Findings resulted from work performed at the Bureau of Prisons' headquarters, its five regional offices, and 11 Federal correctional institutions. The General Accounting Office (GAO) visited four institutions to observe annual firearms training and found that each facility set different qualifications for its employees. These procedures should be standardized. Further, all incidents involving the discharge of a firearm were not being reported, although required by Bureau policy. It was also found that the Bureau has allowed institution officials to determine weapons needs without providing them with formal guidance for making such determinations. The institutions had large differences in the number and types of weapons in inventory, and many of the weapons needed maintenance. Although the Justice Department believed that the Bureau's firearms training program has adequately met its needs, it agreed that the study make several valid and worthwhile observations. The Justice Department informed the GAO that corrective actions would be taken. (Author summary modified)