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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 10:11 AM
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Government report: Over 100 laptops missing from Dept of Homeland Security
A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that more than 100 laptop computers purchased with cards that the Homeland Security Department issued after hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast last year are missing and presumed stolen.

According to GAO, the computers purchased by employees of DHS' Federal Emergency Management Agency had a value of $300,000. More than 20 printers worth $84,000 are also missing and presumed stolen, the report states.

Another three laptop computers purchased by the Coast Guard are also missing and presumed stolen.

“A weak control environment and breakdowns in key controls” left DHS vulnerable to fraud and abuse, states the report, prepared with the participation of DHS’ Office of the Inspector General.

more at:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Government_report_Over_100_laptops_missing_0929.html
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 10:26 AM
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1. This kind of incompetence is the only thing that keeps us from
having a truly despotic state. Thank god they are so incompetent! Huzzah!
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