During a routine inventory of VA imaging equipment , it was discovered that four devices capable of storing VA data could not be located . Three are Personal Computers and one is a Western Digital USB Drive . No determination has been made if the devices were encrypted or the kind of data the devices supported . The inventory list states the devices may have been transferred to another VA without proper documentation . A Report of Survey has been submitted to Logistics and the VA Police have been notified . This is informational for IT Equipment Inventory incidents and is the representative ticket . There were a total of 7 IT Equipment Inventory Incidents this reporting period . Because of repetition , the other 6 are not included in this report , but are included in the " IT Equipment Inventory Incidents " count at the end of this report . ;