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Security
Notice
This web site is part of a Federal computer
system used to accomplish Federal functions. The Department of Energy uses
software programs to monitor this web site for security purposes to ensure it
remains available to all users and to protect information in the system. By
accessing this web site, you are expressly consenting to these monitoring
activities.
Unauthorized attempts to defeat or
circumvent security features, to use the system for other than intended
purposes, to deny service to authorized users, to access, obtain, alter, damage,
or destroy information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its
operation is prohibited. Evidence of such acts may be disclosed to law
enforcement authorities and result in criminal prosecution under the Computer
Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure
Protection Act of 1996, codified at section 1030 of Title 18 of the United
States Code, or other applicable criminal laws.
General
Disclaimer
This system is made available by an agency
of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any
agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or
implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process
disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.
Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by
trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily
constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United
States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of originators
expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States
Government or any agency thereof.
Privacy
Notice
We collect no personal information about you
when you visit a DOE Web site, unless otherwise stated, unless you choose to
provide this information to us. However, we may collect and store certain
information automatically.
What we may collect and store automatically is:
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the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the
domain from which you access the Internet (i.e. 123.456.789.012) whether
yours individually or provided as a proxy by your Internet Service Provider
(ISP)
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the date and time you access our site
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the pages you peruse (recorded by the text
and graphics files that compose that page)
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and, the Internet
address of the Website from which you linked directly to our site.
We use the summary statistics to help us
make our site more useful to visitors, such as assessing what information is of
most and least interest to visitors, and for other purposes such as determining
the site's technical design specifications and identifying system performance or
problem areas.
This information is NOT shared with anyone
beyond the support staff to this home page, except when required by Law
Enforcement investigation, and is used only as a source of anonymous statistical
information.
Comments Sent
By E-Mail
You may choose to provide us with personal
information, as in an e-mail message containing your comments or questions. We
use this information to improve our service to you or to respond to your
request. There are times when your message is forwarded, as e-mail, to other
Department of Energy employees who may be better able to help you. Except for
authorized law enforcement investigations, we do not share our e-mail with any
other outside organizations.
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