Homeland security: Civil Air Patrol involved in certain missions, but DHS should assess the benefits of further involvement: report to co

By U.S. Government Accountability Office

"Why GAO Did This StudyHomeland security partnerships maygrow increasingly important as fiscalconstraints provide impetus for federalagencies to look to partners for missionsupport. One partner is CAP, acongressionally chartered, federallyfunded, nonprofit corporation withapproximately 61,000 volunteermembers that can function as theauxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. CAPconducts missions throughout theUnited States, including counterdrug, disaster relief, and search and rescue, using mostly single-engine aircraft. Theconference report accompanying thefiscal year 2012 DHS appropriationsact directed that GAO study thefunctions and capabilities of CAP tosupport homeland security missions. Inresponse to the mandate, this reportaddresses (1) the extent to which CAPhas been used to perform homelandsecurity missions to date at the local, state, and federal levels, and (2) thefactors that should be considered indetermining CAP's ability to supportadditional homeland security missionsand the extent to which DHS hasassessed CAP's capabilities andresources to accomplish suchmissions. GAO reviewed laws andguidance; analyzed fiscal year 2011CAP flight data; and interviewedofficials from DHS, the Air Force, CAP, and a nongeneralizable sample of 10of 52 state-level CAP wings.What GAO RecommendsGAO recommends that DHS, incoordination with the Air Force, costeffectivelyassess the extent to wh

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1974244792
• ISBN13: 9781974244799
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 38 Pages
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