Showing posts with label asset tracking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asset tracking. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Great moments in asset tracking

US State Department loses a lot of laptops
It has surfaced that the US State Department can't account for up to about 1,000 laptops, perhaps as many as 400 of which belonged to the department's Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program. ...

Internal auditors found that the department lost track of US$30 million worth of computer equipment, "the vast majority of which... perhaps as much as 99 percent," were laptops, according to one official.


So what are the procedures on asset tracking at the State Department?

Friday, April 11, 2008

Great moments in inventory control

Sensitive Military Gear Hawked On eBay, Craigslist
GAO investigators were able to buy two F-14 components from separate sellers, special night-vision goggles, body armor vests, and body armor protective plates.

I trust we will be hearing more about this.