so one way mr. gaowith the suspicion would be to make the fund transparent like norway's sovereign wealth fund, which is considered the gold standard. it has a detailed mission statement, earnings reports, and an exhaustive web site listing all its assets. china's fund has a web site too: just one page, which is basically a link to a job application. mr. gao made an unexpected commitment, as he gave us a tour of his offices. look at this wall. what do you think? it's very transparent. >> it is. this is what we meant to be. >> is it a metaphor? >> yes, i think so. >> well, you don't have any transparency. i mean, you--you--you're-- >> yes, we do. >> no, you don't. you don't produce any annual reports. >> we are only five months old. we haven't gotten to the point of producing our annual report. we are going to produce our annual report. >> you are? >> we are. yes, we are. we're going to do things, just the--most of these--what americans will believe as good sovereign wealth funds like norwegian sovereign

mr. goldstein is particularly on the gao report and what you have found. it really troubles me when we think that there is no comprehensive, i believe you described a strategy or oversight model. and then, the fact we are not sure how many people are receiving. there's certain that category receiving act of duty shooter training and/or screener training. how can we from the gao perspective -- what is your recommendation in terms of the policy is how we can do this as quickly as possible to address this problem? >> thank you, senator. we been concerned with respect to active shooter training and training on magnetometers that fps has not done a good enough job at ensuring that his contract guard work force is able to get that training. one of the problems of the active shooter training, which i think people don't understand, though, is it is a small part of one part of the training they receive anyhow. they get kind of a special training or two hours, which covers special events of various kinds that might occur in a building. out of 120 hours to receive ov

mr. goldstein, last word? >> one quick quotation for dr. coburn. gao's recommendations -- there've been 26 and only four are in process and have only been in process for about four weeks, meaning there are 22 still open, and we will provide your staff with the exact information on those. >> they're interesting. andrew for the clarification. >> some points that have not been brought up that are relevant. the first, as mr. amitay has said, it is important that there be better clarity in terms of contractors liabilities. we have interviewed dozens of contract guards over the last decade all of whom have felt they do not have clarity on what responsibilities are and when they can use force and cannot use force. and most have told us over the years that their companies have all but said don't you ever pull out your gun, don't you ever do anything with it. there is a lot of lack of clarity in this area. the second is the role of the federalr at the protective service. it would be great if they were able to, as mr. wright said, to be able to roam around, do mor

mr. coburn pointed out, the contractors must have and already do have. and so there should be greater integration in terms of a comprehensive data management system. so is that fps and contractors can know and gao can know who exactly does have the required training and certifications. >> all right, thank you. mr. goldstein, the last word. >> thank you, mr. chairman. one quick clarification for dr. can coburn's -- dr. coburn's possibility. gao's recommendations, there have been 26 between 2010 and 2013. by our records only four are in process and have only been in process for about three or four weeks when we received them meaning that there are 22 still open, and we can -- we will provide your staff with the exact information. >> thank you. thank you, that's very interesting. thank you for that clarification. >> yes, sir. i would, just three brief points that haven't been brought up too much this morning which i think are very relevant. the first, as mr. amitay has said, i think it is important there be better clarity in terms of contractors' liabilities. we've interviewed dozens and dozens of contract guards over the last decade, all of whom have felt they don't have clarity on what their rol

mr. goldstein, last word? >> one quick quotation for dr. coburn. gao's recommendations -- there've been 26 and only four are in process and have only been in process for about four weeks, meaning there are 22 still open, and we will provide your staff with the exact information on those. >> they're interesting. andrew for the clarification. >> some points that have not been brought up that are relevant. the first, as mr. amitay has said, it is important that there be better clarity in terms of contractors liabilities. we have interviewed dozens of contract guards over the last decade all of whom have felt they do not have clarity on what responsibilities are and when they can use force and cannot use force. and most have told us over the years that their companies have all but said don't you ever pull out your gun, don't you ever do anything with it. there is a lot of lack of clarity in this area. the second is the role of the federalr at the protective service. it would be great if they were able to, as mr. wright said, to be able to roam around, do mor

mr. goldstein particularly on the gao report, and what you have found. it really troubles me when we think about that there is no comprehensive -- i believe you described it as a strategy or oversight model -- and then the fact that we are not sure, the people are receiving. there are a category that are not receiving active-duty shooter training and or screener training. how can we, from the gao perspective, what is your recommendation in terms of from the policy perspective, how we can move this as quickly as possible to address this problem? >> thank you. we have been very concerned with respect active shooter training and training on magnetometer's that fps has not been done a good enough job to ensure its contract guard workforce is able to get that training. one of the problems with the active shooter training, which people do not understand here, it is only a small part of one part of the training they receive any how. they get what how the -- they get a special training of two hours which covers special events of various kinds of might occur in t