[TowerTalk] Example of typical gov waste

[K8RI]

On 9/11/2012 2:24 PM, Dan Schaaf wrote:
> Not necessarily waste.
>
> It costs the government more to sell it than it does to trash it. It
> would be sold at less than "new" value but the paperwork chain would
> cost a lot more.

Although selling does require a bit more paper work (the money trail 
from the sale) , there's not a great deal of difference in the length of 
the paper chain whether you sell it or trash it. You have to have a 
complete set of records from acquisition to disposal.

There is such a thing as records retention requirements. If of a 
personal nature IIRC you keep no more than one month. OTOH for product 
sales and corporate operations, with the companies where I worked it was 
the life of the company plus 10 years.

73

Roger (K8RI)


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> -----Original Message----- From: Joe Subich, W4TV
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Example of typical gov waste
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> Jim,
>
>> It's a company that BOUGHT stuff from the government and is reselling
>> it.
>
> No, this is the government that is requiring "demilitarization" - total
> destruction of the trailer mounted towers.  Note that the description
> requires that the towers be made unusable under military supervision
> within 50 miles of Redstone Arsenal.
>
> 73,
>
>     ... Joe, W4TV
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> On 9/11/2012 2:00 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> On 9/11/2012 10:14 AM, Doug Ronald wrote:
>>> Here's your wonderful government in action.
>>
>> No, it's NOT our government. It's a company that BOUGHT stuff from the
>> government and is reselling it.  Our government appears to have done
>> exactly what you wanted it to do -- it sold off what it didn't need,
>> this company was paying attention, and bought it.  We weren't paying
>> attention, and missed the opportunity. :)
>>
>> Another point about all of this. With all the pressure on OUR government
>> to slash the debt, no departments have the staff to be selling stuff
>> individually to buyers, they need to have someone step up and take
>> EVERYTHING in a given lot.  FWIW, virtually all large and medium-sized
>> businesses operate in the same manner.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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