nastco has been working with fps, congress, gao and gsa to address these issues. while the pace of progress on some issues may not be as fast as gao would like, progress is being made. and since the appointment of director patterson in 2010, the diagnosis of dialogue and breadth of cooperation between fps and its security contractors has been unparalyzed. there's no doubt director patterson and others at fps are committed to improving the program and we are currently working together on a variety of initiatives to improve the pso program. to address deficiencies in fps's capability to provide crucial x-ray and training to psos, fps launched a pilot program that is training and certifying security contractor instructors to provide the training. also this training has recently been revamped and expanded by fps. in the area of active shooter training, we have met several times with fps to discuss fps development of new active shooter training for psos, an effort which is definitely on the fasttrack at fps. and fps is wisely looking at what other agencies are doing wi

we have got gsa. you know what? starbanes oxley called provisions for people blowing the capital. this person should not have been allowed to retire without getting that money back. >> it was not just money. the 5:actions of this prevented the dea from working with amtrack police. >> we all know it is more than just the money aspect that controls me. what is it that the dea needs to know when i was taking amtrack. it's none of their business. this is just bad from every possible angle. >> $4.4 billion. that's how much we spent on amtrack over the past three years. and they are charging us a fortune. i go to washington all the time. i have seen it jump. it's almost the same price to fly to washington as it is to take the train. >> no tsa, no seat belts. that's nice. by the way, on that secretary, was tax paid on $850,000? and why over 20 years? was there something else going on here? in terms of amtrack itself, other than the boston to washington run, it loses money. politicians like having trains run through their areas. i would pay the fare because it's so nice compared to an air

dealtlt with the gsa for a long time.put the d democrarats togethr with the republicans and get everybody in a room and do approval on a massive development right smack on pennsylvania avenue that wouldld be incredible for many decad to come -- it is a great thing. >> how would you rate d.c. as a business town? the taxax rates, the policies, regulations. you do business in all the major cities. >> i do busiss in florida, which is a great area for business. i do much business in n new yor. i like d.c. i like thehe market. has tremendous potential. i have gotten to really like a lot of thehe leaders iave met in d c are terrific people. they have great pride in d.c. i talk to you about your children because they are all here today. what are the most important lessons you taught them? everyone praises you forell you your children have turned your- for how well children have turned out. >> so far, s so good. whwho knows? bad things can happen down the road, but i do have wonderful children. and three that are in business with

enforcement, particularly here in the nation's capital, and a strengthened working relationship with gsa. today i hope this can be a productive hearing. we need to understand the challenges and problems, but we also want to hear solutions. ultimately, whether it's the members of the public or federal workers, those who come to federal buildings must have confidence we are doing all we can to protect them. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses today, and i thank you all for being here. i'll call on ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. carson, for a brief opening statement. >> thank you, chairman. i want to thank the chairman for holding today's hearing. i also want to welcome today's witnesses to the subcommittee hearing on federal protective service. as a former law enforcement officer with over a decade of experience, i have a strong interest in examining fps and ensuring it is functioning at the highest possible level. that said, i find the issues facing fps deeply troubling. fps, is responsible, as we know is protecting people across the nation. yet, the department of homela

the gsa employee echoed that. oh, to be in government where you're always getting off early.course this doesn't reflect all government workers. but it's only the government you can pull this off without getting yanked. if this was a private company you would be on street before you could clear your history. so as the border crisis unfolds and the irs scandal deepens some glassy eyed flack locked behind a locked door. why help when you have your hands full. it's better for these chance to serve porn than do their actual jobs. it's the only urge that trumps the urge for interference. if i were running for office i would run on this, the inevitable consequence of an expanding government that's the real pornography. it grows beyond its waist ban every year and each new budget is a newer, bigger sweat suit to hide this bureaucratic blob. no longer there to provide minimal service government is now a comfy man cave leaving bureaucrats with nothing to do but themselves. now, bob, i don't want to say this is the definition of government because there are policemen of great people who

one gsa would often use the computer for personal use to pass the time.ators estimate at just one agency $4 million was paid to employees for time wasted this way. the problem in india is monkeys. india's parliament and government buildings have a history of being overrun by monkeys who have been known to attack staff, tear up files and chew through cables. in the past officials tried to deter them with these larger langer monkeys but had to stop when animal rights protests began. the government is now hiring 40 men to imitate big monkeys. apparently by mimicking their sounds and scare the smaller ones away. the official website mentions actual monkey disguises but an official tells "the wall street journal" that is a misunderstanding. >>> finally, a touching moment at the white house during a special olympics tribute last night. president obama gave shoutout to one olympian, tim harris, who owns his own restaurant in the most popular item on the menu, times hugs. >> you know, presidents need some encouragement once in a while too. that felt really good.

