Monday, November 23

By using the Federal Highway Knowledge Community sites, you agree to the following:

1. You understand that these sites may experience failures or other service outages without notice.

2. You will not hold the FHWA or the creators, operators, or related entities to the sites responsible or liable ("indemnify and hold harmless") for the inability to connect to or use the sites, or for any loss or corrupted data, or for any defamatory or offensive material(s) which you may encounter on or originating from the sites, or for the conduct, opinions, or publications of any user, or for any other problem whatsoever related to the use or existence of the sites.

3. You understand that the FHWA has no obligation to acknowledge, mediate, or otherwise settle any disputes or differences in opinion that may arise between users.

Additional terms and conditions are listed below.

The Federal Highway Knowledge Community sites include a discussion area that allows feedback and interaction among users. The FHWA encourages the free expression of your ideas and opinions as long as they are responsible, free of insult, respectful of others, do not make public accusations related to specific corporations, individuals, or contracts, and conform to the site purpose. Please see the home page for links to appropriate contacts to file specific complaints, etc. However, we do not control or censor messages, information, or files delivered to discussion groups. It is a condition of your use of the discussion area that you do not:

1. Falsely present yourself as a representative, employee, or official of a governmental entity by accidental or deliberate means including misleading or confusing statements in your postings.

2. Stray from the discussion topic, or make personal attacks on other website users and/or participants (personal attacks are defined as comments that reflect upon the person instead of their opinion), or make specific accusations regarding individual corporations or contracts (please see the home page for links to appropriate contacts for specific complaints).

3. Post or transmit any slanderous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, pornographic, profane, violent, abusive, insulting, threatening, offensive or harassing comments and/or information of any kind. We will not tolerate such postings, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense.

4. Post or re-post a message excessively, especially unsolicited advertisements, even if they are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the site. Advertising of any kind, including non-profit organizations, is not permitted.

5. Add or post any copyrighted material to the site, without written permission of the copyright owner.

The FHWA and the creators, owners, operators, or related entities to the sites have no obligation to monitor the discussion groups. However, they reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law and regulation and to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information or links, in whole or in part, that are in violation of these terms and conditions or of applicable law.