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Mayorkas Unifies Security Command Authority For DHS Headquarters

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

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Clarifying the roles and responsibilities for securing the headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), deputy secretary Alejandro Mayorkas approved a proposal that gives complete security responsibility to the department’s chief security officer and puts the Federal Protective Service (FPS), which typically is in charge of security federal civilian buildings, in a subordinate role. The May 1 memo that originated with Greg Marshall, the DHS chief security officer, and was approved by Mayorkas, said there is no “clear unity…

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