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Federal facility security: staffing approaches used by selected agencies: report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Homeland Security, House of
Contributor(s): Office, U. S. Government Accountability (Author)

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 ISBN: 1974640299     ISBN-13: 9781974640294
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $17.09  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: August 2017
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- Reference | Research
Physical Information: 0.09" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" L (0.28 lbs) 44 pages
 
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"The Federal Protective Service (FPS) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provides security and law enforcement services to over 9,000 federal facilities through its federal and contract security workforce. Over the years, GAO has made numerous recommendations to address significant weaknesses in FPS's oversight and management of its security workforce. Legislation has been introduced that would, among other things, have FPS examine the effectiveness of relying more on federal employees for security. As requested, this report examines: (1) nine federal agencies' approaches for staffing their security workforces; (2) federal and private sector representatives' views on the benefits and challenges of using contract and in-house security staff; and (3) lessons that FPS can learn from federal agencies that have changed their security staffing approaches. GAO reviewed agency documents and conducted interviews with representatives from federal agencies and private sector firms selected based on the use of security guards and experience in changing a security workforce, among other criteria. The selected agencies and private sector firms are a nonprobability sample, and the information we obtained is not generalizable. GAO provided the nine agencies..."
 
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