Defense Needs Better System for Assuring Adequate Security at Reasonable Cost on U.S. Bases
PLRD-81-1
Published: Mar 06, 1981. Publicly Released: Mar 06, 1981.
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The military services spend enormous amounts of money annually for people, equipment, research, and for programs to upgrade facilities to maintain the physical security of military people and equipment. An evaluation was performed of the system for providing physical security at U.S. military bases.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should establish a management system for effectively achieving protection at reasonable cost and consider intensively monitoring the services' operation and management of physical security to ensure a more economical and efficient program. |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should establish a management system for effectively achieving protection at a reasonable cost and consider expanding the roles and tasks of the Office of Security Plans and Programs and/or the Physical Security Review Board to include a wider spectrum of physical security matters. These roles and tasks should include: (1) determining what factors should be considered in tradeoffs among protective measures; (2) whether the individual services' overall management structures are appropriate; and (3) whether base-level security plans should be more uniform, formally documented, and reviewed by services' major commands and headquarters. |
Closed
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should direct the service Secretaries to rejustify, substantially reduce, or eliminate the (1) Marine guards at the Armed Forces Staff College; (2) Army military police at Davison Army Airfield, Fort Myer, and Fort McNair; (3) Air Force's installation of any additional dual intrusion detection sensors in conventional munition storage areas; (4) civilian guard contract at Fort Bragg's ordance storage area; (5) planned installation of intrusion detection equipment at Fort Bragg's ordance storage area; and (6) installation of door and ignition locks on Army helicopters. |
Closed
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should establish a management system for effectively achieving protection at a reasonable cost and consider establishing more uniform Defense-wide physical security policies and standards. |
Closed
Please call 202/512-6100 for additional information.
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