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IMMEDIATE ACTION Emergency Management 14
RECOMMENDATION
Texas should initiate a series of measures to improve security in state facilities.
COMMENTS:
" The terrorist attacks on September 11 targeted both public and private facilities.
Since disrupting state government operations may be a potential terrorist goal in the
future, state government should take a long-range look at the security of state facili-
ties. However, state government can take several steps immediately to reduce risks
from terrorist attack.
" The Department of Public Safety, Texas Building and Procurement Commission and
state agencies should jointly conduct an immediate assessment of the security risks
at state facilities, including access to state buildings for customer services purposes.
State agencies may be able to restrict access to certain floors of multi-story build-
ings, provide limited access to parking alongside state facilities, and institute a
badge system for employees, contractors or visitors.
" Furthermore, training could improve the ability of state employees to identify or
respond to terrorist attacks. Simple measures like providing instructions on address-
ing security risks and responding to attacks could be circulated or could be included
in more extensive training as part of the curricula applicable to state employees'
continuing education requirements.
" Finally, each state agency should initiate an assessment of long-range security needs
for its legislative appropriations request (LAR). State agencies should identify secu-
rity risks on state facilities that can be addressed in the regular budget process.
These could include issues such as installing security devices (e.g., metal detectors,
video cameras on hallways, magnetic card enabled doors), having fewer entries but
adding a guard at doorways, and armed guards for critical building sections. This
could also include the expense for the logistics of permanently moving state
employees around to reduce access to specific parts of the agency, such as moving
all customer services to the ground floor of multi-story building.
LEGISLATION REQUIRED
No legislation required.
FISCAL IMPACT
State agencies should be able to conduct the immediate assessment within their cur-
rent budgets. The fiscal impact of measures to improve security cannot be estimated
since the measures would be determined on an agency-by-agency basis. For example,
the Comptroller's office has decided to install seven additional video cameras in the
LBJ state office building and also issue badges for all its employees. The cameras
will cost an estimated $15,000 and badges will cost $1,500.For more detail on the Texas War Relief Package go to http://www.window.state.tx.us/wrp/
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Texas. Comptroller's Office. Texas Responds: The Texas War Relief Package, text, November 2001; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth654370/m1/47/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.