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For Immediate Release
February 12, 2007
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Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
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FBI RESPONSE TO OIG FOLLOW-UP AUDIT CONCERNING CONTROL
OF WEAPONS AND LAPTOPS
Washington,
DC – FBI Assistant Director
John Miller today responded to the release of the Office
of the Inspector General’s (OIG) report entitled “The
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Control over Weapons
and Laptops Follow-up Audit.”
“It is notable that the Inspector General has concluded
the FBI has made significant progress in decreasing the
rate of loss for weapons and laptops. The OIG determined
that when compared with figures from 2002, there has been
a 349% reduction in the average number of weapons lost
or stolen in a given month and a 312% reduction in the
loss or theft of laptop computers.
“Still, we differ with the OIG’s conclusions
in some areas. In a detailed response to the OIG, we outlined
objections to certain conclusions and negative inferences
made in the report, specifically with respect to lost weapons
attributed to the audit period, which we believe pre-dated
the audit. Nonetheless, we acknowledge more needs to be
done to ensure the proper handling of the loss and theft
of weapons and laptops, and the information maintained
on them. We appreciate the work done by the OIG and agree
with the majority of their recommendations. We have or
will be implementing those recommendations.
“While the Inspector General acknowledged that
the loss of certain resources is inevitable in an organization
the size of the FBI, we nevertheless stand committed to
increasing institutional and personal accountability to
further increase the progress we have made in minimizing
the loss of firearms and information technology components.”
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