United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-02-12 monographic deposited born digital 120 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-251 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-251 P0b002ee18039c000 f:d03251 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-251 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-251 GAO-03-251 Banking regulation Emergency preparedness Information resources management Risk management National preparedness Securities regulation Stock exchanges Stocks (securities) Strategic planning Other Written Product A06038 September 11 exposed the vulnerability of U.S. financial markets to wide-scale disasters. Because the markets are vital to the nation's economy, GAO assessed (1) the effects of the attacks on market participants' facilities and telecommunications and how prepared participants were for attacks at that time, (2) physical and information security and business continuity plans market participants had in place after the attacks, and (3) regulatory efforts to improve preparedness and oversight of market participants' risk reduction efforts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-251/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-251.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-251/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-251.pdf GAO-03-251 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-251 Other Written Product GAO-03-251; Potential Terrorist Attacks: Additional Actions Needed to Better Prepare Critical Financial Market Participants; Banking regulation Emergency preparedness Information resources management Risk management National preparedness Securities regulation Stock exchanges Stocks (securities) Strategic planning Volume 116 Page 745 116 Stat. 745 Public Law 107-204