On June 5, 2007, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit in Columbia, Missouri was recognized with a Gold Level Award in the Federal Electronics Challenge. Each Gold Level Award recipient completed mandatory activities in all three of the electronics life-cycle phases (acquisition and procurement, operation and maintenance, and end-of-life management); completed four additional optional activities; and mentored other federal facilities or agencies on electronics issues. Federal Environmental Executive Edwin Pinero said, “Electronics stewardship actions undertaken by these partners in 2006 include impressive actions, such as: ensuring that 100% of all electronics purchases were products registered at the Silver level with the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT); instituting a system to automatically power down all desktop computers at the end of each business day; and donating thousands of electronics to educational institutions under the Computers for Learning program.”

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