Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025
The Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025 (POST Act) would direct the Director of the Federal Protective Service (FPS) to strengthen oversight, performance, and accountability of contract security personnel protecting buildings and grounds owned or secured by the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service (GSA PBS). Key components include standardized covert testing, data collection and analysis, quarterly reviews to identify trends and deficiencies, mandatory corrective training for personnel who fail covert tests, and updated security training guidance. The act also requires FPS to evaluate and potentially modernize the personnel shift-tracking system, with a plan to implement improvements or replacements and to improve communication with building tenants about staffing shortages or security coverage gaps. In addition, FPS would annually report to Congress on progress, challenges, and recommendations for further action, with a specific savings clause clarifying that contractor employees remain non-federal.
Key Points
- 1Establish standardized covert testing data collection and a uniform method to document outcomes, root causes, and types of vulnerabilities detected.
- 2Conduct quarterly analytical reviews of covert testing data to identify trends, recurring deficiencies, and opportunities for improvement across covered facilities.
- 3Require contract security personnel who fail a covert test to undergo mandatory, cause-specific corrective training and a performance improvement plan, with monitoring of the contractor’s actions to prevent future failures.
- 4Develop updated security training guidance for contract security personnel based on covert testing findings, emerging threats, and best practices.
- 5Evaluate the FPS personnel tracking/shift management system within 180 days, decide on replacement or corrective actions, and publish an implementation plan with timelines and tenant-communication procedures; additionally, provide annual reports to Congress for three years detailing determinations, actions taken, tenant communication evaluations, and recommendations, while including a savings clause clarifying that contractor DHS employees are not federal employees.