Notice:
Pursuant to statute, Congress has permitted the authority for
Empowerment Zone (EZ) and Enterprise Community (EC) designations to
expire. Because of this EZ and EC designations are no longer valid so
that the EZ/EC question will no longer be included on the registration
page for schools and educational nonprofits, and EZ/EC information will
not appear on the school data sheets and property allocation
pages.
The CFL program evolved as a guide for implementing Executive
Order 12999, Educational Technology: Ensuring Opportunity for all Children
in the Next Century. The order encourages agencies, to the extent permitted
by law, to transfer computers and related peripheral equipment excess to
their needs directly to schools and educational nonprofit organizations. The
CFL website allows eligible recipients to view and select the computer
equipment that federal agencies have reported as excess (via GSAXcess®).
PROCESSING CHANGE FOR FEDERAL ELECTRONICS:We
are implementing the guidance in GSA FMR
Bulletin, B-34, Disposal of Federal Electronic Assets. All customers
are advised that, effective Monday, 19 Mar 2012, the following notice
applies to federal electronics assets reported and/or acquired through
Computers for Learning:
The Federal Government has determined that improper disposal
of used electronics may have potentially harmful effects on human health and
the environment. This/these electronic product(s) must be disposed of at
their end of useful life in accordance with all Federal, state, and local
laws. The Federal Government strongly encourages recycling these products
through certified recyclers, even when such recycling is not required by
Federal, state or local laws. Information regarding certified recyclers is
available at
https://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/resources/links.htm#five.
Pursuant to this guidance, effective Monday, 19 March 2012,
federal electronic assets, as defined by these regulations, in condition
codes S and
X
should not be reported to GSA and will not be transferred by GSA. It will be
up to the holding agency to dispose of these assets in accordance with FMR
Bulletin, B-34, Disposal of Federal Electronic Assets
Direct transfers are authorized by law through 15 USC
3710(i), commonly known as the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of
1980.
The CFL program's ambitious goal is to make modern computer
technology an integral part of every classroom so that every child has the
opportunity to be educated to his or her full potential.
Note: Schools and educational
nonprofit organizations do not pay for excess computer equipment they
receive through the CFL program, however, the recipient is responsible for
the shipping and handling costs, as well as refurbishing costs.