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 2007-07-16 monographic deposited born digital 59 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-505 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-505 P0b002ee1803a090d f:d07505 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-505 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-505 GAO-07-505 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 Other Written Product A72709

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. Given recent thefts of laptops and data breaches, the requesters were concerned about the adequacy of physical inventory controls over VA IT equipment. GAO was asked to determine (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-07-505/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-505.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-505/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-505.pdf GAO-07-505 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-505 Other Written Product GAO-07-505; Veterans Affairs: Inadequate Controls over IT Equipment at Selected VA Locations Pose Continuing Risk of Theft, Loss, and Misappropriation; 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 Title 31 Section 3512 31 U.S.C. 3512 Volume 110 Page 1936 110 Stat. 1936 Public Law 104-191