0000355691 federate:S000009042Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 federate:S000009042Member federate:C000024574Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 federate:S000009042Member federate:C000024576Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 federate:S000009042Member federate:C000024577Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 federate:S000009042Member federate:C000219234Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 federate:S000009042Member federate:ReturnAfterTaxesonDistributionsMember federate:C000024577Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 federate:S000009042Member federate:ReturnAfterTaxesonDistributionsandSaleofFundSharesMember federate:C000024577Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 federate:S000009042Member federate:ICEBofAMLCurrent5YearUSTreasuryIndexMember 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 federate:S000009042Member federate:BlendedIndexMember 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 federate:S000009042Member federate:LipperGeneralUSGovernmentFundsAverageMember 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000355691 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 pure iso4217:USD Federated Hermes Government Income Securities, Inc. - F Class Federated Hermes Government Income Securities, Inc. - F Class 2022-02-28 FEDERATED HERMES GOVERNMENT INCOME SECURITIES, INC. 0000355691 false 2022-04-27 2022-04-28 2022-04-30 N-1A 485BPOS FGOAX FGOCX FGOIX GISIX highest quarterly return 2020-03-31 lowest quarterly return 2016-12-31 The Fund's F class total return for the three-month period 2022-03-31 579 852 1146 1979 311 652 1119 2219 335 620 827 1697 110 343 595 1317 579 852 1146 1979 211 652 1119 2219 235 520 827 1697 110 343 595 1317 0.0290 -0.0235 0.0467 0.0039 0.0109 0.0180 0.0025 0.0583 0.0537 -0.0239 0.0421 -0.0266 -0.0531 Fund Summary Information Federated Hermes Government Income Securities, Inc. (the “Fund”) RISK/RETURN SUMMARY: INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE The Fund’s investment objective is to provide current income. RISK/RETURN SUMMARY: FEES AND EXPENSES This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell Class A Shares (A), Class C Shares (C), Class F Shares (F) or Institutional Shares (IS) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000, or $1,000,000, in certain classes (e.g., A and F classes, respectively) of Federated Hermes funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the “What Do Shares Cost?” section of the Prospectus on page 13 and in “Appendix B” to this Prospectus. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000, or $1,000,000, in certain classes (e.g., A and F classes, respectively) of Federated Hermes funds. 100000 Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) 0.0450 0.0100 0.0200 0 0.0450 0 0.0100 0 0.0000 0.0100 0.0100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 0.0060 0.0060 0.0060 0.0060 0.0000 0.0075 0 0 0.0073 0.0073 0.0074 0.0048 0.0133 0.0208 0.0134 0.0108 -0.0032 -0.0032 -0.0033 -0.0032 0.0101 0.0176 0.0101 0.0076 up to but not including the later of (the “Termination Date”): (a) May 1, 2023; or (b) the date of the Fund’s next effective Prospectus. May 1, 2023 Example The following Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. Expenses assuming no redemption are also shown. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that operating expenses (excluding any sales loads on reinvested dividends, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are as shown in the table above and remain the same. The expenses used to calculate the Fund’s examples do not include fee waivers or expense reimbursements. Although your actual costs and returns may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: Portfolio Turnover The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 241% of the average value of its portfolio. 2.41 RISK/RETURN SUMMARY: INVESTMENTS, RISKS and PERFORMANCE What are the Fund’s Main Investment Strategies? The Fund seeks to provide current income by investing primarily in fixed-income securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government and its agencies and instrumentalities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily in mortgage-backed securities (MBS) of investment-grade quality, including collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS), and seeks to provide returns consistent with investments in the market for U.S. home mortgages. The Fund will invest in MBS that are issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). The Fund may invest in non-agency MBS, which are those not issued or guaranteed by GSEs. The Fund also may invest in U.S. government securities and certain derivative instruments and engage in short sales of U.S. Treasury securities and futures contracts.The Fund typically seeks to maintain an overall average dollar-weighted portfolio duration that is within one year above or below the duration of the blended index comprised of the Bloomberg US Government Bond Index, an index composed of U.S. government and government agency securities with maturities of one year or more, and the Bloomberg US Mortgage Backed Securities Index, an index composed of MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities (the “Blended Index”). At times, the Fund’s investment adviser’s (the “Adviser”) calculation of portfolio duration may result in variances outside this range. Duration is a measure of the price volatility of a fixed-income security as a result of changes in market rates of interest, based on the weighted average timing of the instrument’s expected fixed interest and principal payments. The Adviser seeks to create a portfolio, consisting of MBS, derivative instruments and other securities, that outperforms the Blended Index.Based on fundamental analysis, the Adviser will consider a variety of factors when making decisions to purchase or sell particular securities or derivative contracts. The Fund may, but is not required to, use derivative instruments, which are instruments that have a value based on another instrument, exchange rate or index, and may be used as substitutes for securities in which the Fund can invest, or to hedge against a potential loss in the underlying asset. