It's not just the Brits who can't keep track of their computers

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Randall Webmail <rvh40 () insightbb com>
> Date: March 2, 2010 11:45:07 AM EST
> To: johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com, dewayne () warpspeed com, dave () farber net
> Subject: It's not just the Brits who can't keep track of their  
> computers

> "HOMELAND SECURITY LOSES OVER 1,000 COMPUTERS IN ONE FISCAL YEAR
>
> Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
> by Todd Shepherd
>
> New documents reveal that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)  
> continues to lose hundreds of computers per year. At least one DHS  
> component agency maintains that the losses fall within accepted  
> accounting standards.
>
> In fiscal year 2008, inventories of lost, stolen, and damaged  
> equipment show that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and  
> Customs and Border Protection (CBP) combined to lose no fewer than  
> 985 computers. Meanwhile, the lost, stolen and damaged report for  
> ICE shows 13 vehicles classified as "lost" or "not found during  
> physical inventory."
>
> CBP's total inventory (immediately below) of lost stolen and damaged  
> equipment tallies 1,975 pieces at a total valuation of $7.5  
> million." [SNIP]
>
> http://www.i2i.org/main/page.php?page_id=298
>
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> http://www.i2i.org/main/page.php?page_id=298
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