The Department of Defense's System of Managing Physical Security at U.S. Military Bases V. 088050

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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 088050
Washington, D.C. 20548

FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
Expected at 10:00 a.m.,
Thursday, July 16, 1981

Statement of

Werner Grosshans, Deputy Director

Procurement, Logistics and Readiness Division

before the

House Armed Services Committee

Subcommittee on Investigations.

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to appear before the Subcommittee

on Investigations to discuss our recent report on the Department

of Defense's system of managing physical security at United States

military bases. As you know, our report on this subject was

:issued March 6, 1981 and essentially points out that a management

system needs to be established within Defense or among the services

to bring about adequate security at reasonable cost. In response

to our draft report, Defense initiated action on several specific

problems, but did not agree with our proposals for strengthening

overall management of the program. I hope that my testimony will

underscore the need for additional actions. Following this brief

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