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s use of derivative instruments will work as intended. Derivative investments made by the Fund are included within the Fund’s 80% policy (as described below) and are calculated at market value.The Fund will invest its assets so that at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in U.S. government investments. The Fund will notify shareholders at least 60 days in advance of any change in its investment policy that would enable the Fund to invest, under normal circumstances, less than 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in U.S. government investments. What are the Main Risks of Investing in the Fund? All mutual funds take investment risks. Therefore, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. The primary factors that may reduce the Fund’s returns include:◾ MBS Risk. A rise in interest rates may cause the value of MBS held by the Fund to decline. Certain MBS issued by GSEs are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. A non-agency MBS is subject to the risk that the value of such security will decline, because the security is not issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. government or a GSE. The Fund’s investments in collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) may entail greater market, prepayment and liquidity risks than other MBS.◾ Interest Rate Risk. Prices of fixed-income securities generally fall when interest rates rise. The longer the duration of a fixed-income security, the more susceptible it is to interest rate risk. Recent and potential future changes in monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments are likely to affect the level of interest rates.◾ Credit Risk. It is possible that borrowers of non-agency MBS in which the Fund invests will fail to pay interest or principal on these securities when due, which would result in the Fund losing money.◾ Counterparty Risk. Counterparty risk includes the possibility that a party to a transaction involving the Fund will fail to meet its obligations. This could cause the Fund to lose money or to lose the benefit of the transaction or prevent the Fund from selling or buying other securities to implement its investment strategy.◾ Prepayment and Extension Risk. When homeowners prepay their mortgages in response to lower interest rates, the Fund will be required to reinvest the proceeds at the lower interest rates available. Also, when interest rates fall, the price of mortgage-backed securities may not rise to as great an extent as those of other fixed-income securities. When interest rates rise, homeowners are less likely to prepay their mortgages. A decreased rate of prepayments lengthens the expected maturity of a mortgage-backed security, and the price of mortgage-backed securities may decrease more than the price of other fixed income securities when interest rates rise.◾ Risk of Security Downgrades. The downgrade of the credit of a security held by the Fund may decrease its value. Fixed-income securities with lower ratings tend to have a higher probability that a borrower will default or fail to meet its payment obligations.◾ Liquidity Risk. The non-agency MBS and CMOs in which the Fund invests may be less readily marketable and may be subject to greater fluctuation in price than other securities.◾ Leverage Risk. Leverage risk is created when an investment exposes the Fund to a level of risk that exceeds the amount invested. Changes in the value of such an investment magnify the Fund’s risk of loss and potential for gain.◾ Risk of Investing in Derivative Instruments. The Fund’s exposure to derivative contracts (either directly or through its investment in another investment company) involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the asset, index, rate or instrument underlying a derivative, due to failure of a counterparty, or the failure of the counterparty to meet its obligations under the contract, or due to tax or regulatory constraints. Derivatives may create investment leverage in the Fund, which magnifies the Fund’s exposure to the underlying investment. Derivative instruments may be difficult to value, may be illiquid and may be subject to wide swings in valuation caused by changes in the value of the underlying instrument. Over-the-counter derivative contracts generally carry greater liquidity risk than exchange-traded contracts. The loss on derivative transactions may substantially exceed the initial investment.◾ Asset Segregation Risk. The requirement to secure its obligations in connection with certain transactions, including derivatives or other transactions that expose it to an obligation of another party, by owning underlying assets, entering into offsetting transactions or setting aside cash or liquid assets, may cause the Fund to miss favorable trading opportunities, or to realize losses on such offsetting transactions.◾ Short Sale Risk. The Fund may incur a loss as a result of a short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the sale and the date on which the Fund repurchases the security. The risk is that the securities price moves in the opposite direction than expected causing the Fund to lose money.◾ Risk Related to the Economy. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may decline in tandem with a drop in the overall value of the markets in which the Fund invests and/or other markets. Economic, political and financial conditions, industry or economic trends and developments or public health risks, such as epidemics or pandemics, may, from time to time, and for varying periods of time, cause the Fund to experience volatility, illiquidity, shareholder redemptions, or other potentially adverse effects. Among other investments, lower-grade bonds may be particularly sensitive to changes in the economy.