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In these pages, you will find information (or links) related to:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/info_policies.html">Information Policies and Instructions</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/info_qual/">USGS Information Quality Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/peer_review/">USGS Peer Review Agenda </a></li> <li><a href="/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/privacy.html">Privacy Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/foia/">How to request information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Policy</a> </li> <li><a href="/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/accessibility.html">Accessibility Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/info_policies.html#nonusgs">Policy for linking to non-Federal sites</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.doi.gov/diversity/no_fear_act.html" target="_blank">Equal opportunity data required by the No Fear Act Policy</a> <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ174.107.pdf" target="_blank">No Fear Act</a> (<img src="/web/20091227032741im_/http://www.usgs.gov/images/icons/pdf.gif" alt="PDF" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle"> - 51 Kb)</li> <li><a href="/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/privacy.html#children">Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) Policy</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ347.107.pdf" target="_blank">E-Government Act of 2002 Policy</a> (<img src="/web/20091227032741im_/http://www.usgs.gov/images/icons/pdf.gif" alt="PDF" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle"> - 218 Kb)</li> <li><a href="/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/">Employment with USGS</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.usajobs.com/" target="_blank">USAJobs</a></li> </ul> <p> </p>  <div id="usgsfooter"> <p id="usgsfooterbar"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/accessibility.html" title="Accessibility Policy (Section 508)">Accessibility</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/foia/" title="Freedom of Information Act">FOIA</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/privacy.html" title="Privacy policies of the U.S. Geological Survey.">Privacy</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/policies_notices.html" title="Policies and notices that govern information posted on USGS Web sites.">Policies and Notices</a> </p> <p id="usgsfootertext"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.takepride.gov/"><img src="/web/20091227032741im_/http://www.usgs.gov/images/footer_graphic_takePride.jpg" alt="Take Pride in America logo" title="Take Pride in America Home Page" width="60" height="58"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://usa.gov/"><img src="/web/20091227032741im_/http://www.usgs.gov/images/footer_graphic_usagov.jpg" alt="USA.gov logo" title="USAGov: Government Made Easy" width="90" height="26"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.doi.gov/">U.S. Department of the Interior</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://www.usgs.gov/">U.S. Geological Survey</a><br/> URL: http://www.usgs.gov/laws/policies_notices.html<br/> Page Contact Information: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091227032741/http://answers.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/gsanswers?pemail=ask">Ask USGS</a><br/> Page Last Modified: 02-Oct-2008@06:12 </p> </div>  <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20091227032741js_/http://www.usgs.gov/fsrscripts/oeTriggerParams.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20091227032741js_/http://www.usgs.gov/fsrscripts/oeLauncher.js"></script> </body> </html>