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Policies and Important Notices

These pages provide information that describes the principal policies and other important notices that govern information posted on USGS Web sites. In these pages, you will find information (or links) related to:

• Information Policies and Instructions
• USGS Information Quality Guidelines
• USGS Peer Review Agenda
• Linking to non-Federal sites
• Equal opportunity data required by the No Fear Act Policy
  
• Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) Policy
• Employment with USGS | USAJobs
• Environmental Management Policy Statement
• Comment Policy
• USGS Employee Use of Social Media (PDF)

• Department of the Interior
• DOI Inspector General
• White House
• E-gov
• Open Government
• No Fear Act
• FOIA
• Privacy Policies
• Accessibility

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