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EPA gives 20 computers to Prince George’s County, Md.

Release Date: 3/21/2000
Contact Information: Roy Seneca, (215) 814-5567

Roy Seneca, 215-814-5567

LARGO, Md. -- The Environmental Protection Agency has donated 20 computers to local governments and non-profit organizations in Prince Georges County, Md. to help them navigate cyberspace in the new millennium.
The computers, formerly used by EPA employees, are the latest of more than 900 computers that EPA’s mid-Atlantic region has donated to worthy organizations since 1996. They will be used for science education and cleaning up the environment.

"We are very proud that we can provide these communities and organizations with computers," said Bradley Campbell, EPA’s regional administrator. "These computers will help put communities and organizations on the information superhighway, the road to empowerment, self-sufficiency, and better environmental decision-making in the 21st century."

Sixteen of the computers will go directly to local governments and four will go to the Anacostia Trail Heritage Area Foundation and the county-sponsored Eco-Garden project.

"These computers will help our municipalities by connecting them to the world wide web and assist them in taking on new initiatives in working toward a cleaner and healthier environment," said Prince George’s County Executive Wayne K. Curry, who presented the computers to community officials during ceremonies today.

Municipalities receiving computers include the towns of Colmar Manor, Berwyn Heights, Brentwood, Capitol Heights, Cottage City, Fairmount Heights, Edmonston, Forest Heights, Landover Hills, Morningside, North Brentwood, University Park, and Upper Marlboro, and the cities of District Heights, Mount Rainier and Seat Pleasant.

EPA has donated used computers directly to municipalities, schools and non-profit organizations in accordance with President Clinton’s Executive Order 12999, "Educational Technology: Ensuring Opportunity for All Children in the Next Century." This executive order, signed by the president on April 17, 1996, helps to fulfill the federal government’s commitment to promote educational technology.

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