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Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission

Site Policies

Accessibility

  • The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC) is committed to making its web site accessible to the widest possible audience, including people using assistive technology, according to the standards set forth by the World Wide Web Consortium (WC3) and the state’s Department of Information Resources (DIR) recommendations (per Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 206, Rule §206.50). In an effort to make the site accessible, our web pages:
  • Function on various software platforms
  • Follow current web standards for XHTML 1.0 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS2)
  • Avoid use of animated material
  • Test in the most popular browsers used when viewing our web site as reported to us in our web server statistics software program
  • Produce Portable Document Format (PDF) with Adobe Acrobat.
  • If you use assistive technology and the format of any material on our web site interferes with your ability to access the information, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
  • To respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate:
  • The nature of your accessibility problem
  • The preferred format in which you wish to receive the material
  • The web address of the requested material or page in question
  • Your contact information
  • Additional information about accessibility programs in Texas is available from the Governor’s Commission on People with Disabilities.

Copyright

The content of all material on this web site is copyrighted by the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC) unless otherwise indicated. Permission to copy, distribute or use in whole or part for any non-commercial purpose without fee is hereby granted provided that the information (files, documents or photographs) is credited to the THGAAC.

For information on this web site credited to another copyright holder, please contact that source regarding use of their material.

Open Records

To request information from the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission, please contact us through our site or at the following:

Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission
P.O. Box 12276
Austin, TX 78711-2276

For complaints regarding failure to release public information, please contact your local county or district attorney.

You may also contact the Office of the Attorney General, Open Records Hotline, at 512.478.6736 or toll-free at 877.673.6839. For complaints regarding overcharges, please contact the Office of the Attorney General's Cost Rules Administrator at 512.475.2497.

For more information, see the open records information provided by the Office of the Attorney General Open Records Division.

Social Media

We support the free exchange of ideas on the social media pages of the THGAAC—which include our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. However, we moderate these pages and reserve the right to remove comments, posts, photos, or any content at our discretion if it is derogatory, obscene, off topic, or does not adhere to the following guidelines.

The views expressed in comment fields reflect those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the THGAAC or the Texas state government.

Examples of comments and posts we support include those that:

  • Relate to the content in our posts or comments left by readers
  • Relate to our mission of Holocaust and genocide education in Texas
  • Are thought-provoking and spark discussion or debate while maintaining a positive, courteous, or constructive tone
  • Differ with the content in our posts without insulting the writer, agency, or other commenters

Examples of comments and posts we generally oppose—and reserve the right to delete— include those that:

  • Are unrelated to content in our posts, comments left by readers, or Holocaust and genocide education in Texas
  • Contain political commentary
  • Descend into negative or derogatory language
  • Are insulting to the writer, the agency, Holocaust and genocide survivors and victims, or other commenters
  • Promote or endorse products and services (NOTE: non-commercial links that are on-topic are acceptable)

Comments or posts that WE WILL DELETE WITHOUT NOTICE include those that:

  • Contain content we deem obscene, indecent, profane, or otherwise objectionable, including (but not limited to) content of a sexually explicit, racially, or ethnically objectionable nature
  • Contain unlawful content or hate speech
  • Contain advocacy on a legislative issue such as the budget
  • Contain personal attacks, including insults, threats, or defamation
  • Contain spam or advertising (or any unique content posted multiple times)
  • Are disruptive or inappropriate, including personal conversations better suited for private communication
  • Violate any third-party platform’s Terms of Use, Terms of Service, or Code of Conduct

Numerous violations of the above THGAAC content guidelines may result in a commenter being blocked from making future comments or posts on this page.