reg-e was put inla place there has been a 40% in greenhouse gsa on average in those states where it wasput in place. addition, it has helped to save consumers money, created generated over $750 million in economic value massachusettsf alone from 2009 to 2013. and mr. chairman, i would like to submit all of that economic data for the record. >> without objection. >> maybe governor, maybe you could talk about that issue job creation aspect of this and especially since it core argument here using medieval blood it is to describe what the impact is since the states reg-e have seen economic growth. >> i think it is absolutely fair to say there will be jobs this impacted with whatever actions we take. that has always been true and we have an obligation to ensure that we do the best that we can those that will be impacted and find other ways of earning a that this recognize is real and people get hurt. and one of the things you learn a a governor or anybody in position where you have to make decisions is you cannot make a an equalthis has impact on everyone. some people will not see the they m

we have leased a space from gsa.e first thing we have to do is to move committee, staff, and support staff out of the long worth building and rayburn building to that space. they can move their because they -- there because they don't have to get back to the capitol to vote. in we need to renovate the space is in longworth and rayburn to enable them to move the members from the wing into long worth and rayburn. aren't you glad you asked that question? >> thank you very much for a very interesting lecture. my question has to do with that -- acid rain and the dome of the capitol. in terms of degradation of the building. >> let me answer that a little differently because i don't believe that acid rain really affects in any significant way the cast-iron dome. if we do a good job of coding -- coating that with appropriate paint and epoxy products, i think that will not be an issue for us. but what is more of an issue for us is the sandstone and marble that are the exterior for -- facade of so many of our buildings. we hav

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we are looking into data analytics where gsa has access to the banks and all this eta to do -- data to do internal controls. we are looking into that. that might be in the front of the circular. we have a new appendix c coming out. there are changes to appendix b. >> does the audience have any more questions? yes, sir. >> [indiscernible] we hope very soon. we just sent it last week to agencies. so you have a bootleg version of it. we wanted to give it out before it goes into omb clearance. we have to work on it internally. if you sell that come out, that is it, and now we are working -- i am not holding you to it -- >> the guidance did take longer than we had hoped for, but one thing we did, the internal controls, the new taxonomy for requirements,15 and we sent out notification earlier in the year, statistics, more accountability around estimates. requirement.4 we have been working with agencies to give them a heads up that that is coming. most of them are prepared for it. we pushed things out that getting too close to the fiscal year. our hope is that you should have it soon. >> than

i have never been to the gsa, never been to the meetings, never taken any of their files.t one point we wrote an article on college funding for the gay student association, and in the article we mentioned the four officers who had applied for college funding and we noted in their application they had not described any intellectual activities and were basically using the money for parties. so the thrust of the article was college fees go to fund intellectual and cultural groups. they do not go to basically fund beer kegs and they don't fund recreational activities. and the question was, why was the college doing this? you can agree or disagree, but the point i am making is the "mother jones" recapitulation, 30 years old, there is no resemblance to the fact. i am happy to defend what i said, and quite frankly i have done some sophomoric things when i was in college, my main defense. i was at that time indeed a sophomore. but i don't want to be held accountable for things i did not do. >> so you were misunderstood and they have the facts wrong. will you now give a full throat

i have never been to the gsa, never been to the meetings, never taken any of their files.t one point we wrote an article on college funding for the gay student association, and in the article we mentioned the four officers who had applied for college funding and we noted in their application they had not described any intellectual activities and were basically using the money for parties. so the thrust of the article was college fees go to fund intellectual and cultural groups. they do not go to basically fund beer kegs and they don't fund recreational activities. and the question was, why was the college doing this? you can agree or disagree, but the point i am making is the "mother jones" recapitulation, 30 years old, there is no resemblance to the fact. i am happy to defend what i said, and quite frankly i have done some sophomoric things when i was in college, my main defense. i was at that time indeed a sophomore. but i don't want to be held accountable for things i did not do. >> so you were misunderstood and they have the facts wrong. will you now give a full throat

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