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Table of Contents
U.S. Secret Service ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Appropriation Organization Structure ...........................................................................................................................................................................3
Strategic Context................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Budget Comparison and Adjustments .............................................................................................................................................................................9
Personnel Compensation and Benefits ...........................................................................................................................................................................14
Non Pay Budget Exhibits.................................................................................................................................................................................................15
Supplemental Budget Justification Exhibits .................................................................................................................................................................17
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U.S. Secret Service
Appropriation Organization Structure
Organization Name Level Fund Type (* Includes Defense Funding)
U.S. Secret Service Component
Operations and Support Appropriation
Mission Support PPA Discretionary - Appropriation
Protective Operations PPA
Protection of Persons and Facilities PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Protective Countermeasures PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Protective Intelligence PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Field Operations PPA
Domestic and International Field Operations PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Support for Computer Forensics Training PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development PPA Discretionary - Appropriation
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Appropriation
Protection Assets and Infrastructure PPA Discretionary - Appropriation
Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items Investment,PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Operational Communications/Information Technology PPA Discretionary - Appropriation
Information Integration & Technology Transformation (IITT) Investment,PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Operational Communications/Information Technology End Items Investment,PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Construction and Facility Improvements PPA Discretionary - Appropriation
Construction and Facility Improvements End Items Investment,PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Mission Support Assets and Infrastructure PPA Discretionary - Appropriation
MIssion Support Assets and Infrastructure End Items Investment,PPA Level II Discretionary - Appropriation
Research and Development Appropriation Discretionary - Appropriation
Contribution for Annuity Accounts Appropriation Mandatory - Appropriation
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U.S. Secret Service
Strategic Context
Component Overview
The strategic context presents the performance budget by tying together strategy, budget resource requests, programs, or PPAs, and performance
measures that gauge the delivery of results to our stakeholders. The Common Appropriation Structure (CAS) allows DHS to integrate the strategic
programmatic view with our budget view of resources. With this structure, a significant portion of the Level 1 PPAs represent what DHS refers to as
our mission programs. A mission program is a group of activities acting together to accomplish a specific high-level outcome external to DHS and
includes operational processes, skills, technology, human capital, and other resources. USSS’s mission programs are presented below. Performance
measures associated with our mission programs are presented in two measure sets, strategic and management measures. Strategic measures
communicate results delivered for our agency goals by our mission programs and are considered our Government Performance and Results Act
Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) measures. Additional management measures are displayed to provide a more thorough context of expected
mission program performance for the Component related to its budgetary plans. Measure tables that do not display previous year’s results are
because the measure did not exist at that time.
Field Operations: The Field Operations program supports the daily operations of the domestic and international field offices. The program is staffed
by Special Agents, Uniformed Division Officers, Technical Law Enforcement, and administrative, professional, and technical personnel. Program
personnel divide their time between conducting criminal investigations of financial crimes, cybercrimes, counterfeit currency, protective intelligence,
and performing protection responsibilities. This enables the Department to protect the United States economy and continuity of government by
investigating threats to financial payment systems, threats to leadership and locations, and events with symbolic and practical significance to United
States citizens in physical space and cyberspace.
Strategic Measures
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Measure: Number of law enforcement individuals trained in cybercrime and cyber forensics both domestically and overseas
Description: This measure represents the number of individuals trained in cybercrime and cyber forensics by the Secret Service. This specialized
technical training occurs both domestically and overseas in an effort to strengthen our ability to fight cyber crime.
Fiscal Year: FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Target: 1,300 1,800 1,900 2,000 2,500 2,800
Result: 2,070 1,906 1,968 2,773 TBD TBD
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Measure: Percent of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) examinations requested that are conducted
Description: This measure represents the percentage of Secret Service computer and polygraph forensic exams conducted in support of any
investigation involving missing or exploited children in relation to the number of computer and polygraph forensic exams requested.
Fiscal Year: FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Target: 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Result: 100% 100% 100% 100% TBD TBD
Managent Measure
Measure: Number of hours of cyber crime training provided to law enforcement both domestically and overseas
Description: This measure represents the number of cyber crime training hours provided by the Secret Service. This specialized technical training
occurs both domestically and overseas in an effort to strengthen our ability to fight cyber crime.
