U S Government Accountability Office

Federal real property security U S Government Accountability Office

" Attacks on federal facilities in the U. S. have highlighted the need to identify lessons learned from prior security incidents and apply that knowledge to security procedures governmentwide. Dozens of federal law enforcement agencies provide physical security services for domestic nonmilitary federal facilities. The ISC is responsible for developing governmentwide physical security standards and coordinating agencies to improve the protection of federal facilities. As requested, this report examines (1) the practices used to identify and apply lessons learned and how agencies have used these practices, (2) actions ISC has taken to identify and apply lessons learned from attacks on federal facilities, and (3) challenges to developing a governmentwide lessons-learned process and the strategies agencies have used to mitigate those challenges. GAO reviewed documents and interviewed officials from 35 security and law enforcement agencies with experience protecting selected tourist sites in cities in Greece, Israel, Italy, and the United States. GAO also interviewed officials from ISC and agencies known to apply lessons-learned practices. "