Who is responsible for safeguarding fixed assets?

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Supplemental to University Policy 601.15, Control and Management of University Equipment and Other Property.

1. It is the department's responsibility to safeguard its assets from damage, theft, misuse, etc. and to document the procedures in place to do so. 
2. This applies not only to capital equipment but to non-capital equipment as well, particularly those assets that are sensitive to theft or misappropriation (e.g., computers and laptops). 

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