Web Site Disclaimer and Policies

Visitors to USNEI's Home Page are encouraged to review the rules governing the implementation, maintenance, and use of our site. USNEI is a public access home page that is sponsored by a federal government agency, and therefore it operates under rules that may differ from those governing private sector home pages.

USNEI Site Disclaimer

• The inclusion of information or links on this site from sources outside USNEI is done for purposes of information-sharing only and does not imply endorsement of any such information, products, or services by USNEI or the U.S. Department of Education.

• The absence of information or links from this site to sources outside USNEI does not imply a value or policy judgement by USNEI or the U.S. Department of Education regarding the information, products, or services available from nonlinked sources.

• The USNEI Webmaster and the U.S. Department of Education are not responsible for the contents, site use conditions, or information products and policies of external sites that can be reached via links from the USNEI site. Visitors to these sites are hereby advised that when they exit the USNEI site they must abide by the policies established by the Webmaster of the site they are entering.

• Some of the international sites linked to from USNEI only provide information in a foreign language, usually the official language of the country hosting the site, and some sites operate on different and sometimes slow servers. USNEI is not responsible for the language or operating conditions of other sites, and we remind our users that proficiency in the official language of a foreign country is as important to a successful educational experience there as proficiency in English is to success in American education.

USNEI Site Use Agreement

Visitors to the USNEI Home Page and Web Site hereby understand that all information, formats, and screens that are original to the USNEI site are in the public domain and therefore may be downloaded, printed, or reproduced for free without the need to seek copyright permission.

This free use does not necessarily apply to any information, product, or service on this site, or on sites linked to from this one, that do not originate with the USNEI Webmaster or the U.S. Department of Education but that are originated and controlled by the Webmasters of other sites or their parent organizations. Please refer to the use agreement of any external site you visit, the copyright statements in any nongovernment products, or the terms and conditions of any externally provided service for instructions, restrictions, and guidelines. If you have a question, please contact the external site's webmaster.

USNEI Site Policy

The policies governing this site are stated in World Wide Web Server Standards and Guidelines, an official publication of the National Library of Education and the U.S. Department of Education policy standard for the design and maintenance of WWW sites. USNEI summarizes some of the key policies below.

Be related to the mission of USNEI;

Provide accurate and reliable education information;

Provide free public access information;

Be non-commercial or not otherwise give the impression that a link implies endorsement of a given product, service, or position; and

Avoid illegal or other prohibited or restricted electronic activity.

Linked sites shall also be technically stable and reliable linkages; be accessible at different user levels (disabilities, low bandwidth, text only, etc.) to the extent practicable; and be regularly maintained.

Responsibility for maintaining this home page lies with USNEI as a component activity of the National Library of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education.

USNEI reserves the right to determine which sites meet these standards and are to be linked from our home page.