Posted on 02/07/2018 8:46:51 AM PST by markomalley
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the brainchild of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), is having difficulty accounting for laptops belonging to the agency. According to the CFPB’s Inspector General, a number of laptops have gone missing despite the agency sending out an “early alert memorandum,” on how to prevent inventory loss back in 2016.
National Law Review reports:
The CFPB’s Office of Inspector General has issued a report indicating that, in performing an audit of the CFPB’s encryption of data on mobile devices issued to staff members, the OIG found the CFPB had not yet completed all of the steps previously identified by the OIG to address the risk created by unaccounted-for-laptops. Because of the sensitive nature of the information, the OIG only made an executive summary of the report publicly available.
According to the summary, the CFPB has been unable to provide a full accounting of all laptops that have been assigned to users since the CFPB’s establishment. In June 2016, the OIG issued an “early alert memorandum” to the CFPB in which the OIG identified a number of steps the CFPB should take to gain assurance that the unaccounted-for-laptops did not prevent an unacceptable level of risk to the CFPB and to strengthen technical controls over protecting sensitive data.
The Inspector General’s report failed to provide any explanation as to why procedures for inventory management of agency computers were not followed, nor did the Office provide specifics on where any of the laptops could be located.
Reports of the agency’s poor computer management processes come on the heels of the Daily Caller’s Richard Pollock revealing renovation costs for the CFPB’s headquarters may place it on the list of top ten most expensive office buildings in Washington, D.C.
As the CFPB renovation costs continued to escalate, renovation was taken out of the CFPB’s hands and transferred to the General Services Administration (GSA). GSA’s budget, however, was nearly twice the original $55 million, hitting $99 million.
That figure ballooned to more than $124 million, according to a June 30, 2017, GSA document obtained by TheDCNF under the Freedom of Information Act. The document was part of a release of “change orders” and “modifications” submitted by Grunley Construction, the Washington, D.C.-based general contractor selected by GSA to renovate the CFPB building.
Why are costs so high? the CFPB forked over $88,000 just for bike racks and parking lot “striping.” Employees enjoy separate gyms for men and women, “sunken garden areas,” along with premium quartz countertops and an outdoor patio.
Annnnndddd again let the games begin!
The losses inexplicably are highest at the upper management and Director level.
There seems to be a large numbe of mallets missing too.
And several gallons of bleach-bit, and towels
Missing e-mails, laptops, etc. A typical day in The Swamp. Maybe Fauxahontas traded them for some shiny beads!
Who would have expected anything else?
The laptops are either stolen or have been smashed because of their contents about corruption, lying, plotting, and sedition.
This is what leftists are all about.
They are too superior and are accountable to no one.
This is why the US needs an amicable divorce. You cannot live peacefully and honestly with these people, and they cannot be changed.
Jesus was right - A house divided amongst itself cannot stand.
The "Hamclothmmer", a new government tool that can be used as a hammer and a cloth, both at the same time. You know.........like to wipe it clean and smash it to bits.
Bleach-bit and sledge hammers. Works every time.
“Losing” one’s laptop or emails is today’s equivalent to yesterday’s, “I don’t recall, Senator”.
fauxchohantas ping
If they were assigned a laptop and it has gone missing: lock them up. No ifs, and or buts. Lock those criminals up.
Raise your hand if you’re shocked at this.
No one?
Didn’t think so.
I am so sick of the Rats getting away with this crap.
Who could have predicted this tragedy?
We need a taxpayer financial protection bureau.
“The dog ate my homework”
Who cares about their renovation. There cost overruns should be punished. Take it out of the contractors and overseers salary. Let them do their work in Quonset huts and cut the loses. Or better yet, have them telecomute and take the cost of their laptops out of their pay and then are reimbursed when they quit. This is not play money. It is our money.
It’s amazing how many electronic devices are lost or destroyed by our government employees.
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