NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 2186
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 23 August 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28 of 2013
Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
(a) What system is used to record, monitor and control all assets of her
Department, (b) when was the system implemented and (c) how is the accuracy
of the (i) system and (ii) information therein ascertained?
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REPLY:
a) The Department of Home Affairs utilises the âBarcoded Asset
Audit System (BAUD)â to record, monitor and control its assets.
b) The system was implemented in February 2013.
(c)(i) & (ii) The system is still new and it had its teething
problems in the beginning. The system enables the Department to
conduct physical asset verifications electronically by utilising
handheld scanners. The system is very accurate as it does not
allow for the manual capturing of asset barcode numbers and
serial numbers. The system also produces different types of
reports and also year-end reports. The accuracy of the
information captured depends on the user himself / herself. In
this regard, all officials at the Departmentâs Head Office as
well as officials in the Provinces tasked with asset management
have been trained extensively in the utilisation of the scanners
and if all the steps as provided for when assets are captured
are followed, the information on the assets captured will be
accurate and correct.