Rural Development Privacy and Security Statement

• The USDA Rural Development Website is provided as a public service.
• Information presented on the Rural Development Website is considered public information andmay be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits isrequested.
• For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes. This government computer system uses software programs to create summarystatistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is ofmost and least interest, determining technical design specifications, andidentifying system performance or problem areas.
• For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remainsavailable to all users, this government computer system employs softwareprograms to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to uploador change information, or otherwise cause damage.
• Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts aremade to identify individual users or their usage habits.
• Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on thisservice are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraudand Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure ProtectionAct.
• Information posted on this site may be changed and re-posted. If there are discrepancies between the information on the Internet and the Department's official version or federal regulation publication, those official publications take precedence.