Departments

Purpose

The purpose of the City of East Lansing's Web site is to provide the public with convenient and efficient access to information about East Lansing City Government services, programs and attractions as well as departments and officials. It also is intended to provide the user with access to economic development opportunities in the City and to information about community life including cultural, educational and recreational activities in the City.

External Links

To meet its purpose the City’s Web site may contain links to other Web sites that are not owned, regularly reviewed or controlled by the City. It is the policy of the City to limit these links to non-profit and governmental Web sites that provide information relevant to the functions and services provided by the City and Web sites that promote city attractions, tourism, and economic development in the City. The City’s Web site does not provide direct links to strictly private commercial sites unless these links are determined to further the service mission of the City or to promote tourism or economic development.

The provision of direct links should not be construed as an endorsement or sponsorship of these external Web sites, their content or their hosts. The City specifically disavows legal responsibility for what a user may find on another site, whether or not operated by the City. The views and opinions of the authors of documents published on or linked to the City’s Web site do not necessarily state or reflect the opinion, policy or position of the City.

External Link Criteria

Links to other Web sites are approved if they meet the following criteria:

• They are state, regional, local or federal government agencies, special purpose districts, hospitals, scientific or cultural organizations serving the East Lansing community and public educational institutions.
• They are human service organizations that receive direct financial support from the City of East Lansing.
• They are community festivals and events that are open to the general public and that are sponsored or cosponsored by the City.
• Providers of search engines from the City of East Lansing Web sites.
• No links are allowed to sites containing inappropriate material or to information irrelevant to the City’s mission or services.
• The City Manager must approve all external links.
• The City Manager is authorized to order removal of material which is noncompliant with these guidelines from the City’s Web site.

Links shall not be made to sites that are associated with, sponsored by or serving a candidate for elected office or any political party or organization supporting or seeking to defeat any candidate for elective office or ballot proposal. The City’s Web site is not intended to function as a public forum.

Information Accuracy

The City of East Lansing has made every effort to insure the accuracy of the information provided on its Web site. However, due to the possibility of unauthorized modification of the data, transmission errors, HTML browser incompatibilities, changes made since the last update to the Web site, or other aspects of electronic communication that are beyond the City's control, neither the City nor its agency, officer, or employee of the City warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of the information published on its Web site.

The City of East Lansing is not responsible for the content, quality, accuracy or completeness of any off-site materials referenced by or linked through the City's Web site. By using the City's Web site the user acknowledges and accepts that the risk of injury or damage from viewing, hearing, downloading or storing such materials rests entirely with the user and that the City is not responsible for any materials stored on other Web sites, nor is it liable for any inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illegal materials found on other Web sites.

Endorsement Disclaimer

The City does not endorse any content, viewpoint, products or services linked from this Web site and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information.  The City does not warrant the accuracy or reliability of or endorse any products or service providers listed or linked to its site.

Advertising Policy

It is the policy of the City of East Lansing to maintain its Web site without advertising or for-profit content except where such content has a public purpose and/or is of direct benefit to the city. As a government agency the City neither endorses nor supports individual private commercial enterprises through display of their advertising or through providing links to the sites of commercial enterprises.

The City recognizes that the display of commercial or promotional material or links to commercial sites may, under certain circumstances, be appropriate. The following guidelines will apply to determine when such materials are appropriate for inclusion in the City's Web site.

• Advertising/promotional materials where the City has public/financial interest (example: City is linked to Film Society or Art Festival Web site which may display advertising of their sponsors).
• Web-based all-inclusive information about private enterprises which provide a service of benefit to the public where the service or benefit is directly related to a City department's mission of services (example: lists of licensed child care providers, hotels and motels, art galleries, downtown businesses, etc.).
• City program sponsors and cash or services donors may be acknowledged through a display of their names, logos or other information but no link to the sponsor's or donor's Web sites will be provided (example: Art Festival sponsors and contributors).
• Government agencies, academic institutions, public-private partnerships, professional, cultural, community-based and nonprofit organizations may be linked when the site contains information that enhances service provided by a department of the City.
• Notice of leaving the City of East Lansing Web site and a disclaimer. You are now leaving the City of East Lansing Web site and linking to a Web site that may contain commercial advertising. The City does not endorse or support any of the advertising that may be contained on this site.

Privacy Policy

The City will not sell, distribute or otherwise provide to third parties any information of a personal nature which is obtained as a result of any person subscribing to or visiting the city web site, except where a public record is generated during the contact which is otherwise discoverable under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.

