Statement of Purpose

This document outlines the policies for linking to and from the Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com website. The mission of the Assessors office is to provide a single point of access to government and public information and services that is private, secure, convenient, efficient, service-oriented, and accessible to everyone.

Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com will use the guidelines outlined below to link to information and services in order to provide a public portal that allows citizens and businesses to quickly locate and access electronic government services and related information. This policy may be updated periodically. The current version was approved on November 23, 2005. This document is rendered in order to describe the linking practices of Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com.

Links to Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com

Advance permission to link to Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com.com is not necessary. However, be aware that Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com subpages, including the pages of state agencies and local governments, may change at any time without notice. Entities and individuals linking to Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com must continuously verify links to our subpages.

Entities and individuals linking to Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com shall not capture Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com pages within frames, present Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com content as its own, or otherwise misrepresent Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com content. Furthermore, they shall not misinform users about the origin or ownership of Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com content. Certain information on Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com may be trademarked, service-marked, or otherwise protected as intellectual property. Protected intellectual property must be used in accordance with state and federal laws and must reflect the proper ownership of the intellectual property.

Any link to the Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com site should be a full forward link that passes the client browser to Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com unencumbered. The "Back" button should return the visitor to original site if the visitor wishes to back out.

Links from Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com

This section outlines the criteria and requirements that external web sites must meet to have a link from Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com. It also details how links are accepted and removed from Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com.

Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com reserves the right to link to external web sites that it feels would provide a service to the citizen.

Acceptance Criteria

Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com links to state and local governments that provide information and services that benefit West Virginia citizens and businesses. At its discretion, Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com will consider link requests to non-governmental web sites that contain information and/or services that further the purpose of Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com.

Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com is not a forum for public communication and debate. The criteria outlined in this section have been established to ensure that Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com remains a non-public forum.

Every link request must undergo review to determine its relevance and appropriateness to the purpose of Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com. Links are approved for Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com based on the following criteria:

1. The external web site corresponds with the purpose of Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com

2. The site's content is appropriate with respect to the purpose of Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com and the site is not a

* Commercial site, which charges a fee for products or services online; (Notices of the availability of publications by government entities that charge for the publications or notices of government sponsored conferences that charge a registration fee are not commercial sites and may be considered for linking.)
* Site that exhibits hate, bias, discrimination, pornography, libelous or otherwise defamatory content;
* Site that advocates or promotes the use of alcohol or tobacco;
* Site that lobbies, advocates, or advances the policies and priorities of a particular industry, organization or enterprise. This includes sites of non-profit organizations;
* Site belonging to or supporting a political affiliation; or
* Site that furthers the agenda of a political organization or candidate running for any office.

Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com reserves the right to deny links if it determines that a web site contains misleading or unsubstantiated claims, conflicts with the purpose of Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com, or does not meet one or more of the criteria set forth above in numbered sections or set out below in the Conditions for Link Maintenance on Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com section.

Review Process

1. Email link requests to webmaster from our email us page. Each link request should address how the site meets the two acceptance criteria outlined above.

2. The link request will be reviewed against the acceptance criteria set forth above. The decision of the Assessor is final as to whether the requesting site may have a link from Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com.

3. Approved sites must comply with the following conditions for link maintenance and may be required to enter into a written linking agreement with the Harrison County Assessors Office.

Conditions for Link Maintenance on Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com

To give superior customer service to citizens and businesses accessing governmental information and services through Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com, we require that external web sites linked from Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com meet the following conditions in order to maintain a link on Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com:

1. The linked site must provide the user with access to an email address and/or a customer service telephone number on every page of the site, in order for users to contact the site if there are problems with format, accuracy, timeliness, or payment processing.

2. Linked sites should not excessively burden the Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com customer support system. If the site excessively burdens the Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com customer support system, the Assessor has discretion to take linked site off of Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com.

3. When the user clicks on the external web site link, he/she must have easy access back to Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com. One of two options can accomplish this:

* A link to Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com can be established on the external website's main page; or
* The "Back" button returns the user to Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com.

4. Linked sites must have a privacy and security policy accessible from their home page informing the user of what information is collected, how it is collected, how it is used, and how the user can review and correct the information. Linked sites must comply with accepted accessibility standards as provided by the Worldwide Web Consortium (http://www.w3c.org) to ensure that persons with disabilities may access these sites.

5. Linked sites must notify the Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com at the email address provided below if the site to which Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com links become inaccurate or inactive.

Removal Process

Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com reserves the right to remove links if it determines that a web site contains misleading or unsubstantiated claims, conflicts with the purpose of Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com, or does not meet one or more of the criteria set forth above in numbered sections or set out above in the Conditions for Link Maintenance on Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com section.

Links from Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com will be reviewed regularly and may be removed for the following reasons:

* The link no longer points to the original information or resource to which it was intended to point;
* The web site pointed to by the link contains inaccurate or misleading information or has changed such that it is no longer in compliance with the acceptance criteria;
* The web site pointed to by the link violates the conditions for link maintenance;
* Access to the information has become difficult due to non-standard formatting, lengthy download times, or intrusive advertising;
* The link is permanently unreachable or remains unavailable for a lengthy period; and
* The external web site fails to comply with the written linking agreement, if any.

The decision of the Assessor is final as to whether a link is to be removed from Assessor.HarrisonCountyWV.com.

Contact Information

For questions and concerns regarding the linking policy, email the webmaster from the email us page.