Newly designed DERT website. (Extramurally Speaking ...).The Division of Extramural extramural /ex·tra·mu·ral/ (-mur´il) situated or occurring outside the wall of an organ or structure. extramural situated or occurring outside the wall of an organ or structure. Research and Training (DERT DERT Disaster Emergency Response Team DERT Division of Employee Relations and Training (National Institutes of Health) DERT Dryden Emergency Response Team (NASA) ) is pleased to announce the debut of its newly redesigned website. Its creation is the work of a committee comprising staff from DERT, the Computer Technology Branch, and their contractors from Lockheed Martin Information Technology Lockheed Martin Information Technology (I&TS) (also known as Lockheed Martin Information & Technology Services & Lockheed Martin Technology Services) is a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin that consists of dozens of smaller companies and units have been acquired and , in conjunction with a group of internal and external beta-testers. While the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. to the main page remains the same, http://www.niehs.nih.gov/dert/home.htm, you will notice significant changes. The new website incorporates current web usability guidelines. The site is arranged by content, not organization, with page titles uniquely identifying the content. There is consistency with links and text colors, a header bar, with a series of tabs to the main topics, and a footer, with links to other related sites and information. Also, all navigation includes either text or text with graphics. There is no use of images alone to navigate the site. Scrolling has been minimized on the navigation pages. In addition, search capability has been improved significantly to allow a search of either the entire site or a specific collection of pages. In creating this new site, particular attention was given to ensure its accessibility regardless of the equipment used. Download time has been kept to approximately 10 seconds using a 56 Kbps modem, and pages were optimized for 800 x 600 pixels. In addition, it is compliant with all federal regulations regarding accessibility by persons with disabilities. New to the website are a video message from the DERT director, Dr. Anne Sassaman, and a conversation with Bruce Hammock hammock, suspended bed, usually of netting, canvas, or leather. The hammock and its name were introduced to Europeans by Christopher Columbus, who learned of them from Native Americans. , a distinguished grantee An individual to whom a transfer or conveyance of property is made. In a case involving the sale of land, the buyer is commonly known as the grantee. grantee n. . Conversations with other grantees will be added in the future. Additional features will be added in the future. We hope you enjoy the new site and welcome comments. Contact: Martha I. Barnes | e-mail: barnes@niehs.nih.gov |
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