Technology 4 Teaching

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2011

Clackamas County Technology Services (TS) is responsible for most of the technology procured, utilized, and disposed of in the operation of County government. In an effort to maximize technological investments and sustainability, TS operates in a Redeploy, Reuse, and Recycle model. Basically, any equipment that is no longer utilized by its current users and still meets Technical Standards is redeployed elsewhere in the County, where it can be of use. If equipment is broken or below standards, TS will reuse whatever components are available and can still be utilized elsewhere in the county (such as memory, hard drives, monitors, etc.) Once equipment is deemed no longer usable by the County, it is transported to the surplus storage facility for recycling to educational programs throughout the county. While not all the potential surplus equipment that is made available by TS would be useful to educational programs, there is definitely a great deal of equipment that could be utilized if just for a better process of managing the surplus technology.