Fiscal Year: FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Target: 80,000 85,000 87,000 87,000 110,000 120,000
Result: 95,542 104,840 99,314 164,704 TBD TBD
Protective Operations: The Protective Operations program protects the President and Vice President and their families, former Presidents and their
spouses, visiting heads of State and Government, and other designated individuals. It also secures the White House Complex, Vice President's
Residence, and other designated places; and designs, coordinates, and implements operational security plans for designated National Special Security
Events. The program investigates, evaluates, disseminates, and maintains information concerning known, potential, or perceived threats to
protectees, locations, and National Special Security Events. The program is staffed by Special Agents, Uniformed Division Officers, and
administrative, professional, and technical personnel that work closely with the military and with federal, state, county, local, and international law
enforcement organizations to ensure mission success. This enables the Department to facilitate continuity of government and overall homeland
security.
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Strategic Measures
Measure: Percent of days with incident-free protection at the White House Complex and Vice President’s Residence
Description: This measure gauges the percent of instances where the Secret Service provides incident free protection to the White House Complex
and the Vice President’s Residence. An incident is defined as someone who is assaulted or receives an injury from an attack while inside the
White House Complex or Vice President's Residence.
Fiscal Year: FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Target: 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Result: 100% 100% 100% 100% TBD TBD
Measure: Percent of National Special Security Events that were successfully completed
Description: This measure is a percentage of the total number of National Special Security Events (NSSEs) completed in a Fiscal Year that were
successful. A successfully completed NSSE is one where once the event has commenced, a security incident(s) inside the Secret Service -
protected venue did not preclude the event's agenda from proceeding to its scheduled conclusion.
Fiscal Year: FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Target: 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Result: 100% 100% 100% 100% TBD TBD
Management Measures
Measure: Number of information sharing events with the law enforcement and intelligence community
Description: This measure gauges the number of information sharing events with both internal entities and external partner agencies as an
assessment of the effectiveness of information dissemination. Information sharing events include: National Threat Assessment Center briefings,
Targeted Violence Information Sharing System (TAVISS) briefings, agency alerts, specialty desk briefings and other training, spot reports,
suspicious activity reporting, advisories, permanent protectee threat assessments, major events assessments, and certain other assessment products.
Sharing information about threats, hazards, and protective actions will allow for the internal and external coordination needed to prevent successful
attacks.
Fiscal Year: FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Target: 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,900 2,000
Result: 1,637 2,205 1,876 2,597 TBD TBD
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Measure: Percent of instances protectees arrive and depart safely (campaign protectees)
Description: This measure represents the percent of travel stops where the protectee safely arrives and departs. The security of protectees is the
ultimate priority of the Secret Service; therefore, all necessary resources are utilized before and during a protective assignment in order to provide
the highest-quality protection the Secret Service demands for all protectees.
Fiscal Year: FY 2015* FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018* FY 2019* FY 2020
Target: --- 100% 100% --- --- 100%
Result: --- 100% 100% --- --- TBD
* Not campaign years.
Measure: Percent of instances protectees arrive and depart safely (domestic protectees)
Description: The percent of travel stops where our Nation's leaders and other protectees arrive and depart safely. The security of protectees is the
ultimate priority of the Secret Service; therefore, all necessary resources are utilized before and during a protective assignment in order to provide
the highest-quality protection the Secret Service demands for all protectees.
Fiscal Year: FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Target: 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Result: 100% 100% 100% 100% TBD TBD
Measure: Percent of instances protectees arrive and depart safely (Foreign Dignitaries)
Description: The percent of travel stops where visiting world leader protectees safely arrive and depart. The security of protectees is the ultimate
priority of the Secret Service; therefore, all necessary resources are utilized before and during a protective assignment in order to provide the
highest-quality protection the Secret Service demands for all protectees.
