PRIVACY AND SECURITY NOTICES

• Information we collect and store automatically
  
• Sending us your personal or confidential information
  
• Security notice
  
• General disclaimer
  
• Links to other sites
  
• Feedback

We collect and store the following information automatically:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address of the domain from which you access the Internet (e.g., 123.456.789.012), whether yours individually or provided as a proxy by your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
• Date and time you accessed our site.
• Pages you visit.
• Internet address of the web site from which you came to our site.
• The browser name and version you are using.

We use summary statistics to help us make our site more useful, 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.

Parts of our site may use cookies to improve your experience. A cookie contains information that is either stored in your computer’s memory (session cookie), or in a file on your computer’s hard disk (persistent cookie). Session cookies are automatically removed when you quit your browser. Persistent cookies will have an expiration date after which time they will no longer be valid. It is our policy to notify you and obtain your approval before a cookie is stored on your computer, to explain what the cookie collects, and how the information is used. If you encounter a cookie that does not terminate upon ending a session at a ma.doe.gov, hr.doe.gov, or pr.doe.gov web site — without your approving of its use and there is no explanation or the explanation is not clear or reasonable — please let us know.

For additional information about cookie usage on Federal web sites, please visit the following:

• Department of Energy's computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) Bulletin I-034: Internet Cookies
• OMB Memorandum 99-18 "Privacy Policies on Federal Web Sites dated June 2, 1999

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You may choose to provide us with personal information by sending us an e-mail containing your comments or questions.   We use this information to:

• Improve our service to you.
• Respond to your message.
• Help gather the requested information.

We do not create individual profiles with the information you provide. We do not collect information for commercial marketing. We do not share our e-mail with any outside organizations except for authorized law enforcement investigations.  However, the material you submit may be seen by various people or collected in a repository.  For example:

• We may enter the information you send into an electronic database.
• We may forward it to other Department of Energy employees who may be better able to help you.

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This web site is part of a Federal computer system used to accomplish Federal functions. The Department of Energy monitors 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 systems 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 are 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 (Pub. L. 99-474) and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-294), (18 U.S.C. 1030), or other applicable criminal laws.

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WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION FROM THIS SERVER, NEITHER THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NOR BECHTEL BWXT IDAHO, LLC (BBWI) NOR ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ASSUMES ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION, OR OF ANY APPARATUS, PRODUCT, OR PROCESS DISCLOSED, OR REPRESENTS THAT ITS USE WOULD NOT INFRINGE PRIVATELY OWNED RIGHTS. Reference 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 BBWI. The views and opinions of authors expressed on this web site do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

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This web site has links to many other Federal agencies. In a few cases we link to private organizations. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

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We welcome your feedback at any time.

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