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![](http://206.241.31.129/ImageCache/cgov/templates/images/spacerclear_2egif/v1/image_2ddata/1/spacerclear.gif) CBP Donates Computers to Texas Law Enforcement Magnet School
(Monday, April 07, 2008)
contacts for this news releaseU.S. Customs and Border Protection will donate excess government computers to the Sandra Day O’Connor Criminal Justice/Public Service Academy. The El Paso Magnet School located on the Austin High School campus allows students to determine what a law enforcement future has in store for them. The computers, fax machine, and printers will be donated through a federal government program called Computers for Learning. In 1996, the federal government passed a law mandating federal agencies to give preference to schools and nonprofit organizations for donations of educationally useful equipment. The program is part of Federal Electronics Challenge, encouraging better management of computer equipment. Event | CBP donates computer equipment to Austin High School | Date | April 8, 2008 | Time | 2 p.m. | Location | Sandra Day O’Connor Criminal Justice/Public Service AcademyAustin High SchoolEl Paso, Texas | Participants | Ed Prue, U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionBenito Perez, U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionJohn Peterson, Director Sandra Day O’Conner Criminal Justice/Public Service AcademyArchangelo Pokluda, Austin High School, Principal | U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.![](http://206.241.31.129/ImageCache/cgov/templates/images/spacerclear_2egif/v1/image_2ddata/1/spacerclear.gif) | Contacts For This News Release
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Texas
79925 | Rick Lopez Field Operations, Public Affairs Liaison
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(915) 633-7300
Ext: 164 |
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Washington, DC 20229
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