Fiscal Year: FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Target: 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Result: 100% 100% 100% 100% TBD TBD
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Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Budget Comparison with FY 2019 Annualized CR
Organization FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands) Enacted Annualized CR President's Budget President's Budget
Operations and Support $1,915,794 $1,915,794 $2,084,308 $2,241,733
Mission Support $419,923 $419,923 $465,518 $474,968
Protective Operations $810,403 $810,403 $879,249 $1,011,333
Protection of Persons and Facilities $711,227 $711,227 $747,201 $744,908
Protective Countermeasures $46,862 $46,862 $55,309 $61,543
Protective Intelligence $47,814 $47,814 $48,239 $49,710
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events $4,500 $4,500 $28,500 $155,172
Field Operations $621,256 $621,256 $637,687 $645,174
Domestic and International Field Operations $596,478 $596,478 $627,687 $635,174
Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $6,000
Support for Computer Forensics Training $18,778 $18,778 $4,000 $4,000
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development $64,212 $64,212 $101,854 $110,258
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements $90,480 $90,480 $64,816 $56,289
Protection Assets and Infrastructure $65,462 $65,462 $52,971 $55,289
Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items $65,462 $65,462 $52,971 $55,289
Operational Communications/Information Technology $25,018 $25,018 $8,845 -
Information Integration & Technology Transformation (IITT) $25,018 $25,018 $8,845 -
Construction and Facility Improvements - - $3,000 $1,000
Construction and Facility Improvements End Items - - $3,000 $1,000
Research and Development $250 $250 $2,500 $10,955
Contribution for Annuity Accounts $265,000 $265,000 $265,000 $265,000
Total $2,271,524 $2,271,524 $2,416,624 $2,573,977
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Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Operations and Support 7,150 6,934 $1,915,794 7,600 7,334 $2,084,308 7,777 7,647 $2,241,733 177 313 $157,425
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements - - $90,480 - - $64,816 - - $56,289 - - ($8,527)
Research and Development - - $250 - - $2,500 - - $10,955 - - $8,455
Contribution for Annuity Accounts - - $265,000 - - $265,000 - - $265,000 - - -
Total 7,150 6,934 $2,271,524 7,600 7,334 $2,416,624 7,777 7,647 $2,573,977 177 313 $157,353
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 7,150 6,934 $2,006,524 7,600 7,334 $2,151,624 7,777 7,647 $2,308,977 177 313 $157,353
Subtotal Mandatory - Appropriation - - $265,000 - - $265,000 - - $265,000 - - -
This budget supports the requirements of the Secret Service for FY 2020 and includes the agency’s highest priority initiatives: 1) continuing to
grow personnel consistent with mission need, 2) providing support for the 2020 presidential campaign, 3) recapitalizing the fleet of Fully Armored
Vehicles (FAVs), 4) sustaining protective countermeasures and operational readiness to support the protection of the President, Vice President, and
other protectees, and 5) continuing improvements to the Secret Service’s information technology to provide the workforce with the tools necessary
to effectively carry out the mission.
In order to fund these high priority initiatives, the Secret Service is sustaining reductions to travel ($9.5M), overtime ($7.5M), permanent change of
station moves ($9.9M), the non-armored vehicle fleet ($12.5M), and Joint Operations Center upgrades ($2.8M). While all of these programs are
key mission enablers, the Secret Service has identified mitigation strategies to minimize the risk to both the protective and investigative missions.
The FY 2020 President’s Budget aims to continue achievements in personnel growth and employee morale in a year where the operational tempo
will increase precipitously with the 2020 presidential campaign. The protection of major presidential candidates, nominees, nominating
conventions, debates, and campaign events involves a careful coordination of people and assets to ensure the Secret Service maintains its
unequalled performance in this zero fail mission space while continuing to secure the nation’s financial infrastructure and combat financial crimes.
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Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $2,271,524 $2,416,624 $2,573,977
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $148,463 $103,454 $71,908
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers $1,550 - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $2,421,537 $2,520,078 $2,645,885
Collections – Reimbursable Resources $22,215 $25,440 $25,440
Total Budget Resources $2,443,752 $2,545,518 $2,671,325
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $2,321,480 $2,435,052 $2,586,696
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions 7,150 7,600 7,777
Enacted/Request FTE 6,934 7,334 7,647
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 7,150 7,628 7,805
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 6,934 7,362 7,675
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Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Collections FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Change
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
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Collections FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Change
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
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Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Operations and Support 7,150 6,934 $1,339,770 $193.22 7,600 7,334 $1,389,334 $189.44 7,777 7,647 $1,458,422 $190.72 177 313 $69,088 $1.28
Contribution for Annuity Accounts - - $265,000 - - - $265,000 - - - $265,000 - - - - -
Total 7,150 6,934 $1,604,770 $193.22 7,600 7,334 $1,654,334 $189.44 7,777 7,647 $1,723,422 $190.72 177 313 $69,088 $1.28
Discretionary - Appropriation 7,150 6,934 $1,339,770 $193.22 7,600 7,334 $1,389,334 $189.44 7,777 7,647 $1,458,422 $190.72 177 313 $69,088 $1.28
Mandatory - Appropriation - - $265,000 - - - $265,000 - - - $265,000 - - - - -
* The FTE Rate calculation does not include Object Class 11.8-Special Personal Services Payments or 13.0-Benefits for Former Personnel.
