GAO report.
 Twenty-six EOP staff said that they observed a total of 30 to 64 computer keyboards with missing or damaged ÂW keys. Two former Clinton administration staff said that they saw a total of 3 or 4 keyboards with missing ÂW keys.
 Purchase records indicated that the EOP bought 62 computer keyboards on January 23 and 24, 2001. The January 23 purchase request for 31 keyboards indicated that the keyboards were Âneeded to support the transition, and the January 24 purchase request for another 31 keyboards indicated that it was a Âsecond request for the letter ÂW problem. The purchase requests were approved by an OA financial manager who, in April 2001, sent an E-mail to an OA branch chief indicating that the 62 keyboards purchased in January 2001 were approximately the number that were defective because ÂW keys were missing or inoperable during the transition. (The actual number of keyboards that were damaged during the transition is uncertain because of different statements provided by EOP staff regarding the number of damaged keyboards that had to be replaced.)
There were 518 people working for the EOP the first few weeks of 2001.
Interesting that it seemingly took 3 months for the keyboard purchases to be approved. I guess they hadn't heard of the GSA yet.
Cheers,
Scott.