POST Act of 2025

Summary

Requires the Federal Protective Service (FPS) to strengthen oversight of private security contractors who protect GSA Public Buildings Service properties by standardizing covert testing data, requiring corrective training for contractor personnel who fail tests, and updating training guidance. It also directs FPS to evaluate and, if needed, modernize the personnel tracking system for contract security staff, create tenant-notification procedures for coverage gaps, and report implementation progress and recommendations to Congress. The Act clarifies that contractor personnel remain non‑Federal employees.

• FPS must standardize covert testing data collection, analysis, and vulnerability categorization within 1 year.
• Quarterly analytical reviews of covert testing results are required to identify trends and facility-wide weaknesses.
• Contractors must implement cause-specific corrective training and performance improvement plans for personnel who fail covert tests; FPS will review those plans.
• FPS must update security training guidance to reflect covert test findings, emerging threats, and best practices.
• Within 180 days FPS must evaluate the personnel tracking system and decide to replace it or implement corrective actions, and publish an implementation plan.
• FPS must create procedures to notify building tenants promptly about contractor security shortages, absences, or coverage gaps.
• FPS must report to two congressional committees on implementation, challenges, and recommendations—initially and then on a recurring schedule (annual reports).
• The Act preserves the non‑Federal status of DHS contractor employees who protect federal property.
• The bill imposes managerial, technical, and reporting requirements but does not appropriate funds or create new criminal authorities.