Here is how we handle information about your visit to our Web site:
If you visit our site to read or download information, we collect and store the following information about your visit:
This information is primarily collected for statistical analysis and technical improvements to the site. This government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which may be used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. In certain circumstances, however, we may take additional steps to identify you based on this information and we may share this information, including your identity, with other government agencies.
If you provide us with personal information, such as by sending an e-mail or filling out and submitting the forms on this Web site, we will use that information to respond to your request. The forms and notices on this Web site will provide details as to how the information submitted through the use of those forms may be used. Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed according to the principles of the Federal Records Act and the regulations and records schedules of the National Archives and Records Administration and in some cases may be covered by the Privacy Act and subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
"Cookies" are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of a session ("session cookies"), or saved on a user's hard drive in order to identify that user, or information about that user, the next time the user logs on to a Web site ("persistent cookies"). This Web site uses persistent cookies to provide streamlined navigation and enable users to access the information they have previously submitted.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this Government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (Pub.L. 99-474, Oct. 16, 1986, 100 Stat. 1213) as amended by the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 (Pub.L. 104-294, Oct. 1996), 18 U.S.C. ยง 1030.