A look at the sorry state of the Federal Protective Service

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Source: The Washington Post

The Federal Protective Service inspires such little confidence in its ability to protect 9,000 federal buildings that employees who work in them might want to telecommute.

Testimony at Wednesday’s hearing by the House Homeland Security subcommittee on cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and security technologies was an almost ritualistic look at the sorry state of an agency charged with protecting facilities that more than 1 million workers and visitors use every day.

It has become ritualistic because Congress has gone over these issues so many times before — with numerous hearings and Government Accountability Office reports — that participants know their roles by rote. The GAO documents FPS problems. FPS says it’s making efforts to improve. Lawmakers express exasperation.

Like some other rituals, the hearings and reports also can convey a certain hope that things will get better.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/a-look-at-the-sorry-state-of-the-federal-protective-service/2011/07/13/gIQAZiuADI_story.html

[Proletariatprincess]

1. nothing gets better.

Congressional hearings are nothing but circuses. Expect nothing to come from congress to solve our many problems. The system is dysfunctional.

[No Elephants]

2. Granted, it's WAPO, but geez.