The bill is a response to a 2023 GAO report finding of some 25,000 recommendations by the FPS over 2017-2021, 57 percent never received a formal response. Image: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe House has joined the Senate in passing a bill (S-3613) to require facility security committees in federal buildings to formally consider and respond within 90 days to security recommendations from the Federal Protective Service, which typically involve measures such as security cameras, physical access control systems, screening equipment, and more.
Agencies still could reject FPS recommendations in part or in whole, although they would have to detail their reasoning. The FPS in turn would monitor the responses and annually report to Congress; the FPS also would report to Congress on any surveillance technology it recommends for use in federal buildings.
The bill is a response to a 2023 GAO report finding of some 25,000 recommendations by the FPS over 2017-2021, 57 percent never received a formal response, 12 percent were rejected, 19 percent were closed without being implemented and the rest had other outcomes, including only 6 percent considered “implemented.”
Meanwhile, the Senate has passed S-1868, to require DHS, OMB and GSA to recommend ways for agencies to assess the security of space adjacent to a facility to before leasing space for high-security federal activities.
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