Mass Attacks in Public Spaces, 2016-2020

"For 25 years , the U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center(NTAC) has enhanced the agency's protective and investigative operations and supported our no-fail mission to safeguard this nation's highest elected officials. NTAC's pioneering research and expertise continue to inform the development of prevention and protection strategies employed by the Secret Service and have further assisted our public safety partners in their efforts to prevent targeted violence imp;acting communities across the United States. This important work continues with the release of NTAC's most recent publication, Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016-2020.

This five-year study analyzed 173 targeted attacks that occurred form 2016-2020 in public or semi-public locations in the United States, including businesses, schools, houses of worship, open spaces, and other locations where we live our lives. This is the latest entry in a series of reports that examine attacks during which three or more individuals were inured or killed. By applying NTAC's unique behavioral analysis to incidents of targeted violence occurring over a five-year period, Mass Attacks in Public Spaces:2016-2020 , represents NTAC's most comprehensive examination to date of mass violence and its perpetrators.."
Mass Attacks 

Inauguration Security: Operations, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress

"Every four years, on January 20, the President-elect is sworn in as President of the United States. Presidential inauguration ceremonies are unique public events in the District of Columbia. The inauguration ceremonies are public and, like the President’s State of the Union address, they are events in which a significant proportion of the American political leadership is in attendance. Consequently, the inauguration is designated as a National Special Security Event (NSSE) by the Department of Homeland Security. NSSEs are events that require significant security, in part because of the attendance of U.S. and foreign dignitaries and the event’s public or official nature.

Funding for inauguration security operations is provided from the U.S. Secret Service’s National Special Security Event general account, though information on the amount provided is not publicly available. In limited circumstances, however, Congress has also provided supplemental appropriations to reimburse local jurisdictions for inauguration-related activities. Other inauguration spending is less easily identifiable because it is indirect and a part of typical annual appropriations to the relevant agencies. Because of the absence of specificity, substantive policy analysis on costs associated with inauguration security may be limited..."
Inauguration security