United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-07-24 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-1100T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1100T P0b002ee18039aa8d f:d071100t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1100T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1100T GAO-07-1100T Accountability Equipment inventories Federal property management Information technology Internal controls Inventory control Inventory control systems Physical security Property and supply management Property losses Records management Risk assessment Veterans hospitals Policies and procedures Testimony A73211 In July 2004, GAO reported that the six Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers it audited lacked a reliable property control database and had problems with implementation of VA inventory policies and procedures. Fewer than half the items GAO selected for testing could be located. Most of the missing items were information technology (IT) equipment. In light of these concerns and recent thefts of laptops and data breaches at VA, this testimony focuses on (1) the risk of theft, loss, or misappropriation of IT equipment at selected locations; (2) whether selected locations have adequate procedures in place to assure accountability and physical security of IT equipment in the excess property disposal process; and (3) what actions VA management has taken to address identified IT inventory control weaknesses. GAO statistically tested inventory controls at four case study locations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1100T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1100T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1100T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1100T.pdf GAO-07-1100T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1100T Testimony GAO-07-1100T; Veterans Affairs: Lack of Accountability and Control Weaknesses over IT Equipment at Selected VA Locations; Accountability Equipment inventories Federal property management Information technology Internal controls Inventory control Inventory control systems Physical security Property and supply management Property losses Records management Risk assessment Veterans hospitals Policies and procedures Volume 110 Page 1936 110 Stat. 1936 Public Law 104-191