Nihil, I work at one of the departments audited for the drives sent to surplus.

Without getting into too much detail, I can tell you a few things.

It wasn't fraud. It was poor planning, poorly enforced mandates, and lack of communication between departments and the state's primary IT department.

I call also assure you that I am -not- lazy, incompetent, or a "turdbrane". So maybe you can ease off taking digs into people when your information is limited.