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D3 Services Granted U.S.’s First GSA for Secure Destruction and 100% Green Recycling of eWaste
Service Area Expansion Planned for the First Truly Auditable Destruction of Digital Content and Completely Green Solution
TAMPA, FL (June 11, 2008) – At the Tampa
Bay Technology Forum, central Florida's largest and most influential
technology association, Digital Data Destruction Services (D3) today
announced that it has been granted the United States’ first General
Services Administration (GSA) contract for the secure destruction and
100% green recycling of electronic media. HIPAA, FACTA,
Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and Sarbanes-Oxley ompliant, D3’s patented
equipment is the first of its kind to be approved for the safe
destruction of classified military data.
The green recycling of the electronic media by-products makes D3 the
only company in the United States to comply fully with the existing
eWaste legislation passed in five states, and soon to be the industry
norm across the US.
"This GSA contract addresses the rapidly growing need to comply with
the digital data destruction requirements of HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley,
FACTA and Sarbanes-Oxley Federal legislation" said Dr. Roger Hutchison,
President and CEO of D3. "Simple shredding of electronic media is both
an unsafe business practice, and it carries a carboncost passed on to
future generations. D3 is on the leading edge of pioneering the
Nation's first truly auditable destruction of the digital content on
media, and then providing the green recycling for all the remaining
by-products. This GSA contract also immediately opens the door for our
rapid expansion into other major cities across America."
Through GSA contract GS-10F-0137U under Schedule 899-5, D3 now
servicesWiscons in and Minnesota. However, plans are already well
underway to expand to include Southern California, Texas,
Massachusetts, Colorado, as well as the Washington DC region.
To date, D3 offers the only commercially available ISO 9002 compliant
destruction process for hard drives, tapes, flash, and optical media
using equipment evaluated and in use by the Department of Defense for
the destruction of classified data. The quality control procedures,
high security equipment and personnel, the fact that all by-products
are recycled, and now the Government certification all give D3 a unique
position in this growing eWaste niche.
About D3 Services
Founded in 2004, D3 Services is the first company in the U.S. to offer
auditable, high-end, digital data destruction equipment and services
with a 100% earth-friendly disposition of all by-products. HIPAA,
FACTA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliant, D3’s patented
equipment is approved for the safe destruction of classified military
data. For more information visit: www.D3Services.com or contact sales
at: 952-832-5424
