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If you are simply visiting Future USAP to browse through our site, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

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We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors — to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

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Cookie Policy

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The NSF USAP policy on cookies prohibits USAP websites from setting cookies without notifying the user. One exception occurs when USAP websites use third party hosting services for content that enforce the privacy and cookie policies for the hosting provider. Please see Linking Policy below for more information.

Linking Policy

To provide an abundance of information for users, the Future USAP website links to many websites created and maintained by other organizations. Wherever possible, Future.USAP.gov will provide a notification when clicking a link that leaves the Future USAP website. When users utilize these links, they are leaving Future.USAP.gov and are subject to the privacy and security policies established by those organizations.

Future.USAP.gov utilizes the following third party hosting sites for multimedia services integral to its functioning. Due to technical complexities, the notification cannot be provided. The link for the associated third party privacy policy is provided.

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Linking to Us

The Future USAP website and the USAP web portal are official sites for the United States Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs. You may link to USAP.gov and Future.usap.gov at no cost; however, if you link to the site, you are obligated to follow certain guidelines:

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When providing a link to the Future USAP website or USAP web portal, you are encouraged to use the Future USAP and USAP logos. All graphics on the websites are free to the public; however, the National Science Foundation as well as the photographer must be credited.

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Short Description of the Future USAP website

The Future USAP website is the official site for the United States Antarctic Program's Future USAP modernization effort.

Long Description of the Future USAP website

The Future USAP website is a part of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), run by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Future USAP is dedicated to long range investments in Antarctic infrastructure spread across three major stations on the continent: McMurdo, Palmer, and South Pole.

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If you copy and reproduce any text from the Future USAP website or the USAP Web Portal, you are required to follow copyright laws as defined in the 1976 Copyright Act.

Social Media Policy

NSF uses social media to enhance communication and engage with our stakeholders and with the public. Our use of social media is in keeping with the goals of open government (transparency, public participation and collaboration), and it is consistent with the agency’s mission "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; [and] to secure the national defense."

NSF has agreements with a number of social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and LinkedIn. NSF has a complete list of their social media activities, and we encourage you to visit these sites and share your thoughts.

Images and videos on NSF’s social media sites, other than those credited to NSF, may be subject to copyright and should not be used without permission from the copyright holders.

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Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations presented on our social media platforms are only those of the presenter grantee/researcher, author, or agency employee; and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The NSF website has more official information about NSF.

PRIVACY

The NSF Privacy Policy applies to the NSF website but not to our external social media platforms. They have their own privacy policies that visitors should be aware of. Links to the privacy policies of our social media platforms are as follows:

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

As contracted by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the USAP follows policy to make the fullest possible disclosure of information, subject to restrictions imposed by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act, to any person who requests information, without unnecessary expense or delay. For more information on how to make FOIA and Privacy Act requests for NSF-owned records and how to contact the FOIA and Privacy Act offices at the NSF, see the NSF FOIA page.

INFORMATION QUALITY GUIDELINES

For compliance issues relating to section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554), see the NSF Information Quality Guidelines (on the NSF Data Quality Standards page).

INFORMATION ABOUT REGULATIONS

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