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Executive Order 12999 is a United States Presidential Executive Order signed on April 17, 1996, by President Bill Clinton which permits U.S. federal agencies to transfer excess computers and related peripherals to educational and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations.〔Executive Order 12999 on Wikisource〕 This order extended Executive Order 12821, which was signed by President George H.W. Bush on November 16, 1992.〔Executive Order 12821 on Wikisource〕 ==Provisions of 12999: Educational Technology== The Executive Order has three core elements for the development of American education and educational organizations. :1) ''Protection of Educationally Useful Federal Equipment'' ::Executive departments and agencies shall protect and safeguard such equipment, particularly when declared excess or surplus, so that it may be recycled and transferred in accordance with 12999. :2) ''Efficient Transfer of Educationally Useful Federal Equipment to Schools and Nonprofit Organizations'' ::All agencies shall give preference to schools and nonprofit organizations, including community-based educational organizations, in the transfer, through gift or donation, of educationally useful Federal equipment. :3) ''Assisting Teachers’ Professional Development: Connecting Classrooms'' ::Each agency that has employees who have computer expertise shall, to the extent permitted by law and in accordance with the guidelines of the Office of Personnel Management, encourage those employees to: :::(A) help connect America’s classrooms to the National Information Infrastructure :::(B) assist teachers in learning to use computers to teach :::(C) provide ongoing maintenance of and technical support for the educationally useful Federal equipment transferred pursuant to this order. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Executive Order 12999」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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