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For Federal Departments
New Information for all Materials Managers – CAD bulletin, December 2008 Click Here.
Federal departments should refer to the Treasury Board policy on Disposal of Surplus Movable Crown Assets.
All federal personal computers (MS-DOS/Windows and MacIntosh) and associated monitors, keyboards, mice, printers, modems, servers, hubs, network cards, disk operating systems and related equipment which become surplus to government requirements must be offered intact to the Industry Canada Computers for Schools Program.
The configuration of incoming computers is carefully monitored and recorded by CFS. Custodians of federal personal computers should ensure that surplus computers are not cannibalized or otherwise rendered unusable prior to transfer. The practice of removing hard drives, random access memory (RAM) and other essential components from computers before transferring them should only be done in those rare situations where security requirements dictate it.
The data on the hard drives of all computers received at CFS facilities are thoroughly erased and the disks reformatted. Custodians with sensitive data may obtain RCMP-approved software from their local CFS centre to erase data on hard drives prior to transfer.
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