Security Protection: Costs of Services Provided for Selected Cabinet Officials

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed security protection for selected cabinet-level department officials from October 1991 to June 1994, focusing on: (1) who received security protection at 10 of the 14 cabinet-level departments; (2) why cabinet officials received such protection; (3) the costs of providing such protection; (4) whether security personnel performed personal duties for the officials; and (5) security personnel training.