Privacy,
Security, Copyright and Permission to Link Statement
Privacy
| Security | Copyright
| Permission to Link
If you visit our site to read
or download information, such as witness lists, testimony, or press
releases we collect and store only the following information:
- The name of the domain that you use to
access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an
America Online account).
- The date and time you access our site.
- The Internet address of the web site from
which you linked directly to our site or the Internet address of the
computer used to link to our site.
This information is used for
Site Management purposes. This government computer system uses software
programs to create summary statistics using this information. These
statistics are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors
to the different sections of our site and to help us make our site more
useful to visitors.
NOTE: We will not
obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our
site, unless you choose to provide such information.
If you send an E-mail message
or complete a web form which contains personal information, we collect and
store the following information:
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Any personally-identifying
information which you choose to provide. For example your mailing
address, in an electronic mail message or web form requesting
information or commenting on current legislative issues. Information
collected in this manner is used solely for information and, in some
cases, to respond to you.
If you ask us for assistance
or provide information to the Committee to assist us in our investigations
or oversight, we will respect your privacy.
Committee records will be
stored at the National Archives and Records Administration as required by Rule
7 (link opens in a new browser window) of the House of Representatives. Records affecting an individual's
privacy (such as a whistleblower) can be sealed for 50 years; other
records can be sealed for 30 years.
SECURITY
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For site security purposes, this Government
computer system employs software programs to monitor network
traffic. Anyone using this system consents to the monitoring of
their use by system or security personnel.
Unauthorized use, tampering
with or modification of this system -- or its supporting hardware or
software -- may violate federal or other statutes and may subject the
violator to criminal and civil penalties. In the event of unauthorized
intrusion, all relevant information regarding possible violation of law
may be provided to law enforcement officials.
COPYRIGHT
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The Committee on Education and the Workforce
has created and maintains this web site (http://edworkforce.house.gov/) at
taxpayer expense. Unless otherwise noted, all the information
provided is in the public domain. Information from this web site
should be cited in the same way as it would be from a paper
publication. A link can also be added if desired.
For additional information on how to cite
on-line sources, see the Modern Language Association guidelines, with
examples, for citing World Wide Web sources at: http://www.mla.org/
(link opens in a new browser window).
PERMISSION
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You are welcome to create or provide links to
this web site: http://edworkforce.house.gov/.
We would appreciate it if you would identify the Committee by its proper
name. It should be: Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S.
House of Representatives, 109th Congress.
(For your information, each Congress is
elected to serve a two year term divided into First and Second Sessions.
The 109th Congress First Session is 2005; the Second Session
is 2006.)
Links to Other Sites
We provide many links to other federal and
private web sites. Once you link to another site, you are subject to
the privacy policy of the new site. |