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SAccoutb y ntgrty- Reliabilty
Higlights
Highlights of GAO-06-753, a report to the
Committee on International Relations,
House of Representatives
Why GAO Did This Study
The 2006 Winter Gamies in Turin,
Italy, wvere the second Olympic
Gamnes to take place overseas
since September 11, 2001. The
U nited States worked wvith Italy
to ensure the security of U .S.
citizens, andI it expects to
continue such support for future
Gamnes, including the 2008 Gamnes
in Beijinlg, China.
GiAO was asked to (1) discuss the
U . S. approach for provid(ing
secuit support for the 200
Winter Gamies and how such
efforts were coordlinated, (2)
ideintfy the roles of U .S. agencies
in providling security support for
the Gamies and how they financed
their activities, (3)) review lessons
learned] in providing security
support aind the application of
prior lessons learned, and] (4)
identify U .S. efforts under way for
providing security support to the
2008 Beijin Gaes
GiAO is recommtiendling that the
Secretary of State, in consultation
wvith mnem-bers of the interagency
working group, (1) develop
wVritten guidance for providing
UI.S., goernmnent security suppr
to future Giames and (2) develop
a finance subgroup within the
interagency working group to
help agencies plan aind prepare
for future support. State
concurredI with GAO's findling(s
and recommiendlations aind statedI
that it has begun taking steps to
implement themn.
www.gao.gov/cgi-biri/getrpt?GAO-06-753.
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and methodology. click on the link above.
For more information, contact Jess T. Ford at
(202) 512-4128 or fordj @ gao.gov.
OLYMPIC SECURITY
Better Planning Can Enhance U.S.
Support to Future Olympic Games
What GAO Found
In 2004, the United States began planning to provide a U.S. security presence
in Italy and security support to the Italian government, and based much of its
security strategy on its understanding of Italy's advanced security
capabilities. The United States provided Italy with some security assistance,
mostly in the form of crisis management and response support. To
coordinate U.S. efforts, the U.S. Mission in Italy established an office in
Turin as a central point for security information and logistics, and to provide
consular services to U.S. citizens during the Games. The U.S. Ambassador to
Italy, through the U.S. Consulate in Milan, coordinated and led U.S. efforts
in-country, while the Department of State-chaired interagency working
group in Washington, D.C., coordinated domestic efforts. While the
interagency working group has been a useful forum for coordinating U.S.
security support to overseas athletic events, State and Department of Justice
(DOJ) officials have indicated that formal guidance that articulates a charter;
a mission; and agencies' authorities, roles, and responsibilities would help in
planning for security support to future Games.
Nearly 20 entities and offices within several U.S. agencies provided more
than $16 million for security support activities for the Turin Games. The
roles of these agencies-which included the Departments of State, Justice,
Homeland Security, Defense, and Energy-included providing crisis
management and response support through personnel, equipment, and
training and providing security advice and other assistance to U.S. athletes,
spectators, and commercial investors. The U.S. Embassy in Rome initially
paid for lodging and other administrative support needs, which were
reimbursed by the participating agencies, although it struggled to do so.
State and DOJ officials indicated that an interagency mechanism for
identifying costs and addressing potential funding issues would be useful in
providing U.S. security support to future Games.
For the Turin Games, agencies applied key lessons learned from the 2004
Athens Games and identified additional lessons for future Games. Key
lessons identified from the Turin Games included, the importance of
establishing an operations center at the location of the Games, establishing
clear roles and responsibilities for agencies in event planning and crisis
response efforts, and planning early for several years of Olympic-related
expenditures. These lessons learned were communicated by Washington,
D.C.- and Italy-based personnel to their counterparts who are preparing for
the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The United States is currently taking
steps to identify the types of security support that agencies may provide to
support China's security efforts for the 2008 Summer Games and to ensure
the safety of U.S. athletes, spectators, and commercial investors.
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