Attempting to craft an appropriate disclaimer, I reviewed what other agencies have included. The document seemed heavily tilted toward legal subjects, so I thought it prudent to have the disclaimer reviewed by the General Counsel's office. The reply noted that all references to warranties should be deleted. Warranties apply to the sale of goods by a merchant. But there is no sale of goods in connection with accessing a Web site or downloading information.
Documents only convey information to the reader.
That took care of paragraph one. The clause could deter the public from accessing the site and would likely have no force or effect. It should be deleted, the General Counsel's office said. That substantially reduced the size of paragraph two. The disclaimer was getting streamlined.