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Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Operations and Support $576,024 $694,974 $783,311 $88,337
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements $90,480 $64,816 $56,289 ($8,527)
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Non Pay by Object Class
Non-Pay Object Classes FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY
(Dollars in Thousands) Enacted President's Budget President's Budget 2020 Change
21.0 Travel and Transportation of Persons $127,393 $141,492 $196,073 $54,581
22.0 Transportation of Things $17,543 $13,354 $9,727 ($3,627)
23.1 Rental Payments to GSA $99,470 $102,878 $105,441 $2,563
23.2 Rental Payments to Others $4,750 $4,750 $4,750 -
23.3 Communications, Utilities, and Misc. Charges $28,972 $33,020 $50,328 $17,308
24.0 Printing and Reproduction $255 $255 $267 $12
25.2 Other Services from Non-Federal Sources $170,861 $229,207 $273,090 $43,883
25.3 Other Goods and Services from Federal Sources - $5,410 $12,577 $7,167
25.6 Medical Care - - $144 $144
25.7 Operation and Maintenance of Equipment $100 $1,221 $2,441 $1,220
26.0 Supplies and Materials $49,383 $44,979 $49,468 $4,489
31.0 Equipment $138,208 $178,502 $137,842 ($40,660)
32.0 Land and Structures $23,352 $755 $1,940 $1,185
41.0 Grants, Subsidies, and Contributions $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 -
42.0 Insurance Claims and Indemnities $467 $467 $467 -
Total - Non Pay Object Classes $666,754 $762,290 $850,555 $88,265
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Supplemental Budget Justification Exhibits
Working Capital Fund
Appropriation and PPA FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands) Enacted President's Budget President's Budget
Operations and Support $6,938 $2,302 $1,574
Mission Support $6,938 $2,302 $1,574
Total Working Capital Fund $6,938 $2,302 $1,574
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Status of Congressionally Requested Studies, Reports and Evaluations
Fiscal Year Due Date Reference/Citation Requirement Status
2019 3/31/2019; Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (P.L. The Director [of the Secret Service], the Secretary of Expected 3/31/2019
9/30/2019 94-524) Defense, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard
shall each transmit a detailed semiannual report of
expenditures made pursuant to this Act during the six
month period immediately preceding such report by
the Secret Service, the Department of Defense, and
the Coast Guard, respectively, to the Committees on
Appropriations, Committees on the Judiciary, and
Committees on Government Operations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate [now Committee
on Oversight and Government Reform of the House
of Representatives and Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate],
respectively, on March 31 and September 30, of each
year.
2019 1/30/2019 Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of Not later than January 30, 2018, and January 30, Submission of this
2018 (P.L. 115-160) 2019, the Director of the Secret Service shall submit report is contingent
to the Committee on Homeland Security and the on passage of an
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of appropriations act
the House of Representatives and the Committee on for FY 2019
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the providing
Senate a report on the effects of the amendment made specifically for
by subsection (a)(2). The report shall include, with premium pay above
respect to the previous calendar year- the limitation
contained in section
(1) the total number of United States Secret 5547(a) of title 5.
Service personnel receiving premium pay
above the premium pay limitation in
subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5,
United States Code;
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Authorized/Unauthorized Appropriations
Last year of Appropriation in Last FY 2020
Budget Activity Authorized Level
Authorization Year of Authorization President's Budget
(Dollars in Thousands)
Fiscal Year Amount Amount Amount
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Proposed Legislative Language
Operations and Support
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service for operations and support, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles for
police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft; rental
of buildings in the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government
ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presentation of
awards; conduct of behavioral research in support of protective intelligence and operations; payment in advance for commercial accommodations
as may be necessary to perform protective functions; and payment, without regard to section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, of subsistence
expenses of employees who are on protective missions, whether at or away from their duty stations; [$2,084,308,000]$2,241,733,000; [of which
not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and representation expenses]of which $39,763,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2021; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in
[counterfeit]criminal investigations within the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service; and of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for
activities related to investigations of missing and exploited children[of which $6,782,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, shall be
for minor procurements, construction, and improvements of the James J. Rowley Training Center; of which $55,308,668 shall be for specialized
protective countermeasures, $10,754,374 to remain available until September 30, 2020]:[Provided, That $18,000,000 for Protective Travel shall
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That $4,500,000 for National Special Security Events shall remain available until
expended.] Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That funding may
be used for calendar year 2019 premium pay in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained in section 5547(a) of
title 5, United States Code, pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by
Public Law 115-383.
