Process for Surplus and Disposal of Computer Equipment

We found TVA's process for the disposal of surplus computer equipment does not adequately protect TVA resources or track the disposition of surplus equipment. Specifically, (1) the equipment inventory in HP Service Desk was not correctly updated when equipment was removed from service; (2) equipment transferred from Information Services (IS) to Technology Initiative (TI) was not tracked to prevent unnecessary storage, loss, or theft; (3) TI did not maintain an inventory of equipment received for disposal or reconcile equipment received with equipment that was put in surplus by IS, and (4) the disposition records maintained by TI do not account for the disposition of 6,631, or 63.9 percent, of the computers put in surplus by IS.