March
16, 2017
Following
the September 19, 2014 White House fence jumping incident, the
Secretary of Homeland Security established the Protective Mission
Panel (PMP) to undertake a broad independent review of the Secret
Service’s protection for the White House Complex (WHC).
In
addition to recommendations made in an unclassified report, the PMP
made a number of recommendations in its December 2014 classified
report.
As
directed by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, we
reviewed the Secret Service’s actions to address the PMP’s
classified recommendations.
The
PMP’s classified recommendations primarily relate to security gaps
and vulnerabilities at the WHC.
We
reviewed changes made by the Secret Service to equipment, technology,
and operations in response to these recommendations.
The
Secret Service has taken action to address the PMP’s classified
recommendations by using funding appropriated for PMP initiatives to
begin enhancing security and refreshing technology at the WHC.
As
in our unclassified report, we concluded that fully implementing many
of the recommendations will depend on staff increases, sustained
funding, and a multi-year commitment by Secret Service and Department
leadership
to ensure actions continue even during times of increased protective
mission demands and unexpected priorities.
In
its response to this report, the Secret
Service
reiterated its agreement with our conclusion.
We
made no additional recommendations in our report.
In
addition to this unclassified summary, we issued a classified version
of our report to the Department and Congress.
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