Blog Policies

The purpose of Gov Gab is to demonstrate the usefulness, practicality, helpfulness, and vitality of federal, state, and local government information through real-life examples in the bloggers' daily lives.

Comment Policy

We welcome your comments and expect that our conversation will follow the general rules of respectful civil discourse. This is a moderated blog, and we will only post comments from bloggers 13 years or older that relate to topics on Gov Gab. We will review comments for posting within one business day. Bloggers are fully responsible for everything that they submit in their comments, and all posted comments are in the public domain. We do not discriminate against any views, but we reserve the right not to post comments.

Privacy

Gov Gab follows the USA.gov privacy policy. The U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Office of Citizen Services (OCS) will not share or sell any personal information obtained from users with any other organization or government agency except as required by law. Please view our complete Privacy and Security Policy.

OCS is unable to post comments from children under the age of 13 due to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you are 12 years old or younger, you may email us rather than posting a comment on Gov Gab.

Linking Policy and Disclaimer of Endorsement

The views expressed on Gov Gab are those of the individual bloggers. These views and posted comments do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Citizen Services (OCS), or the federal government.

The Gov Gab blog includes useful hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations and individuals' blogs. Gov Gab provides these links and pointers solely for our users' information and convenience.

When you select a link to an outside website, you are leaving the Gov Gab blog and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website.

GSA and Gov Gab do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on a linked website.

GSA and Gov Gab do not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites, and we do not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer.

GSA and Gov Gab cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website. Those who provide comments are responsible for the copyright of the text they provide.

GSA and Gov Gab are not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked websites.

GSA and Gov Gab do not guarantee that outside websites comply with Section 508 (Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act.