diff --git a/README b/README
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-The cime directory structure (other than the externals/ directory)
-was generated from the following trunk tags:
-
-cime/driver_cpl		  	        https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/drv/seq_mct/trunk_tags/drvseq5_1_15
-
-cime/components/data_comps/datm	        https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/datm7/trunk_tags/datm8_150310
-cime/components/data_comps/dice	        https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/dice7/trunk_tags/dice8_150310
-cime/components/data_comps/dlnd	        https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/dlnd7/trunk_tags/dlnd8_150310
-cime/components/data_comps/docn       	https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/docn7/trunk_tags/docn8_150310
-cime/components/data_comps/drof  	https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/drof/trunk_tags/drof_150310
-cime/components/stub_comps		https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/stubs/trunk_tags/stubs1_4_08
-cime/components/xcpl_comps		https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/dead7/trunk_tags/dead7_8_04
-
-cime/machines				https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/Machines/trunk_tags/Machines_150309
-
-cime/scripts                            https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/scripts/trunk_tags/scripts_150309
-
-cime/share/csm_share	  	        https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/csm_share/trunk_tags/share3_150116
-cime/share/esmf_wrf_timemgr	        https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/esmf_wrf_timemgr/trunk_tags/esmf_wrf_timemgr_141217
-cime/share/timing                       https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/timing/trunk_tags/timing_150302
-
-cime/utils/pythonlib                    https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/scripts/trunk_tags/scripts4_150204/scripts/ccsm_utils/Tools/pythonlib
-cime/utils/perl5lib	                https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/perl5lib/trunk_tags/perl5lib_150302
-
-cime/tools/load_balancing_tool		https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/tools/load_balancing_tool/trunk_tags/load_balancing_tool_141008
-cime/tools/unit_testing                 https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/unit_testing/trunk_tags/unit_testing_0_16
-cime/tools/statistical_ensemble_test    https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/validation_testing/trunk_tags/validation_20140708/run_CESM/
-cime/tools/mapping                      https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/tools/mapping/trunk_tags/mapping_141106
-cime/tools/cprnc                        https://svn-ccsm-models.cgd.ucar.edu/tools/cprnc/trunk_tags/cprnc_150301
-
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73e19ea18d8..05a643e2f47 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ Common Infrastructure for Modeling the Earth
 
 **cime** (pronounced: seem) represents the infrastructure code for the 
 <a href="http://www2.cesm.ucar.edu">Community Earth System Model </a>
-     (CESM) and the Accelerated Climate Model for Energy (ACME).
-*cime* includes scripts for configuration, build, and testing of
-models, as well as data and stub models for climate components, 
-and a code for coupling different climate components together.
-     
+     (CESM) and the <a href="https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/projects/accelerated-climate-modeling-energy">
+Accelerated Climate Model for Energy </a> (ACME).
+*cime* providess scripts for configuration, build, and testing of
+models, as well as code for data and stub models for climate components,
+and a driver code for bringing all the climate components together in a single executable.
+
+# Documentation
+
+See <a href="http://esmci.github.io/cime">esmci.github.io/cime</a>
+
 # Developers
 
 *cime* was initially extracted from CESM as a stand-alone capability in 2015
@@ -28,18 +33,12 @@ Mariana Vertenstein | NCAR  |  1 - D   |   NSF, DOE
 Jim Edwards |         NCAR  |  1 - D   |   NSF (1-D), DOE(1-2)
 Jim Foucar  |         SNL   |  5 - D   |   DOE
 Rob Jacob |      ANL  |  5 - D   |   DOE
+Bill Sacks |    NCAR |  1 - D  | NSF
 Andreas Wilke |  ANL  | 5 - D | DOE
 Jason Sarich | ANL | 5 - D | DOE
-??Sean Santos |         NCAR  |  1 - 4   |   NSF
+Michael Deakin | SNL | 5 - D | DOE
+Erich Foster   | SNL | 5 - D | DOE
+Sean Santos |         NCAR  |  1 - 4   |   NSF
 
 _Key: D = Current development version (i.e. still active on project)_
 
-# Documentation
-
-Currently, this is a work in progress. 
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