United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-07-19 monographic deposited born digital 45 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-00-181 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-181 P0b002ee1803991d2 f:ns00181 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-181 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-181 NSIAD-00-181 Terrorism Defense contingency planning Budget reapportionment Armed forces abroad Defense budgets Defense operations Reporting requirements Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) JCS Combating Terrorism Readiness Initiative Fund JCS Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Program DOD Antiterrorism/Force Protection Program Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to protect U.S. forces stationed overseas from terrorist attacks, focusing on: (1) the extent to which DOD has made improvements to its antiterrorism/force protection program overseas; (2) changes in DOD's process for assessing and reporting vulnerability at overseas installations; and (3) the adequacy of antiterrorism/force protection funding and staff.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) overall, military forces stationed overseas are better protected today than they were 3 years ago; (2) the Joint Chiefs of Staff has developed DOD-wide construction standards to ensure that antiterrorism/force protection measures are included in new construction; (3) in addition, DOD has signed agreements with the Department of State and U.S. ambassadors or chiefs of mission to protect DOD personnel not under the jurisdiction of commanders; (4) geographic combatant commands have created permanent antiterrorism/force protection offices, hired permanent antiterrorism/force protection staff, and developed systems to monitor progress to correct vulnerabilities; (5) installation commanders are more aware of their responsibility to protect their forces from terrorist attack, and, despite funding constraints, have addressed many security vulnerabilities; (6) however, significant security and procedural antiterrorism/force protection problems continue at many installations; (7) for example, some installations have not developed plans to deal with terrorist attacks, others have no effective means of stopping unauthorized vehicles from entering the installation, and some lack secure access to important intelligence information; (8) commanders are better able to determine their vulnerability to terrorist attacks than when GAO last reported; (9) vulnerability assessments are now being conducted more routinely and are based on a defined set of criteria; (10) however, vulnerability assessment reports do not provide specific actions to rectify problems mentioned in the reports; additionally, there is no comprehensive method in place to share solutions to common problems among different installations; (11) limited antiterrorist funding and trained staff have affected the ability of commanders to correct known vulnerabilities; (12) funding for antiterrorism protection has been, and will likely continue to be, less than what installation and geographic combatant commanders have determined they require, although senior DOD leaders have designated antiterrorism/force protection as a high priority item; (13) some overseas service commands have repeatedly received less than 50 percent of the money the commands believe they require to correct or mitigate vulnerabilities; (14) without information on the types of projects that need funding, Congress does not have an accurate picture of the extent of the risk that U.S. forces face from terrorism; and (15) installations GAO visited did not have adequately trained personnel dedicated to managing and implementing antiterrorism solutions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-181/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-181.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-181/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-181.pdf GAO/NSIAD-00-181 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-181 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-00-181; Combating Terrorism: Action Taken but Considerable Risks; Terrorism Defense contingency planning Budget reapportionment Armed forces abroad Defense budgets Defense operations Reporting requirements Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) JCS Combating Terrorism Readiness Initiative Fund JCS Integrated Vulnerability Assessment Program DOD Antiterrorism/Force Protection Program Title 10 Chapter 9 10 U.S.C. Chapter 9 Public Law 106-65 S. Rept. 106-50