The New York State Training Council (NYSTC) recognizes the value and potential of the Internet. Allowing and encouraging members, operating committees and training partners to publish on or link from the NYSTC web site provides our training community with one additional way to access valuable and timely training and human resource development information.

The quality and accuracy of information published by the New York State Training Council plays a significant role in sustaining the strong reputation and image of the Council. This policy also sets minimum standards designed to safeguard that information published electronically is visually appealing and well written and follows the same high standards as other forms of published information.

Policy Statement

Official NYSTC web resources are provided for Council sponsored entities including the Executive Committee, operating committees and task forces. They may create web pages that carry out official NYSTC business in support of the Council's mission. Only information that has been reviewed and cleared by the web site manager will be published on NYSTC official web pages.

Training partners wishing to publish on or link from the NYSTC web site should contact the web site manager with their request. All requests will be forwarded from the web site manager to NYSTC Executive Committee for approval.

Training Council resources may not be used to create web pages for personal business or personal gain. Links to personal pages from the NYSTC web site are not allowed.

Responsibility for Pages

NYSTC Committee Chairs, or respective designees of these committees, are responsible for reviewing their committee's official page(s) and forwarding any recommendations for deletions, additions or revisions to the web site developer. Information on all NYSTC Web pages must be both accurate and current.

Accurate Information

We cannot and do not warrant the accuracy of these documents beyond the source documents, although we do make every attempt to work from authoritative sources.

Web page developers should incorporate these guidelines into their pages:

1. The purpose of the web page and audience for whom it is intended should be clear.
2. The page should be attractive and well designed. The page should convey information accurately, concisely, clearly and in a style that invites readership and avoids jargon.
3. The words New York State Training Council should always be prominently displayed on the title bar of each web page and on the page itself.
4. The page should include instruction about how readers can obtain additional information, and if possible, an e-mail link.
5. All program announcements should have the following accessibility statement "Reasonable Accommodations Will Be Provided Upon Request" by contacting (phone; name and address) by (date, or as soon as possible)."
6. Individual web pages should have modification dates that can be used as guides to the timeliness of the data (indicating when information was last posted.)
7. Posting of obscene materials is not allowed.
8. Unauthorized copying of copyrighted material is not allowed.
9. Advertising is not allowed.

Should you have any questions about these guidelines, please call Ed Mallgraf at (518) 474-8591 or emallgra@mail.nysed.gov

Current Information

We cannot and do not warrant that the information on this server is absolutely current, although every effort is made to ensure that it is kept as current as possible. (See "Disclaimer")  The individual web pages have modification dates, which can be used as guides to the timeliness of the data; however, we cannot warrant that no changes have been made to the source information since that date.

last revised 08/19/08