To Avoid Duplication, the Internal Revenue Service Should Make Use of Federal Protective Service Risk Assessments

The Director, Facilities Management and Security Services (FMSS), should develop a process to retain and review FPS risk assessments and ensure that they are readily available to security personnel. In addition, require an assessment of the FPS's most recent findings as part of any current risk assessment and revalidation processes performed by the IRS.

The Director, Facilities Management and Security Services (FMSS), should use the Listing of FPS Planned Risk Assessments and evaluate whether the IRS can rely on FPS risk assessments of some IRS facilities and eliminate the duplicate IRS risk assessment for those facilities.

The Director, Facilities Management and Security Services, should correct the errors noted in the risk assessment repository and Security Information Management System and ensure that information maintained in those systems is checked regularly for accuracy.