Gao-06-1076 Homeland Security
Gao-06-1076 Homeland Security

Author: United States Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781984379993

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GAO-06-1076 Homeland Security: Federal Protective Service Could Better Measure the Performance of Its Control Centers

Homeland Security
Homeland Security

Author: Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-09-13

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781976357893

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The Department of HomelandSecurity's (DHS) FederalProtective Service (FPS) throughits control centers (MegaCenters)helps provide for the security andprotection of federally owned andleased facilities. This report (1)identifies the services MegaCentersprovide, (2) determines how FPSassesses MegaCenter performanceand whether FPS links MegaCenterperformance measures to FPS-widemeasures, and (3) examines howMegaCenters and selectedorganizations compare in theservices they provide. To addressthese issues, GAO reviewed FPS'sperformance measures and pastMegaCenter assessments, assessedthe MegaCenters' performancemeasures, and interviewed officialsand collected relevant informationat FPS, the four MegaCenters, andnine selected securityorganizations.

Federal Protective Service Could Better Measure the Performance of Its Control Centers
Federal Protective Service Could Better Measure the Performance of Its Control Centers

Author: Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13:

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FPS MegaCenters provide three primary security services--alarm monitoring, radio monitoring, and dispatching of FPS police officers and contract guards. These and other services are provided around the clock from four locations--Battle Creek, Michigan; Denver, Colorado; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Suitland, Maryland.

Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Help Address Security Vulnerabilities at Federal Buildings
Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Help Address Security Vulnerabilities at Federal Buildings

Author: Mark L. Goldstein

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1437926789

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The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is responsible for providing law enforcement and related security services for nearly 9,000 federal facilities under the control and custody of the General Services Admin. (GSA). In 2004 a set of key protection practices was identified from the collective practices of federal agencies and the private sector, which included allocation of resources using risk management, strategic management of human capital, leveraging of technology, information sharing and coordination, and performance measurement and testing. This testimony is based on past reports and testimonies and discusses: (1) limitations FPS faces in protecting GSA buildings and resulting vulnerabilities; and (2) actions FPS is taking.

Homeland Security: the Federal Protective Service Faces Several Challenges That Raise Concerns about Protection of Federal Facilities
Homeland Security: the Federal Protective Service Faces Several Challenges That Raise Concerns about Protection of Federal Facilities

Author: Mark L. Goldstein

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-02

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13: 1437906699

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The Fed. Protective Service (FPS) is responsible for providing physical security and law enforcement services to 9,000 Gen. Serv. Admin. (GSA) facilities. FPS has an annual budget of about $1 billion, about 1,100 employees, and 15,000 contract guards located throughout the country. This report provides information and analysis on challenges FPS faces including ensuring that it has sufficient staffing and funding resources to protect GSA facilities and the over one million fed. employees as well as members of the public that work in and visit them each year. It discusses: (1) FPS¿s operational challenges and actions it has taken to address them; (2) funding challenges; and (3) how FPS measures the effectiveness of its efforts to protect GSA facilities.