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GAO-11-856R 1 (2011-09-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanzr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Accourtbility * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 September 12, 2011 The Honorable Carl Levin Chairman The Honorable John McCain Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Howard P. Buck McKeon Chairman The Honorable Adam Smith Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Subject: Observations on the Costs and Benefits of an Increased Department of Defense Role in Helping to Secure the Southwest Land Border In order to satisfy the requirement in the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to report on the security of the southwest land border of the United States, we briefed your offices on July 12, 2011, with our preliminary observations. As agreed with your offices, this is our final report to you on the Department of Defense (DOD) issues we addressed in response to the mandate.1 As directed by the mandate, we assessed: (1) what is known about the costs and benefits of an increased DOD role to help achieve operational control over the southwest land border, including the deployment of additional units, the National Guard, or other DOD personnel; increased use of ground-based mobile surveillance systems by military personnel; and use of additional mobile patrols by military personnel, particularly in rural, high- trafficked areas; and 1 Pub. L. No. 111-383, §1057 (2011). In a separate for official use only briefing, provided to congressional committees on July 12, 2011, we addressed other portions of the mandate related to: (1) the extent to which the Border Patrol has positioned staffing, technology, and tactical infrastructure resources at high risk locations on the southwest border, (2) the United States has achieved and maintained operational control of the southwest border, (3) the actions that Customs and Border Protection has taken to identify the costs and benefits of additional efforts to enhance security on the southwest border, and (4) the actions that the Department of Homeland Security has taken to evaluate the adequacy of information-sharing agreements between federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement authorities regarding to the security of the southwest border. A for official use only report based on this information was issued on September 12, 2011. GAO-11-856R DOD's Role in Helping to Secure the Southwest Border Page1I

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