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Security Notice 

This website is part of a Federal computer system used to accomplish Federal functions. The Department of Energy uses software programs to monitor this website for security purposes to ensure it remains available to all users and to protect information in the system. By accessing this website, 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 is 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 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996, codified at section 1030 of Title 18 of the United States Code, or other applicable criminal laws.

General Disclaimer 

This system is made available by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of 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 thereof. The views and opinions of originators expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.

Privacy Notice 

We collect no personal information about you when you visit a DOE website, unless otherwise stated, 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 access our site
  • the pages you peruse (recorded by the text and graphics files that compose that page)
  • and, the Internet address of the Website 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.

External Websites 

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This graphic image means that you will be leaving the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) website and entering an external website.

The information posted on the LM website (LM.doe.gov) includes hypertext links to information created and maintained by other public or private organizations. LM provides these links solely for our users' information and convenience. When users select a link to an outside website, they are leaving the LM website and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website.

The information that these public or private organizations collect and maintain as a result of your visit to their websites may differ from the information that we collects and maintains. By linking to these public or private organizations, LM is not endorsing their products, services, or privacy or security policies. We recommend you review their information collection policies or terms and conditions to fully understand what information is collected.

LM does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of information contained on a linked website.

LM does not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites and we do not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer.

LM is not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked websites.

LM provides no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data.