FC: IRS accidentally misplaces 2,300 laptops, PCs, and servers

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

The Treasury Department Inspector General's report:
http://www.ustreas.gov/tigta/2002reports/200210030fr.html

Sen. Grassley's response:
http://grassley.senate.gov/releases/2002/p02r1-08.htm

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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49615,00.html
   
   IRS' Case of the Missing Laptops
   By Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com)
   2:00 a.m. Jan. 10, 2002 PST
   
   WASHINGTON -- Losing your laptop may be a major headache for most
   people, but for America's tax collectors it happens all the time.
   
   The IRS has lost or misplaced 2,332 laptop computers, desktop
   computers and servers over three years, according to a recent report
   by Treasury Department auditors. They concluded it's a persistent
   problem: The IRS has "reported a material weakness in inventory
   controls" every year since 1983.
   
   This week, Charles Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate
   Finance committee, concluded that America's most-hated federal agency
   needs an audit of its own. In a letter to the Bush administration,
   Grassley called the shoddy record-keeping "shocking" and threatened to
   slap limits on the agency's budget.

   [...]



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