Overview
- A DHS solicitation outlines a five-year contract to furnish two suits to each graduate of Secret Service protective-detail training.
- The suits must be navy blue, entirely made in the United States, with agents’ names embroidered inside the jackets.
- Only newly trained protective-detail agents are covered under the plan, which marks a shift from past practice of agents buying their own suits.
- Agency sources told CNN leadership views the benefit as a recruiting incentive and that funding will come from the current budget.
- Two anonymous sources linked the move to Secretary Kristi Noem’s reported dislike of an agent’s attire, a claim DHS denies, and the partial government shutdown may delay the award as agents work without pay.