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Audits find contract security personnel, which make up the vast majority of the Federal Protective Service's workforce, receive no meaningful training on how to deal with armed attackers. And many operators of X-ray machines and metal detectors at building entrances likely have never been trained to properly use them.
The Modified Infrastructure Survey Tool does not provide information about the consequences of security incidents at federal facilities, a GAO auditor said. As a result, agencies cannot effectively deploy countermeasures. Still, Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) said he was happy with FPS' progress in developing MIST.
A bill to boost training and testing for Federal Protective Service guards cleared the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
The death of Osama bin Laden could bring a new element of security to your agency. Wendell Shingler, former director of the Federal Protective Service, explains what changes you might see at federal buildings.
A bill introduced last week in the Senate would hire more Federal Protective Service guards and increase resources for training.
Are changes coming to the federal protective service? We\'ll hear from Mississippi representative Bennie Thompson who says that change MUST happen, and soon.
The Daily Debrief gets analysis on this 1th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City.
My countdown of the three biggest news stories of the week, as chosen by experts on the Federal government