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GAO-04-453R 1 (2004-02-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapyi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,Accountability * Integrity* Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 February 26, 2004 The Honorable Christopher Cox Chairman The Honorable Jim Turner Ranking Minority Member House Select Committee on Homeland Security House of Representatives Subject: Homeland Security Advisory System: Preliminary Observations Regarding Threat Level Increases from Yellow to Orange Established in March 2002, the Homeland Security Advisory System was designed to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to federal, state, and local government agencies and the public. However, this system generated concern among federal, state, and local government agencies regarding whether they are receiving the necessary information to respond appropriately to heightened alerts and about the amount of additional costs protective measures entail. You requested that we review (1) the operations of the Homeland Security Advisory System, including the decision making process for changing the national threat level, notifications to federal, state, and local government agencies of changes in the threat level, and ongoing revisions to the system; (2) guidance and information that federal, state, and local government agencies reportedly used to determine any protective measures to implement when the threat level is raised to high-or code-orange- alert; (3) any protective measures these agencies implemented during code-orange alert periods; (4) any additional costs these agencies reported incurring to implement such measures; and (5) any threat advisory systems that federal, state, or local government agencies had in place before the creation of the Homeland Security Advisory System. This report summarizes our preliminary observations on each of these objectives. The code-orange alert periods covered in this preliminary report and our ongoing work are March 17 to April 16, 2003; May 20 to 30, 2003; and December 21, 2003, to January 9, 2004. The preliminary observations in this report are based on information obtained as of February 9, 2004. This includes responses from 15 of the 28 federal agencies to which we sent a questionnaire regarding the Homeland Security Advisory System and code- orange alert periods, and information from 8 federal agencies, four states, the District GAO-04-453R Homeland Security Advisory System

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