Report: Security Issues Plague DHS Facilities

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Source: ABC News Blotter

Despite its lead role in protecting the nation's critical assets, the Department of Homeland Security is three years late in developing a plan to protect its own facilities from terrorist attacks, according to a new report.

Instead, the department has relied on a patchwork of efforts by its many components, leading to uneven results, the congressional watchdog office finds.

A presidentially-mandated deadline of July 2004 came and went without a comprehensive plan from DHS on how it would protect its own buildings, according to the report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Without it, agencies that conduct sensitive work protecting the nation's borders, buildings and residents have made do on their own, often failing to conduct the kinds of comprehensive assessments needed to ensure they are safe.

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