The purpose of this blog is to facilitate an ongoing dialogue with citizens and other law enforcement entities on public safety. We encourage your comments; your ideas and concerns are important to ensure that a broad range of citizens are active and informed participants in the discussion. CSOSA reserves the right to modify this policy at any time.
This is a moderated blog. That means all comments will be reviewed before posting. In addition, we expect that participants will treat each other, as well as our agency and our employees, with respect. We will not post comments that contain vulgar or abusive language, spam, hate speech, personal attacks, or similar content. We will not post comments that are spam, are clearly “off topic” or that promote services or products. Comments that make unsupported accusations will also not be posted.
Any references to commercial entities, products, services, or other nongovernmental organizations or individuals that remain on the site are provided solely for the information of individuals using this blog. These references are not intended to reflect the opinion of CSOSA, the United States, or its officers or employees concerning the significance, priority, or importance to be given the referenced entity, product, service, or organization. Such references are not an official or personal endorsement of any product, person, or service, and may not be quoted or reproduced for the purpose of stating or implying CSOSA endorsement or approval of any product, person, or service.
What This Blog Is Not
- This blog is not to be used to report criminal activity. If you have information for law enforcement, please contact your local police agency.
- Do not send in questions or status inquiries about a specific case involving CSOSA. Instead, contact the Community Supervision Services Division or your Community Supervision Officer directly.
- This is a place for collecting suggestions and new ideas, not a substitute channel for CSOSA services or general questions. See “Contact Us” on www.csosa.gov, to get help from the agency.
- Do not submit unsolicited proposals, or other business ideas or inquiries to this blog. This site is not to be used for contracting or commercial business.
- This blog may not be used for the submission of any claim, demand, informal or formal complaint, or any other form of legal and/or administrative notice or process, or for the exhaustion of any legal and/or administrative remedy.
CSOSA does not guarantee or warrant that any information posted by individuals on this blog is correct, and disclaims any liability for any loss or damage resulting from reliance on any such information. CSOSA may not be able to verify, does not warrant or guarantee, and assumes no liability for anything posted on this website by any other person. CSOSA does not endorse, support or otherwise promote any private or commercial entity or the information, products or services contained on those Web sites that may be reached through links on our Web site. For more information on our linking policy, click here.
Members of the media are asked to send questions to the Office of Legislative, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs (OLIPA) through their normal channels and to refrain from submitting questions here as comments. Reporter questions will not be posted.
We recognize that the Web is a 24/7 medium, and your comments are welcome at any time. However, given the need to manage federal resources, moderating and posting of comments will occur during regular business hours Monday through Friday. Comments submitted after hours or on weekends will be read and posted as early as possible; in most cases, this means the next business day.
For the benefit of robust discussion, we ask that comments remain “on-topic.” This means that comments will be posted only as it relates to the topic that is being discussed within the blog post. The views expressed on the site by non-federal government commentators do not necessarily reflect the official views of CSOSA or the Federal Government.
To protect your own privacy and the privacy of others, please do not include personally identifiable information, such as name, Social Security number, phone numbers or email addresses in the body of your comment. If you do voluntarily include personally identifiable information in your comment, such as your name, that comment may or may not be posted on the Blog. If your comment is posted, your name will not be redacted or removed. In no circumstances will comments be posted that contain Social Security numbers, addresses, email address or phone numbers. Due to spam comments, anonymous comments are not accepted on this blog. As a result, your login name may be displayed on our site. Therefore, please do not use your given name for your login name.
Thank you for taking the time to read this comment policy. We encourage your participation in our discussion and look forward to an active exchange of ideas.
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