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Corporate Author United States. Government Accountability Office.

Title Homeland security [electronic resource] : addressing weaknesses with facility security committees would enhance protection of federal facilities : report to congressional requesters.

Imprint [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  GA 1.13:GAO-10-901    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (i, 18 p.)
Note Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed Aug. 6, 2010).
"August 2010."
Summary To accomplish its mission of protecting about 9,000 federal facilities, the Federal Protective Service (FPS) currently has a budget of about $1 billion, about 1,225 full-time employees, and about 15,000 contract security guards. However, protecting federal facilities and their occupants from a potential terrorist attack or other acts of violence remains a daunting challenge for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Protective Service. GAO has issued numerous reports on FPS's efforts to protect the General Services Administration's (GSA) facilities. This report (1) recaps the major challenges we reported that FPS faces in protecting federal facilities and discusses FPS's efforts to address them and (2) identifies an additional challenge that FPS faces related to the facility security committees (FSC), which are responsible for addressing security issues at federal facilities. This report is based primarily on our previous work and recent FPS interviews. GAO recommends that the Secretary of DHS direct the Director of FPS to work in consultation with other representatives of the FSC to develop and implement procedures that, among other things, outline the committees' organization structure, operations, and accountability.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note "GAO-10-901."
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Subject United States. Federal Protective Service -- Rules and practice -- Evaluation.
Public buildings -- Security measures -- United States.
Civil service -- Protection -- United States.
Government property -- Protection -- United States.
Added Author Goldstein, Mark L.
Added Title Addressing weaknesses with facility security committees would enhance protection of federal facilities
Gpo Item No. 0546-D (online)
Sudoc No. GA 1.13:GAO-10-901

 
    
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