About This Site
The National Center for Crisis and Continuity Coordination (NC4) mission is to advance crisis management and business and economic continuity through public-private sector collaboration. Through its Web sites, NC4 offers broad access to a wide range of information, including historical materials that may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes. Such materials must be viewed in the context of the relevant time period.

Security
For site security and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this site employs software programs that monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, deny service, otherwise cause damage, or access non-public information. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996. Information regarding possible violations of law may be provided to law enforcement officials.

Privacy Section

For site management, this site uses software programs to create summary statistics that are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most or least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance areas. The NC4 site collects and stores the following information:

• The name of the domain from which you access the Internet
• The date and time you access this site
• The pages you visit and files you access
• The Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site

If you choose to provide us with personal information, as in an e-mail message, NC4 will use this information to respond to your request. There are times when your e-mail is forwarded within NC4 to employees who are better able to assist you. NC4 may also forward requests for assistance to another appropriate institution for response. Except for the foregoing exceptions and for authorized law enforcement activities, NC4 does not share e-mail with outside organizations without obtaining your permission.

"Cookies" are small bits of text (letters and numbers) that are either used for the duration of a session, or saved on a user's computer in order to identify that user (or information about that user) the next time they log on to a Web site. Cookies may be used to keep track of information for each user's session. This information is deleted when your session ends and is not collected or saved.

General Disclaimer
The NC4 Web site contains links to other organizations' Web sites. This linking does not constitute the Center's endorsement of the content of those Web sites or of their policies or products. NC4 is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

About Copyright and the Collections

Whenever possible, the NC4 site provides factual information about copyright owners and related matters, and other texts that accompany information. Where NC4 does not own rights in its collections, it does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Permission and possible fees may be required from the copyright owner.

It is the users' obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing material found in NC4's collections. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Users must make their own assessments of rights in light of their intended use. More information about U.S. copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code) is provided by the U.S. Copyright Office.

NC4 is interested in hearing from any copyright owners who are not properly identified on this Web site so that we may make the necessary corrections.

Browser Requirements

This Web site delivers optimal performance with Netscape Navigator 4.7 or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or other compatible browsers that support frames, cookies, and JavaScript. Using older browsers, non-compatible browsers or disabling browser features, such as JavaScript or cookies, may cause unpredictable results.

Note for Macintosh Users: NC4.us requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, or other compatible browser. Netscape is not supported.

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How to determine which browser you are using
For Windows users: From your browser, go to the Help menu and select "About..." A screen will appear showing which browser and version you are using.

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Upgrading your browser
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