Notice to Users
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 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 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.
Disclaimers
Information in this system was prepared as an account of work sponsored
by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States
Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, not any
of their contractors, subcontractors, or 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, contractor, or subcontractor thereof.
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily
state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency,
contractor or subcontractor thereof.
Privacy Notice
We collect no personal information about you when you visit a DOE Web site,
unless otherwise stated and unless you choose to provide this information to
us. However, we collect and store certain information automatically.
What we collect and store automatically is:
- 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),
- the date and time you accessed our site,
- the pages you peruse (recorded by the text and graphics files that compose
that page),
- and the Internet address of the Web Site 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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