THE WHITE HOUSE

                    Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                   June 28, 1995


                           PRESS BRIEFING
                           BY MIKE MCCURRY


                          The Briefing Room



1:40 P.M. EDT

     MR. MCCURRY:  I've got a couple of things that we have
got coming out today.  I think right about now, Jamie Gorelick is
briefing over at Justice on the security review issues that we've
talked about from time to time here.  And the President has signed an
Executive Order.  We're putting it out now just in advance of her
briefing, implementing several of the recommendations that come as a
result of that review.  So, be on the lookout for that.

     Q  Can you sum them up for us?

     Q  Building security.

     MR. MCCURRY:  I can if I can find them.  This was the
title of the study:  "Vulnerability Assessment in Federal
Facilities."  The President is very concerned about ensuring that we
have adequate security at federal facilities, not only for federal
employees who work there but for those who come in and transact
business with the federal government.

     Obviously, in the wake of Oklahoma City, we know that
there's a great deal that can be done, and we've looked extensively
at what are the minimum requirements for a variety of facilities to
assure us that American citizens, when they are working with their
government or working for their government, will have the kind of
protection they need.

     So, the President's got five different directives to
sort of instruct the GSA to take a look at what minimum standards
should be.  The Justice Department's done a pretty good job of
defining that -- what kind of upgrades are going to be necessary to
meet those minimum requirements, and, more importantly, what type of
new risks and what type of threat exists in light of the changes that
we've seen taking place in the world as a result of the threat of
international terrorism.  So, be on the lookout for that.

     Q  How much?

     MR. MCCURRY:  The cost estimates will be briefed by the
Deputy Attorney General.  I believe that they're estimated in the
range just under $1 billion, but that we believe we can handle that
in the course of appropriations as they come through the next several
fiscal years, using funds that are devoted and already appropriated
for building maintenance and upgrades.

     Q  Well, will there be a big difference in getting
into the White House and every other building?

     MR. MCCURRY:  Well, the White House is different because
there's a security that's secured separately on the facility here as
you know.  But there may be some changes that the American citizens
encounter at various federal office buildings around the country, and
those will be designed to protect the American people.  And I'm sure
that people will be able to deal with -- there may be inconvenience
at some point, but it's all in the interest of keeping people a lot
safer.

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     THE PRESS:  Thank you.

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