$18,000,000 for protective travel. Protective travel needs are dictated by the travel
…of which $39,763,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021 schedules of protectees, so it is difficult to predict costs from one year to the next.
Two-year authority for this requirement allows the Secret Service to meet legislated
protection requirements despite annual fluctuations in protective travel requirements.
The Secret Service’s ability to budget and execute funding for protective travel and
other requirements would be negatively impacted by a shorter period of availability.
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…Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and Moves the position of the limitation on official reception and representation expenses
representation expenses: within the legislative language. Does not modify the limitation.
…Provided further, That funding may be used for calendar year 2019 premium pay
in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained in Provides for funding of calendar year 2019 premium pay above the limitations in
section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, as allowed by the Overtime Pay for
Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public Protective Services Act of 2016 as amended by Public Law 115-383.
Law 115-383.
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Table of Contents
Operations and Support ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Budget Comparison and Adjustments .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Personnel Compensation and Benefits ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Non Pay Budget Exhibits ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Mission Support – PPA .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Budget Comparison and Adjustments ............................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Personnel Compensation and Benefits .............................................................................................................................................................................. 37
Non Pay Budget Exhibits .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
Protective Operations – PPA ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Budget Comparison and Adjustments ............................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Personnel Compensation and Benefits .............................................................................................................................................................................. 48
Non Pay Budget Exhibits .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 49
Protection of Persons and Facilities – PPA Level II......................................................................................................................................................... 50
Protective Countermeasures – PPA Level II ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Protective Intelligence – PPA Level II .............................................................................................................................................................................. 65
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events – PPA Level II ............................................................................................................... 72
Field Operations – PPA ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 81
Budget Comparison and Adjustments ............................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Personnel Compensation and Benefits .............................................................................................................................................................................. 84
Non Pay Budget Exhibits .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 85
Domestic and International Field Operations – PPA Level II .......................................................................................................................................... 86
Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations – PPA Level II ..................................................................................................................... 96
Support for Computer Forensics Training – PPA Level II ............................................................................................................................................... 99
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development – PPA ........................................................................................................................................ 103
Budget Comparison and Adjustments ............................................................................................................................................................................. 103
Personnel Compensation and Benefits ............................................................................................................................................................................ 106
Non Pay Budget Exhibits ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 108
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Operations and Support
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Mission Support 768 737 $419,923 878 811 $465,518 915 884 $474,968 37 73 $9,450
Protective Operations 3,312 3,216 $810,403 3,411 3,386 $879,249 3,446 3,427 $1,011,333 35 41 $132,084
Field Operations 2,849 2,762 $621,256 3,073 2,909 $637,687 3,173 3,097 $645,174 100 188 $7,487
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development 221 219 $64,212 238 228 $101,854 243 239 $110,258 5 11 $8,404
Total 7,150 6,934 $1,915,794 7,600 7,334 $2,084,308 7,777 7,647 $2,241,733 177 313 $157,425
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 7,150 6,934 $1,915,794 7,600 7,334 $2,084,308 7,777 7,647 $2,241,733 177 313 $157,425
The Operations and Support (O&S) appropriation funds U.S. Secret Service operations, mission support, and associated management and administration
(M&A) costs. The operations funded in the O&S account include protection, protective intelligence, and criminal investigations.
The appropriation is broken out into the following Programs, Projects, and Activities (PPA):
Mission Support: The Mission Support PPA provides funds for enterprise management and administrative services that sustain day-to-day business
management operations. Key capabilities include conducting agency planning and performance management; managing finances, including oversight of
all travel requests; managing agency workforce; providing physical and personnel security; acquiring goods and services; managing information
technology; managing agency property and assets, including office operations both within the United States and abroad, and the owned and leased
vehicle fleet; managing agency communications; managing legal affairs; and providing general management and administration.
