Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program (2008) / Chapter Skim
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2 Description of Reclamation's Security Program
2 Description of Reclamation's Security Program
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is responsible for providing leadership, policy guidance, and oversight for law enforcement, homeland security, emergency management, and information security to each of the bureaus. At Reclamation, the security program has several components: security, law enforcement, emergency management, and information and information technology (IT)
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. Reclamation's facilities are managed by the 24 area offices, with each of the five regional offices having full responsibility for operating and maintaining the assets in its region.
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have been transferred to water and power authorities and other local Figure 2-2.eps beneficiary organizations. The SSLE Office, established in 2001, is in Denver. In addition to security, law enforcement, and program and emergency management, the SSLE is also responsible for the safety of dams program and the safety office.
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SSLE also works with water districts, local law enforcement, BOR stakeholders, and outside organizations, including the DHS, FEMA, the Federal Protective Service (FPS) , and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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Although risk can be measured in a variety of ways, it is most c ommonly assessed as a function of the probability of an event and the consequences of the event. A risk management program for a large inventory of facilities entails a screening process to identify those facilities in the inventory that require closer scrutiny, risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities of individual facilities and potential consequences of a failure, a process for quantifying and evaluating the costs and benefits of technologies and other risk mitigation measures, and decision analysis.
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Vulnerability might include construction type, operational features, accessibility, security and emergency response capabilities, and previous threats.
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The SAT evaluated the recommendations based on the extent to which they could potentially reduce risk and the feasibility of implementing them. Decision documents were then prepared for each of the 55 facilities evaluated and presented to the SSLE director, to the relevant regional directors and area office managers, and to the deputy commissioner and the commissioner for their approval, with the concurrence of DOI's assistant secretary for water and science.
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Facility Security and Design Improvement Projects One outcome of the risk management process is the identification and prioritization of facility security and design improvement projects intended to mitigate vulnerabilities. Such projects involve access control systems; perimeter, vehicle, and boat barriers; closed circuit TV monitoring systems; intrusion detection and alarm systems; lighting; security control centers; and guard/response personnel.
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During the site visits, committee members were told that some water and power authorities that operate BOR facilities had paid directly for security upgrades, including security guards. In one case the water and power authority collaborated with BOR staff to identify security improvements and then installed the improvements at its own expense.
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RSAs serve as liaisons to federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement and oversee contracts and cooperative agreements for law enforcement assistance. Law enforcement officers are authorized to carry firearms within the perimeter of a BOR project or on BOR lands and to make arrests, execute warrants, and conduct investigations.
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COMMISSIONER DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DEPUTY COMMISSIONER Policy, Administration Budget Policy, Administration,&and Budget Director SSLE Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Administrator Program Specialist Contract RSA PN Region Intelligence Section Investigators/Analysts SA Grand Coulee Threat Management Lead Investigator RSA LC Region Intel Specialist Info/Data Intel Analyst Intel Analyst Investigators (FT) Specialist Intel Specialist RSA UC Region (Part Time)
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The primary responsibility of site security guards is to protect people and property by controlling access to facilities and by deterring individuals who might consider attacking them. They are not law enforcement officers and must call on federal or local law enforcement personnel when a criminal act is suspected.
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. Facility and area office staff, which may include on-site law enforcement or site security guards, are responsible for identifying suspicious activity or an actual breach of security at a facility, for notifying the regional office and other appropriate responders (i.e., local law enforcement)
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For Reclamation, then, the interface between the initial responders and the law enforcement entities who follow up will be substantially different at each facility. Thus, Reclamation area office and regional personnel, police from other federal agencies, and the local law enforcement personnel who are expected to respond to a terrorist or other malicious act must make appropriate arrangements for working together in a securityrelated incident.
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Problems and issues that come up during the response are identified, and methods for resolving them are suggested. Functional exercises require a greater investment of resources and time than tabletop exercises, but they also provide a more realistic test of response capabilities.
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Reclamation has conducted tabletop and functional exercises at some of its critical facilities. Full-scale exercises have been conducted at Grand Coulee, Flaming Gorge, and Hoover dams.
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Such restrictions may be counterproductive to the extent that the field staff in the best position to prevent or deter a security-related incident are not given the information that would help them to do so. INCIDENT RESPONSE MANAGEMENT Reclamation's emergency management program was established in conjunction with the safety of dams program.
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is responsible for centralized fund management for site security, emergency management, IT project management for SSLE, congressional and audit liaison, policy, and special projects. The office has eight staff members, including the program chief.
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Security is independently tested and operation is authorized by management officials based The Watch Office is administered by OLESEM. It is responsible for coordination of law enforcement, emergency management, and security requirements placed on DOI after 9/11, among other things.
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. To supplement security-related funding and reduce pressures on other programs, Reclamation has sought to make some security-related activities, especially site security guards, fully reimbursable, thereby shifting the funding responsibility to water and power authorities and other beneficiaries.
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2005. Security Program.
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