Logistics, Supply, and Property Management
Logistics, Supply, and Property Management
This domain tests property accountability: how equipment is requisitioned, received, signed for, inventoried, and disposed of, and what happens when it is lost. The distinction between accountability and responsibility runs through every question.
Core rules and concepts
- Accountability vs. responsibility. The accountable officer or property book officer is accountable on the property record (for example, GCSS-Army or an equivalent enterprise system). The hand-receipt holder has responsibility for care and use.
- Hand receipts. Primary and sub-hand receipts transfer responsibility, not accountability, and are updated when personnel change or the item is transferred.
- Inventories. Cyclic inventories occur on the published schedule; a 100 percent inventory occurs on change of hand-receipt holder, on change of accountable officer, and annually as directed. Sensitive and controlled items are counted more frequently.
- Requisition and receipt. A requisition (DD Form 1149) is followed by receipt documentation and a system update before the item is issued.
- Loss and damage. A financial liability investigation of property loss (FLIPL, DD Form 200) documents the circumstances, determines whether negligence occurred, and recommends assessment or relief.
- Disposal. Excess and unserviceable property goes through DLA Disposition Services; it is never discarded in the dumpster or given away.
Worked example
A civilian employee's government laptop is stolen from an unlocked vehicle. Correct sequence: report to security and police immediately, notify the property book officer, initiate a FLIPL, document the police report, and adjust the property record after approval. The reasoning: the FLIPL does not automatically impose financial liability; it establishes the facts and whether the loss resulted from negligence, and the approving authority decides.
Traps that cost marks
- Confusing accountability on the property record with responsibility under a hand receipt.
- Failing to update hand receipts when a person departs.
- Assuming any loss produces financial liability without a FLIPL finding of negligence.
- Disposing of property outside DLA Disposition Services channels.