GAO: Homeland Security - Actions Needed to Better Protect National Icons and Federal Buildings from Terrorism
By Andrew Cochran
GAO has issued Report Number GAO-05-790 regarding the need to improve protection of monuments and federal buildings at: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05790.pdf
The report addresses: The Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Hoover Dam Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Mt. Rushmore, and bollards in front of Federal Buildings. Both the General Services Administration and the Department of Interior need to step up their work, the report from the Government Accountability Office finds. GAO recommends that "the Secretary of the Interior (1) link the results of its risk assessments and related risk rankings to its funding priorities and (2) develop guiding principles for balancing security initiatives with Interiors core mission. Interior did not comment on our recommendations. GAO also recommends that the Administrator of GSA establish a mechanismsuch as a chief security officer position or formal point of contactso it is better equipped to address security related matters related to its federal building portfolio. GSA concurred with the recommendation."
Jeffrey Imm, UnitedStatesAction.com
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