5. Department of Homeland Security · Minor
Make the Federal Protective Service report directly to the Secretary
Printed page 160 5. Department of Homeland Security
“FPS should report to the Secretary as other components (e.g., FLETC) do. This would add little to the Secretary's current burden unless or until civil unrest arises, at which point reporting to the Secretary creates a direct line between the primary DHS decision-maker (S1 or S2) and the FPS Director.”
What has happened
- Not started
The Federal Protective Service still does not report to the Secretary. DHS's own published organizational chart of 2026-05-19 shows no FPS box at all: FPS sits inside the Management Directorate, where it has been since 2019, and the components reporting directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary are unchanged. No reorganization notice, delegation or press announcement moving the FPS Director onto the Secretary's line was found.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
The DHS organizational chart published 2026-05-19 (PDF) is the Primary record of what the reporting lines now are: FLETC, S&T, I&A, PLCY, OGC, OIG, OSLLE, OHSSA, OPE, CWMD, OLA, OPA, the Management Directorate, the Privacy Office, the Office of Health Security, CISOMB, CRCL, the CFO, the CIO and the operating components. FPS is not among them.
Searched with the other asks on DHS headquarters reporting lines and management practice. The 2025-06-09 DHS rule Protection of Federal Property (2025-10223, effective 2026-01-01) and its 2026-02-09 technical amendment are FPS-adjacent but govern conduct on federal property, not who the FPS Director reports to.
- Action
- transfer
- Object
- Federal Protective Service reporting line
- ID
- 415