Weaknesses in the controls over asset management at the Internal Revenue Service leave the IRS’s information technology assets vulnerable to loss, according to a new government report...
...TIGTA also found that ineffective inventory controls created an environment where information technology assets are vulnerable to loss. TIGTA selected 146 information technology assets to physically verify and could not locate and verify or find proper supporting documentation for 34 information technology assets worth more than $948,000.In addition, IRS offices did not properly complete the annual inventory reconciliation process.http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/IRS-Tracking-Technology-Assets-Questioned-68451-1.html
http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2013reports/201320089fr.pdf