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GAO-15-406R 1 (2015-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaivh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 April 27, 2015 The Honorable Michael T. McCaul Chairman The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson Ranking Member Committee on Homeland Security House of Representatives The Honorable Scott Perry Chairman The Honorable Bonnie Watson Coleman Ranking Member Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency Committee on Homeland Security House of Representatives The Honorable Jeff Duncan House of Representatives Facility Security: Federal Protective Service's and Selected Federal Tenants' Sharing of and Response to Incident Information The April 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City and more recent events, such as the February 2012 shooting at the Anderson Federal Building in Long Beach, California, and the September 2013 Navy Yard shooting in Washington D.C., demonstrate the continued vulnerability of federal facilities to security incidents.1 Security incidents that may affect federal facilities, their occupants, and visitors, include verbal threats against employees and demonstrations, which could increase security risks. The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Protective Service (FPS) is responsible for protecting almost 9,000 federal facilities held or leased by the General Services Administration (GSA).2 FPS protects these facilities by, among other things, sharing and responding to incident information. Federal tenants that occupy GSA-held or leased space also have a role in facility protection. You asked us to examine how FPS and federal tenants share and respond to information about incidents. This report formally transmits information provided at a briefing held with your offices 1An incident is an event that affects the safety, security, or protection of property, a facility, or occupants and requires a response, investigation, or follow-up by the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service. For purposes of this report, we refer to information about incidents as incident information. Further, our review focuses on incidents that have occurred as well as those that are imminent. 2Section 1315(a) of title 40, United States Code, provides that: To the extent provided for by transfers made pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Secretary of Homeland Security... shall protect the buildings, grounds, and property that are owned, occupied, or secured by the Federal Government (including any agency, instrumentality, or wholly owned or mixed-ownership corporation thereof) and the persons on the property. GAO-15-406R Facility Security Page 1

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