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

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu Jan 10 2002 - 06:56:52 PST

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    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 (declanat_private)
       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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