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A Risk Management Approach Can Guide Preparedness Efforts

Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs United States General Accounting Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m., EST Wednesday October 31, 2001 HOMELAND SECURITY A Risk Management Approach Can Guide Preparedness Efforts Statement of Raymond J. Decker Director, Defense Capabilities and Management GAO-02-208T Page 1 GAO-02-208T Homeland Security Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: I appreciate the opportunity to be here today to participate in this hearing on security of the U.S. Mail and postal workers. As requested, my testimony will focus on the work we have done over the past five years on combating terrorism and our recommendations advocating a risk management approach for such programs.1 Risk management is a systematic process to analyze threats, vulnerabilities, and the criticality (or relative importance) of assets to better support key decisions linking resources with prioritized efforts for results. With the coordinated terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, terrorism rose to the top of the countrys national security and law enforcement agendas. Funding to combat terrorism, which was originally budgeted for just under $13 billion, may now exceed $50 billion for fiscal year 2002. The funds support efforts to mitigate the effects of the attacks, enhance transportation security, support national security, assist the U.S. commercial aviation industry, and can help in a variety of other related purposes. Moreover, as military operations continue in Afghanistan, letters containing the anthrax bacteria have turned up in congressional offices, federal agency buildings, post offices, and several media companies. On October 29, 2001, the Attorney General indicated the need to be prepared for still more terrorist incidents. The threat of such incidents comes with great uncertainty given the changing nature of terrorist attacks over the last decade—ranging from food poisoni