◾ Technology Risk. The Adviser uses various technologies in managing the Fund, consistent with its investment objective and strategy described in this Prospectus. For example, proprietary and third-party data and systems are utilized to support decision making for the Fund. Data imprecision, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems, which may negatively affect Fund performance.The Shares offered by this Prospectus are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not endorsed or guaranteed by any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency. All mutual funds take investment risks. Therefore, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. The Shares offered by this Prospectus are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not endorsed or guaranteed by any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency. Performance: Bar Chart and Table Risk/Return Bar Chart The bar chart and performance table below reflect historical performance data for the Fund and are intended to help you analyze the Fund’s investment risks in light of its historical returns. The bar chart shows the variability of the Fund’s F class total returns on a calendar year-by-year basis. The Average Annual Total Return Table shows returns averagedover the stated periods, and includes comparative performance information. The Fund’s performance will fluctuate, and past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future results. Updated performance information for the Fund is available under the “Products” section at FederatedInvestors.com or by calling 1-800-341-7400. The bar chart and performance table below reflect historical performance data for the Fund and are intended to help you analyze the Fund’s investment risks in light of its historical returns. The bar chart shows the variability of the Fund’s F class total returns on a calendar year-by-year basis. The Fund’s performance will fluctuate, and past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future results. FederatedInvestors.com 1-800-341-7400 The total returns shown in the bar chart do not reflect the payment of any sales charges or recurring shareholder account fees. If these charges or fees had been included, the returns shown would have been lower.The Fund’s F class total return for the three-month period from January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022, was (5.31)%.Within the periods shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s F class highest quarterly return was 4.21% (quarter ended March 31, 2020). Its lowest quarterly return was (2.66)% (quarter ended December 31, 2016). The total returns shown in the bar chart do not reflect the payment of any sales charges or recurring shareholder account fees. If these charges or fees had been included, the returns shown would have been lower. Average Annual Total Return Table The Fund’s IS class commenced operations on April 28, 2020. For the periods prior to commencement of operations of the Fund’s IS class, the performance information shown below is for the Fund’s F class. The performance of the F class has not been adjusted to reflect the expenses of the IS class since the IS class has a lower expense ratio than the F class. The performance shown in the table has been adjusted to reflect differences between the sales loads and charges imposed on the purchase and redemption of the Fund’s F class and IS class. In addition to Return Before Taxes, Returns After Taxes is shown for the Fund’s F class to illustrate the effect of federal taxes on Fund returns. After-tax returns are shown only for the F class, and after-tax returns for A, C and IS classes will differ from those shown for the F class. Actual after-tax returns depend on each investor’s personal tax situation, and are likely to differ from those shown. After-tax returns are calculated using a standard set of assumptions. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through a 401(k) plan, an Individual Retirement Account or other tax-advantaged investment plans.(For the Periods Ended December 31, 2021) After-tax returns are shown only for the F class, and after-tax returns for A, C and IS classes will differ from those shown for the F class. After-tax returns are calculated using a standard set of assumptions. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through a 401(k) plan, an Individual Retirement Account or other tax-advantaged investment plans. -0.0675 0.0119 0.0124 -0.0413 0.0133 0.0110 -0.0429 0.0192 0.0162 -0.0486 0.0111 0.0072 -0.0253 0.0112 0.0084 -0.0217 0.0220 0.0175 -0.0282 0.0243 0.0168 -0.0153 0.0273 0.0223 -0.0215 0.0268 0.0191 The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan for its A class pursuant to which the A class of the Fund may incur and pay a Distribution (12b-1) fee of up to a maximum amount of 0.05%. No such fee is currently incurred and paid by the A class of the Fund. The A class of the Fund will not incur and pay such a Distribution (12b-1) fee until such time as approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Directors”). The Adviser and certain of its affiliates, on their own initiative, have agreed to waive certain amounts of their respective fees and/or reimburse expenses. Effective May 1, 2022 total annual fund operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, extraordinary expenses and proxy-related expenses paid by the Fund, if any) paid by the Fund’s A, C, F and IS classes (after voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements) will not exceed 1.00%, 1.75%, 1.00% and 0.75%, respectively, (the “Fee Limit”) up to but not including the later of (the “Termination Date”): (a) May 1, 2023; or (b) the date of the Fund’s next effective Prospectus. While the Adviser and its affiliates currently do not anticipate terminating or increasing these arrangements prior to Termination Date, these arrangements may only be terminated or the Fee Limit increased prior to the Termination Date with the agreement of the Directors. ICE BofA 5-Year US Treasury Index is a one-security index comprised of the most recently issued 5-year U.S. Treasury note. The index is rebalanced monthly. In order to qualify for inclusion, a 5-year note must be auctioned on or before the third business day before the last business day of the month. Blended Index is a blended index comprised of 60% Bloomberg US Mortgage Backed Securities Index and 40% Bloomberg US Government Bond Index. The Bloomberg US Mortgage Backed Securities Index tracks agency mortgage-backed pass-through securities (both fixed-rate and hybrid ARM) guaranteed by Ginnie Mae (GNMA), Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC). The Bloomberg US Government Bond Index is a market value weighted index of U.S. government and government agency securities (other than mortgage securities) with maturities of one year or more. Effective August 24, 2021, the name of the indexes changed from “Bloomberg Barclays US Mortgage Backed Securities Index” and “Bloomberg Barclays US Government Bond Index” to “Bloomberg US Mortgage Backed Securities Index” and “Bloomberg US Government Bond Index,” respectively. Lipper figures represent the average of the total returns reported by all the mutual funds designated by Lipper, Inc. as falling into their respective categories indicated. They do not reflect sales charges.