the second witness is stephen amitay -- is the emphasis on the first syllable? good. executive director and general counsel for the national association of security companies. mr. amitay has worked with congress, federal agencies and government accountable office, focus on facility security since 2006. final witness, david wright, mr. wright is present of the national protection and american federation of government employees. mr. wright has served in his present passably since 2006. and mr. wright is a 27 year veteran of the federal protective services, last served as inspector. mr. wright rings a wealth of expensive with me and work with the agency and congress to find solutions to many of the challenges facing federal protective service. we thank you for all of that. we welcome you. you will each are invited to summarize your prepared statement in about five minutes and your entire state will be made a part of the record. thank you for joining us today. let me ask a question. were you all here for the first panel? raised her hand. great. thanks for staying for your

>> my name is stephen amitay, and i am the executive director for nasco. nasco is that country's largest trade association, employing over 300,000 security officers, servicing urschel and governmental clients. nasco works with legislators and officials to put in place higher standards and requirements for security companies and private street officers. of most relevant to the hearing, since 2007 we have worked on issues related to legislation related to federal retentive services retentive security officer program. nasco also work with the federal security committee on its 2013 best practices for armed security officers in federal facilities. not including the military services, there are approximately 35000 contract security offers across the federal government, and use of contract security is a proven and cost-efficient counter measure. to further ensure security, fps and contractors need to work together to address challenges with a program that gao has identified over the last several years. improvements need to be made in the risk assessment process f

witnesses advocates emphasis on the first syllable, stephen amitay, director of the national association of security companies. mr. amitay has worked with congress on federal agencies and government accountability focusing on legislation and other issues related to issues since 2006. final witness, david wright, of bent national program director union, the american federation of government employees. he has served in his present capacity since 2006. he is a 27 year veteran of federal protective services and served as inspector, performed myriad responsibilities necessary to that decision from responding to crimes to overseeing contract cards to security assessments, mr. wright brings a wealth of experience before this committee, to find solutions that face the federal protective services. we thank you for that and welcome you, your prepared statement for five minute and the entire statement will be made part of the record. thank you for joining us. let me ask a question. were you here for the first panel? good, that is great. thanks for staying. you are recognized, mr. goldstein. >> than

name is stephen amitay, and i am the executive director for nasco. country's largest trade association, employing over 300,000 security officers, servicing urschel and governmental clients. nasco works with legislators and officials to put in place higher standards and requirements for security companies and private street officers. of most relevant to the hearing, 2007 we have worked on issues related to legislation related to federal retentive services retentive security officer program. nasco also work with the federal security committee on its 2013 best practices for armed security officers in federal facilities. not including the military services, there are approximately 30 5000 contract security offers across the federal government, and use of contract security is a proven and cost-efficient counter measure. to further ensure security, fps and contractors need to work together to address challenges with a program that gao has identified over the last several years. improvements need to be made in the risk assessment process for federal facilit