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Oops: U.S. Department of Energy Lost Computer Equipment

Patience Wait writes on GCN.com:

At least 18 pieces of “computer processing equipment,” including at least one laptop, are missing from the Energy Department’s Office of Intelligence (IN), and department officials do not know whether any of it was used for or contained classified information, according to a new report from DOE’s inspector general.

The report [.pdf], titled “Internal Controls Over Sensitive Property in the Office of Intelligence,” was posted on the IG’s Web site late last week.

“During our field work we identified numerous discrepancies regarding the program office’s sensitive property inventory,” IG Gregory Friedman wrote. “[W]e worked extensively with program officials during the course of the review in an effort to reconcile the inventory discrepancies and strengthen inventory controls. Nevertheless, problems still remained at the conclusion of our review.”

posted by Fergie @ 3/21/2006 10:53:00 AM