The three University of California-managed laboratories have reached an agreement to consolidate and implement a single list of “sensitive” items to be introduced across the system, beginning in the new fiscal year October 1. This new approach results in part from recommendations following the recent Inspector General’s (IG) audit of the laboratories.

Up to this point, Berkeley Lab’s lone “sensitive” asset has been the personal computer. The IG recommended that digital cameras, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other assets be considered. The three laboratories worked together to define the specific assets and the dollar threshold.

All the items listed below must have at least an acquisition value of $300 or more to be added to the list, except for PDAs or other organizers with computer connectivity, which will be identified as sensitive regardless of their acquisition value. The following assets will be on the expanded “sensitive” item list:

• Cameras – Digital, still, TV, movie and video
• Computers – Desktops, Laptops, Notebooks, Servers, and Workstations
• PDAs and other computer-linked organizers
• Printers, Laser, Inkjet style, and Multifunctional Scanners – Computer
• Portable Video projectors
• Radios – Two-way
• Recorders – CD, DVD, dictation, and video
• Telephones – Cellular and mobile
• Scanners for computers

Assets purchased prior to October 1, even if their acquisition value was greater than $300, will neither be identified nor tracked as sensitive. Suggestions or comments should be sent to Gavin Robillard at [email protected].