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GAO-01-1069R 1 (2001-08-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamuo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 August 31, 2001 The Honorable Lamar Smith Chairman Subcommittee on Crime Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Responses of Federal Agencies and Airports We Surveyed About Access Security Improvements Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to the Subcommittee's December 2000 request that we determine what security improvements were implemented by federal agencies and airports as a result of the testimony we presented to the Subcommittee in May 2000 regarding security breaches at selected agencies and airports.' Our May 25, 2000, testimony presented our findings with respect to the Subcommittee's request that we investigate the potential security risk posed by the use of stolen or counterfeit law enforcement badges and credentials. The concern was that such badges and credentials, which are readily available for purchase on the Internet and from other public sources, could be used by criminals, terrorists, and foreign intelligence agents to gain access to secure government buildings and airports. To address these concerns, Office of Special Investigations agents conducted an undercover operation in April and May 2000 to gain entry into 19 federal sites and 2 commercial airports in the Washington, D.C., area and in Orlando, Florida.2 At each site, the agents carried bogus badges and credentials, declared themselves as armed law enforcement officers, and gained entry without submitting to magnetometer and x-ray screenings. Our agents were 100-percent successful in penetrating the 21 targeted sites, and at no time were their bogus credentials or badges challenged by anyone. Before the May 2000 hearing, we briefed agency officials on how we gained entry to their facilities. ' Security: Breaches at Federal Agencies and Airports (GAO/T-OSI-00-10, May 25, 2000). 2 The Central Intelligence Agency; Federal Aviation Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Immigration and Naturalization Service; Library of Congress; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Archives and Records Administration; and the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, State, and Transportation; Orlando Airport; Ronald Reagan National Airport; and the U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Orlando, FL. GAO-01-1069R Security Improvement Inquiry

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