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Federal Land Management Agencies: Additional Actions Needed to Address Facility Security Assessment Requirements

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 22, 2019
Release Date Oct. 22, 2019
Report No. GAO-20-171T
Summary:

Federal land management agencies have law enforcement divisions to help protect employees and facilities on nearly 700 million acres of land. Security incidents on federal land include the 2016 armed occupation of a wildlife refuge by individuals motivated by anti-government beliefs.

Federal employees have been subject to a range of threats and assaults. But we testified that agencies have not completed all of the required facility security assessments. Officials said they do not have the resources or expertise to do so.

We previously recommended that agencies develop a plan to address these factors and complete their assessments.

Security gate installed at the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge following an armed occupation in January 2016

Security gate

Security gate

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