Federal facilities: improved oversight needed for security recommendations : report to congressional requesters / United States Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Protective Service--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Federal Protective Service.

Public buildings--Security measures--United States.

Public buildings.

Public buildings--Risk assessment--United States.

Government property--Security measures--United States.

Government property.

Public buildings--Protection--United States.

Government property--Security measures.

Public buildings--Security measures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 21 pages) : color illustrations, color photograph

Other Title:

GAO-23-105649 Federal facilities

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2023.

Summary:

FPS protects over 9,000 federal facilities with over 1.4 million employees and visitors. As part of its services, FPS conducts facility security assessments and recommends countermeasures to help address vulnerabilities at federal facilities. FPS conducts these assessments based on ISC security standards. Agencies are responsible for acting on these countermeasures. This report (1) identifies information that FPS maintains on its assessments and recommendations, (2) identifies factors that affect agencies' decisions to act on these recommendations, and (3) examines how ISC assesses compliance with its security standards and countermeasures. GAO is making two recommendations to DHS that it improve its oversight ability to (1) assess countermeasure implementation and (2) identify the acceptance of risk at facilities where recommended countermeasures are not implemented.

Contents:

Background

FPS maintains security information for facilities, including information on decisions about countermeasures

Discussion groups identified several factors, including cost, that affected decisions to act on recommendations

ISC assesses compliance with its standards but does not verify countermeasure implementation

Conclusion

Recommendations for executive action

Agency comments

Appendices.

Notes:

"May 2023."

"GAO-23-105649."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed May 9, 2023).

OCLC:

1378610182