Protective Operations: The Protective Operations PPA provides funds to protect the President and Vice President and their families, former Presidents
and their spouses, and other designated individuals such as major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, and spouses of eligible candidates
within 120 days of general presidential elections. Protective Operations also funds security of the White House Complex, Vice President's Residence,
and other designated places. The Protective Operations program designs, coordinates, and implements operational security plans for designated National
Special Security Events (NSSEs). In addition, the program investigates, evaluates, disseminates, and maintains information concerning known,
potential, or perceived threats to protectees and NSSEs. Protective Operations, staffed by Special Agents (SAs), Uniformed Officers (UDs), and
administrative, professional, and technical (APTs) personnel, works closely with military and Federal, State, county, local, and international law
enforcement organizations. For more information on Protective Operations, please visit the Secret Service’s website at
https://www.secretservice.gov/protection/.
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Field Operations: The Field Operations PPA provides funding for domestic and international field offices and headquarters divisions of the Office of
Investigations. Field operations prioritize investigative cases, focusing resources on those investigations having significant economic and community
impact. These types of cases involve organized criminal groups, are multi-district or transnational in nature, and utilize schemes involving new
technologies. Additionally, Secret Service field operations protect the Nation's financial service infrastructure through investigations and risk
assessments, and recommend industry safeguards to prevent fraud based on identification and assessment of systemic weaknesses. Individual field
offices promote public awareness of Secret Service investigative initiatives and counterfeit investigations with the support of the media and are staffed
by SAs and APTs. Furthermore, field offices team with local law enforcement partners on Financial Crimes Task Forces (FCTF) or Electronic Crimes
Task Forces (ECTF). Field office personnel divide their time between conducting criminal investigations, protective intelligence investigations, and
protection support as needed. The field offices ensure domain awareness through command and control, coordination, information sharing, and
situational awareness. In addition, the Secret Service provides forensic support to investigations led by the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children (NCMEC), and computer forensic training to State and local law enforcement officers and legal and judicial professionals through the National
Computer Forensic Institute (NCFI). For more information on Field Operations, please visit the Secret Service’s website at
https://www.secretservice.gov/investigation/.
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development: The Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development PPA provides
funding for basic and advanced personnel training for officers, criminal investigators, and APTs; and maintains supplies, equipment, maintenance and
upkeep at the James J. Rowley Training Center (RTC).
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Operations and Support
Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $1,915,794 $2,084,308 $2,241,733
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $48,816 $50,632 $46,516
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers $1,550 - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $1,966,160 $2,134,940 $2,288,249
Collections – Reimbursable Resources $22,215 $25,440 $25,440
Total Budget Resources $1,988,375 $2,160,380 $2,313,689
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $1,918,925 $2,092,511 $2,249,502
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions 7,150 7,600 7,777
Enacted/Request FTE 6,934 7,334 7,647
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 7,150 7,628 7,805
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 6,934 7,362 7,675
*Carryover includes prior year and no year appropriations.
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Operations and Support
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted 7,150 6,934 $1,915,794
FY 2019 President's Budget 7,600 7,334 $2,084,308
FY 2020 Base Budget 7,600 7,334 $2,084,308
Transfer to MGMT/CFO from USSS/O&S/MS for Integrated Audit, Bankcard, and TIER - - ($358)
Transfer to MGMT/CIO from USSS/O&S/MS for CPIC - - ($87)
Transfer to MGMT/CPO from USSS/O&S/MS for CPO Shared Reporting - - ($33)
Transfer to MGMT/CRSO from USSS/O&S/MS for Regional Field Efficiencies - - ($67)
