Linking Policy

By linking to this Web site, you represent that you have read and agree to be bound by the TERMS.

Upon linking to this site pursuant to the Terms, you will be granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to use the "GovStar" name solely for providing an underlined, textual link or graphic link from your Web site to GovStar.com, and for no other use unless otherwise agreed in writing. You may include a link(s) on your Web site to the GovStar.com home page, currently located at http://www.GovStar.com. This web site and its related web pages are copyright protected and you may not copy or reproduce any pages without written permission.

We encourage and support deep linking as a form of information triage to reduce research time on the Internet. You may link to an internal or subsidiary page of this Web site that is located one or several levels down from the Home Page ("deep link"), or bring up or present content of this Web site within another Web site ("frame"); all other rights are reserved. You may not copy or duplicate URL's and descriptions displayed on Govstar.com for any commercial purpose.

We would appreciate a courtesy notice sent via our online form with the following :

  • (a) your name or the name of the technical contact responsible for the link(s);
  • (b) the name of your company;
  • (c) the email address and telephone number for you or the technical contact responsible for the link(s); and
  • (d) the Web site address(es) where the link(s) to the Home Page will appear.

Web Sites that desired to to use the GovStar Useful Links inventory or specific subject/topical pages may use internal/subsidiary pages on their web as their useful links. GovStar will also consider including other suggested links from the web site to present customized links unique to that web site; please contact us  Tahoe Internet Corp to discuss your ideas. There is currently no charge for this service.

You may bookmark individual GovStar web pages or individual URL's (links) displayed for your own personal use. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service unless you secure written approval otherwise. This specifically means that if you offer a fee-based subscription service or registered users/members only services, you may NOT deep link or frame Govstar internal or subsidiary pages unless you have prior written approval from Tahoe Internet Corp.  Tahoe Internet Corp

There is no substitute for independent research, and it's not a good idea to make any decisions based solely or largely on information obtained in public access areas. Never assume people are who the say they are, know what they say they know, or are affiliated with whom they say they are affiliated with.

The display of logos, trademarks, trade-names, or service marks on this Website does not convey or create any license or privilege of any kind and such displays are used solely as graphic navigational aids to a specific company’s web page. It is the intent of Tahoe Internet Corp (GovStar.com) to provide the best educational and informational experience possible by linking to other Web sites. Tahoe Internet Corp(GovStar.com) will make good faith efforts to contact the webmasters of linked sites to secure permission to link to an internal or subsidiary page of a specific Web site that is located one or several levels down from the Home Page ("deep link"), or bring up or present content of that Web site within another GovStar.com web ("frame"),if the web site has a deep link policy, however, we do not represent or warrant that all such webmasters have been contacted.

It is not the intent of GovStar.com to take credit or promote the content of the other web deep links as its work product, but instead to provide the user with ease of navigation and quick deep link research on specific subjects. In the event, that you have knowledge that deep links or framing is not permitted by a specific web site, please notify us immediately so that appropriate corrective action, including but not limited to; including securing permission from the web site to deep link or disconnecting deep link. Any framing used by GovStar is for navigational purposes and no attempt is made to present third parties' web pages as the intellectual property content of GovStar and all framed pages are presented in their original page layout and format as designed by the web site owner.

Some sites may prevent the framing of content and the <Back> button will be needed to navigate or the <x> button to close the browser new window load. Govstar.com supports the use of such actions by other web sites that specifically do not want their sites framed and therefore assumes that any site that does not redirect using JavaScript or any other language to a new browser window offers implied agreement that their web site may be framed without written permission and we agree to the same practice for GovStar pages that do not redirect or break out of frames. Tahoe Internet Corp will make such JavaScript available to any webmaster to redirect their sites to prevent framing.

Tahoe Internet Corp (GovStar) respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, terminate the access of users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others.

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Tahoe Internet Corp with the following information via online contact form

1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
2. a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
3. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
4. your address, telephone number, and email address;
5. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
6. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.