board member, staff, and volunteer. The forms are reviewed by the executive director and legal director. Failure to submit a disclosure is grounds for removal.”

“The board annually reviews salary for the executive director. Comparative salary data is sought from national and maryland civil legal aid providers and from comparable maryland state government positions.”

“Items are available upon request”

“If employees, board members, or volunteers reasonably suspect the pjc, or any officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of the pjc, has violated or will possibly violate any federal and/or state laws, including any reasonable suspicion of fraud, the employee or board member should immediately report their suspicions to the president of the board and to the executive director, or to any member of the executive committee. The report may be made anonymously, meaning the name of the person making the complaint will not be reported to the full executive committee. The executive commiittee will immediately conduct a thorough internal investigation while maintaining the confidentiality of the employee's identity, if it is, or becomes, known to the committee. The executive committee will report its findings to the board of directors, and, if the employee's concerns are verified, the board of directors will report its findings to the appropriate authorities and take any other action it deems necessary. Neither the pjc nor its officers, employees, contactors, subcontractors or agents may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or member for providing information, causing information to be provided, or otherwise assisting in an investigation regarding conduct which the employee reasonably believes constitutes a violation of federal or state laws, including pjc policies, with respect to fraud where the information or assistance is provided to (a) a federal regulatory or law enforcement agency, (b) any member or committee of congress, (c) any person with supervisory authority over the employee, or (d) any other person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or terminate misconduct. In addition, the pjc prohibits retaliation against any employee for filing, testifying, participating in, or otherwise assisting with any proceeding regarding the pjc's accounting, internal controls or auditing matters.”

“Pjc's document retention policies describe how to handle the receipt of documents and money, procedures for closing a case file electronically and what to keep in the hard case file, storage of closed files, and destruction of closed files after 5 years.”

“No change during the tax year.”