Transfer to MGMT/CSO from USSS/O&S/MS for Integrated Security Management Systems - - ($83)
Transfer to O&S/PO/PPF from PC&I/Protective Assets and Infrastructure for FAV - - $18,460
Total Transfers - - $17,832
Annualization of FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - 224 $23,100
Enterprise Financial Management System - - $123
FERS Agency Contribution Increase - - $22,245
FPS Fee Adjustment - - $428
GSA Rent Enhancement - - $611
Health Benefits - - $2,587
ITI National Capital Region Radio (NCR) - - $56
Special Agent and UD Basic Training - - $276
Weapons Modernization - - $250
Total, Pricing Increases - 224 $49,676
Non Recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - - ($25,239)
Total, Pricing Decreases - - ($25,239)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - 224 $42,269
FY 2020 Current Services 7,600 7,558 $2,126,577
Counterintelligence and Insider Threat 2 1 $166
FY 2020 Presidential Campaign - - $126,672
Information Integration and Technology Transformation (IITT) - - $5,064
IT Infrastructure (Computer Refresh) - - $4,570
IT Infrastructure (Phones) - - $1,564
Protective Countermeasures (Operational Mission Support) - - $1,189
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Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
Rowley Training Center Deferred Maintenance - - $4,698
Secret Service Staffing 175 88 $33,418
Total, Program Increases 177 89 $177,341
Fleet Vehicles Reduction - - ($12,482)
Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) - - ($20,035)
Joint Operations Center - - ($2,800)
Overtime Reduction - - ($7,500)
Permanent Change of Station - - ($9,850)
Travel Reduction - - ($9,518)
Total, Program Decreases - - ($62,185)
FY 2020 Request 7,777 7,647 $2,241,733
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change 177 313 $157,425
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Operations and Support
Justification of Transfers
Transfers FY 2020 President's Budget
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
Transfer 1 - Transfer to MGMT/CFO from USSS/O&S/MS for Integrated Audit, Bankcard, and TIER - - ($358)
Mission Support - - ($358)
Transfer 2 - Transfer to MGMT/CIO from USSS/O&S/MS for CPIC - - ($87)
Mission Support - - ($87)
Transfer 3 - Transfer to MGMT/CPO from USSS/O&S/MS for CPO Shared Reporting - - ($33)
Mission Support - - ($33)
Transfer 4 - Transfer to MGMT/CRSO from USSS/O&S/MS for Regional Field Efficiencies - - ($67)
Mission Support - - ($67)
Transfer 5 - Transfer to MGMT/CSO from USSS/O&S/MS for Integrated Security Management Systems - - ($83)
Mission Support - - ($83)
Transfer 6 - Transfer to O&S/PO/PPF from PC&I/Protective Assets and Infrastructure for FAV - - $18,460
Protective Operations - - $18,460
Protection of Persons and Facilities - - $18,460
Total Transfers - - $17,832
Transfer 1 – Transfer to MGMT/CFO from USSS/O&S/MS for Integrated Audit, Bankcard, and TIER: MGMT will assume responsibility for
providing services previously funded out of the Secret Service Working Capital Fund (WCF). This transfer represents costs associated with the removal
of the Bankcard, Integrated Audit, and TIER programs from the WCF and their transition to MGMT.
Transfer 2 – Transfer to MGMT/CIO from USSS/O&S/MS for CPIC: MGMT/OCIO will assume responsibility for funding the preparation of
decision packages for DHS investment review boards at key acquisition decision points. This transfer represents costs associated with the removal of
Capital Planning and Investment Controls (CPIC) from the Secret Service WCF and its transition to MGMT/OCIO.
Transfer 3 – Transfer to MGMT/CPO from USSS/O&S/MS for CPO Shared Reporting: Transfer funding from USSS to MGMT/CPO in FY 2020
for Chief Procurement Office (CPO) Shared Reporting.
Transfer 4 – Transfer to MGMT/CRSO from USSS/O&S/MS for Regional Field Efficiencies: This transfer represents costs currently funded by
Components through IAAs. Consolidating funding into MGMT base will improve program management.
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Transfer 5 – Transfer to MGMT/CSO from USSS/O&S/MS for Integrated Security Management Systems: This transfer represents costs for the
Integrated Security Management Systems currently funded by Components through IAAs. Consolidating funding into MGMT base will improve
program management.
Transfer 6 – Transfer to O&S/PO/PPF from PC&I/Protective Assets and Infrastructure for FAV: The FY 2019 President’s Budget requested
funding for standard Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) in the PC&I account based on an initial per vehicle estimate above the $250,000 PC&I threshold
outlined in the DHS Financial Management Policy Manual (FMPM). A refined per vehicle cost estimate for FAVs places it below the PC&I threshold.
This transfer realigns the base funding from PC&I to O&S based on this refined estimate as required by the FMPM.
