Federal Air Marshall Service : actions taken to fulfill core mission and address workforce issues.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Actions taken to fulfill core mission and address workforce issues
• Creators:
  Lord, Steve
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Sky marshals
  • Passenger security
  • National security
  • Civil aviation
  • Air transportation
  • Sky marshals--United States
  • Airline security personnel--United States
  • Aeronautics, Commercial--Security measures--United States
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO-09-903T
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Abstract:
  "By deploying armed air marshals onboard selected flights, the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), a component of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), plays a key role in helping to protect approximately 29,000 domestic and international flights operated daily by U.S. air carriers. This testimony discusses (1) FAMS's operational approach or "concept of operations" for covering flights, (2) an independent evaluation of the operational approach, and (3) FAMS's processes and initiatives for addressing workforce-related issues. Also, this testimony provides a list of possible oversight issues related to FAMS. This testimony is based on GAO's January 2009 report (GAO-09-273), with selected updates in July 2009. For its 2009 report, GAO analyzed policies and procedures regarding FAMS's operational approach and a July 2006 classified assessment of that approach. Also, GAO analyzed employee working group reports and related FAMS's initiatives for addressing workforce-related issues, and interviewed FAMS headquarters officials and 67 air marshals (selected to reflect a range in levels of experience)."--Highlights.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17403/dot_17403_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 219.44 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1e9a8fcf2ef4781959360c4b09e914b16647672da2714409a2c573ccedb2ae8a