(U) The Secret Service Has 

Taken Action to Address 

the Classified 

Recommendations of the 

Protective Mission Panel 

March 16, 2017 

OIG-17-47 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 

Department of Homeland Security 

Washington, DC 20528 / www.oig.dhs.gov I 

March 15, 2017 

MEMORANDUM FOR: 	 William J. Callahan 

Deputy Director 

United States Secret Service 

~k\l.o~ FROM: 	 John Roth ~...., 

Inspector General 

SUBJECT: 	 The Secret Service Has Taken Action to Address 

the Classified Recommendations ofthe Protective 

Mission Panel - TOP SECRET//NOFORN 

(U) Attached for your information is our final report, The Secret Service Has 

Taken Action to Address the Classified Recommendations ofthe Protective 

Mission Panel - TOP SECRET/I NOFORN. We incorporated the formal comments 

from the United States Secret Service in the final report. 

(U) We are making no recommendations in this report. Consistent with our 

responsibility under the Inspector General Act, we will provide copies of our 

report to congressional committees with oversight and appropriation 

responsibility over the Department of Homeland Security. We will post an 

unclassified summary of the report on our website for public dissemination. 

(U) Please call me with any questions, or your staff may contact 

Laurel Loomis Rimon, Acting Assistant Inspector General for Inspections and 

Evaluations, at (202) 254-4100. 

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DHS OIG HIGHLIGHTS
 

(U) The Secret Service Has Taken Action to Address the 

Classified Recommendations of the Protective Mission Panel
 

Unclassified Summary 

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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