[Vendorsmi] Fw: [nfbmi-talk] official board correspondence equipment inventory

[Joe Sontag]

I ask you: is it any wonder that people in high places want the BEP 
destroyed?  Please don't be shy about saying what you know and how you feel 
about the issues presented below.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
To: "Sue Luzenski MCB Admin Ass." <LuzenskiS at michigan.gov>
Cc: <daniel.frye at ed.gov>; <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>; "lydia Schuck MCB Comm." 
<laschuck at juno.com>; "Craig McManus RSA" <Craig.McManus at ed.gov>; "Patrick 
Cannon MCB Dir." <cannonp at MICHIGAN.GOV>; "John Scott MCB Comm." 
<jcscot at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 13:03
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] official board correspondence equipment inventory


Official Board Correspondence Equipment Inventory

July 11, 2012



Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

joeharcz at comcast.net



To:

Michigan Commission for the Blind Commissioners

And MCB Director Patrick D. Cannon c/o Sue Luzenski



(via e-mail)



Dear Commissioners, et al,









I bring your attention to the following segment related to Equipment 
Inventory in the MCB Report:

“Equipment Inventory

B E P is currently in the process of completing a full equipment inventory. 
Inventory data collected variously over the past 18 months is inconsistent 
to the point the equipment database cannot be properly reconciled. 
Consequently, the Program will enter, with departmental approval, into a 
contractual arrangement for the inventory to be completed by an independent 
contractor.  As of this writing, the Program is in the process of soliciting 
preliminary proposals to ascertain potential cost and potential contractor 
interest.  Also as of this writing, as the Program conducts incoming product 
inventories, it will also confirm the equipment inventory for that facility 
in preparation for the on-site contractual equipment inventory.””





Simply, how can this lack of ongoing  basic  accounting, let alone 
accountability be allowed to continue? Do we know where taxpayer funded 
equipment is or not? Further, isn’t this an ongoing responsibility of the 
Business enterprise Program staff including Administrators and Promotional 
Agents? Moreover, we all know these deficiencies in inventory control and 
management will be sited in the Michigan Auditor general’s report. Shouldn’t 
heads roll on these issues rather than the “glib” response that is made over 
and over again saying effectively, “We’re working on it?”



In this regards is the rumor true that for lack of “due diligence” in 
tracking and accounting for equipment inventory that a $7,000 snack machine 
was recently lost during the demolition of the Holt rest area? If true just 
who is accountable?



I suppose there will be some hand ringing on this and other excuses and then 
as per usual the agency will find a way to blame the operator or people like 
me for pointing out the obvious. But, no blame, let alone accountability 
will go to any agency staff.



I would like to see some real numbers here and real accounting, and fewer 
excuses.



Sincerely,



Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.



Cc: RSA







Cc: several




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