Property - Accountability Requirements

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cc: "David C Madril, Acting Admin Officer, Reston, VA" <dcmadril>
Subject: Property - Accountability Requirements
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 10:22:15 -0400
From: "David C Madril, Acting Admin Officer, Reston, VA" <dcmadril>

A reminder to all WRD personnel that they are accountable for 
the control and disposition "non-accountable property."  Property
purchased under $5000 does require accountability, it just doesn't
require annual inventory.  Final accountability is a supervisory
responsibility.

This reminder is being sent because of the many comments from the
field on why it is no longer necessary to keep track of 
Non-Accountable property.

The following are excerpts from the Property Accountability Handbook,
found at the Office of Program Support Homepage under
http://www.usgs.gov.8888/ops/oms

Managers and Supervisors:  Program managers and supervisors are
responsible for managing and controlling locall all U.S. Government
owned property within their organizations, whether Accountable or
Non-Accountable.

Identification:  ALL Non-Accountable equipment must be marked to
identify it a bureau property.

Inventory:  Non-Accountable property may be inventoried at the
option of the supervisor or manager; Reports of Survey are not
required for Non-Accountable items except in cases of apparent
property irregularity (Property Management Handbook, Chap 5, Par 11).

Disposal:  All serviceable and economically repairable property
(whether Accountable or Non-Accountable) must be disposed of in
accordance with GSA and Departmental regulations or Federal
statutes.