Purpose

The purpose of the City of East Lansing's Web site is to provide the public with convenient and efficient access to information about East Lansing City Government services, programs and attractions as well as departments and officials. It also is intended to provide the user with access to economic development opportunities in the City and to information about community life including cultural, educational and recreational activities in the City.

External Links

To meet its purpose the City’s Web site may contain links to other Web sites that are not owned, regularly reviewed or controlled by the City. It is the policy of the City to limit these links to non-profit and governmental Web sites that provide information relevant to the functions and services provided by the City and Web sites that promote city attractions, tourism, and economic development in the City. The City’s Web site does not provide direct links to strictly private commercial sites unless these links are determined to further the service mission of the City or to promote tourism or economic development.

The provision of direct links should not be construed as an endorsement or sponsorship of these external Web sites, their content or their hosts. The City specifically disavows legal responsibility for what a user may find on another site, whether or not operated by the City. The views and opinions of the authors of documents published on or linked to the City’s Web site do not necessarily state or reflect the opinion, policy or position of the City.

External Link Criteria

Links to other Web sites are approved if they meet the following criteria:

• They are state, regional, local or federal government agencies, special purpose districts, hospitals, scientific or cultural organizations serving the East Lansing community and public educational institutions.
• They are human service organizations that receive direct financial support from the City of East Lansing.
• They are community festivals and events that are open to the general public and that are sponsored or cosponsored by the City.
• Providers of search engines from the City of East Lansing Web sites.
• No links are allowed to sites containing inappropriate material or to information irrelevant to the City’s mission or services.
• The City Manager must approve all external links.
• The City Manager is authorized to order removal of material which is noncompliant with these guidelines from the City’s Web site.

Links shall not be made to sites that are associated with, sponsored by or serving a candidate for elected office or any political party or organization supporting or seeking to defeat any candidate for elective office or ballot proposal. The City’s Web site is not intended to function as a public forum.

Information Accuracy

The City of East Lansing has made every effort to insure the accuracy of the information provided on its Web site. However, due to the possibility of unauthorized modification of the data, transmission errors, HTML browser incompatibilities, changes made since the last update to the Web site, or other aspects of electronic communication that are beyond the City's control, neither the City nor its agency, officer, or employee of the City warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of the information published on its Web site.

The City of East Lansing is not responsible for the content, quality, accuracy or completeness of any off-site materials referenced by or linked through the City's Web site. By using the City's Web site the user acknowledges and accepts that the risk of injury or damage from viewing, hearing, downloading or storing such materials rests entirely with the user and that the City is not responsible for any materials stored on other Web sites, nor is it liable for any inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illegal materials found on other Web sites.

Endorsement Disclaimer

The City does not endorse any content, viewpoint, products or services linked from this Web site and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information.  The City does not warrant the accuracy or reliability of or endorse any products or service providers listed or linked to its site.

Advertising Policy

It is the policy of the City of East Lansing to maintain its Web site without advertising or for-profit content except where such content has a public purpose and/or is of direct benefit to the city. As a government agency the City neither endorses nor supports individual private commercial enterprises through display of their advertising or through providing links to the sites of commercial enterprises.

The City recognizes that the display of commercial or promotional material or links to commercial sites may, under certain circumstances, be appropriate. The following guidelines will apply to determine when such materials are appropriate for inclusion in the City's Web site.

• Advertising/promotional materials where the City has public/financial interest (example: City is linked to Film Society or Art Festival Web site which may display advertising of their sponsors).
• Web-based all-inclusive information about private enterprises which provide a service of benefit to the public where the service or benefit is directly related to a City department's mission of services (example: lists of licensed child care providers, hotels and motels, art galleries, downtown businesses, etc.).
• City program sponsors and cash or services donors may be acknowledged through a display of their names, logos or other information but no link to the sponsor's or donor's Web sites will be provided (example: Art Festival sponsors and contributors).
• Government agencies, academic institutions, public-private partnerships, professional, cultural, community-based and nonprofit organizations may be linked when the site contains information that enhances service provided by a department of the City.
• Notice of leaving the City of East Lansing Web site and a disclaimer. You are now leaving the City of East Lansing Web site and linking to a Web site that may contain commercial advertising. The City does not endorse or support any of the advertising that may be contained on this site.

Privacy Policy

The City will not sell, distribute or otherwise provide to third parties any information of a personal nature which is obtained as a result of any person subscribing to or visiting the city web site, except where a public record is generated during the contact which is otherwise discoverable under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.