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Operations and Support
Justification of Pricing Changes
Pricing Changes FY 2020 President's Budget
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
Pricing Change 1 - Annualization of FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - 224 $23,100
Mission Support - 55 $5,642
Protective Operations - 49 $6,900
Protection of Persons and Facilities - 26 $4,489
Protective Countermeasures - 19 $1,949
Protective Intelligence - 4 $462
Field Operations - 112 $9,686
Domestic and International Field Operations - 112 $9,686
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development - 8 $872
Pricing Change 2 - Enterprise Financial Management System - - $123
Mission Support - - $123
Pricing Change 3 - FERS Agency Contribution Increase - - $22,245
Mission Support - - $2,606
Protective Operations - - $9,822
Protection of Persons and Facilities - - $6,412
Protective Countermeasures - - $2,730
Protective Intelligence - - $680
Field Operations - - $7,820
Domestic and International Field Operations - - $7,820
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development - - $1,997
Pricing Change 4 - FPS Fee Adjustment - - $428
Mission Support - - $428
Pricing Change 5 - GSA Rent Enhancement - - $611
Mission Support - - $611
Pricing Change 6 - Health Benefits - - $2,587
Mission Support - - $286
Protective Operations - - $1,194
Protection of Persons and Facilities - - $1,067
Protective Countermeasures - - $48
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Pricing Changes FY 2020 President's Budget
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
Protective Intelligence - - $79
Field Operations - - $1,026
Domestic and International Field Operations - - $1,026
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development - - $81
Pricing Change 7 - ITI National Capital Region Radio (NCR) - - $56
Mission Support - - $56
Pricing Change 8 - Non Recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - - ($25,239)
Mission Support - - ($1,447)
Protective Operations - - ($1,303)
Protection of Persons and Facilities - - ($686)
Protective Countermeasures - - ($499)
Protective Intelligence - - ($118)
Field Operations - - ($22,265)
Domestic and International Field Operations - - ($22,265)
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development - - ($224)
Pricing Change 9 - Special Agent and UD Basic Training - - $276
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development - - $276
Pricing Change 10 - Weapons Modernization - - $250
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development - - $250
Total Pricing Changes - 224 $24,437
Pricing Change 1 – Annualization of FY 2019 Human Capital Strategic Plan (HCSP) Staffing: Reflects the annualization of FTE and funding for
the HCSP staffing request included in the FY 2019 Budget.
Pricing Change 2 –Enterprise Financial Management System: Reflects the planned profile of software product and tool costs related to the
implementation of the Secret Service’s new financial system. There is no change in scope to this program.
Pricing Change 3 – FERS Agency Contribution Increase: Reflects an increase to agency Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
contributions per OMB Circular A-11. The regular FERS agency contribution increased by 2.3% from 13.7% in FY 2019 to 16.0% in FY 2020. The
Law Enforcement FERS agency contribution increased by 3.3% from 30.1% to 33.4%. The agency contribution amount for the Civil Service Retirement
System (CSRS) did not change.
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Pricing Change 4 – FPS Fee Adjustment: This pricing change will be used to offset anticipated increases in Federal Protective Service (FPS) basic
security fees due to a change in the FPS basic security fee level and assessment model.
Pricing Change 5 – GSA Rent Enhancement: Reflects increasing costs of existing occupancy agreements, including standard inflation/cost
adjustments to the rates set by GSA.
Pricing Change 6 - Health Benefits: Reflects cost increases in health benefits based on projected agency health benefit contributions in FY 2020.
Pricing Change 7 - ITI National Capital Region Radio (NCR): Reflects increased sustainment costs required to maintain and support the Secret
Service’s radio systems, part of the IT Infrastructure (ITI) program. There is no change in size or scope of the program.
Pricing Change 8 – Non-recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing: Reflects the non-recur of one-time non-pay costs associated with the
HCSP staffing request included in the FY 2019 Budget, including costs for equipment, general supplies, and uniforms.
Pricing Change 9- Special Agent (SA) and Uniformed Division (UD) Basic Training: Reflects increased costs for contractual services, supplies,
uniforms, ammunition, and weapons in support of SA and UD basic training classes. There is no change in size or scope of the program.
Pricing Change 10 – Weapons Modernization: Reflects increased costs to the weapons modernization program to continue purchase and training of
a new handgun model. There is no change in size or scope of the program.
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Operations and Support
Justification of Program Changes
Program Changes FY 2020 President's Budget
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
Program Change 1 - Counterintelligence and Insider Threat 2 1 $166
Mission Support 2 1 $166
Program Change 2 - FY 2020 Presidential Campaign - - $126,672
Protective Operations - - $126,672
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events - - $126,672
Program Change 3 - Fleet Vehicles Reduction - - ($12,482)
Mission Support - - ($12,482)
Program Change 4 - Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) - - ($20,035)
Protective Operations - - ($20,035)
Protection of Persons and Facilities - - ($20,035)
Program Change 5 - IT Infrastructure (Computer Refresh) - - $4,570
Mission Support - - $4,570
Program Change 6 - IT Infrastructure (Phones) - - $1,564
Mission Support - - $1,564
Program Change 7 - Information Integration and Technology Transformation (IITT) - - $5,064
Mission Support - - $5,064
Program Change 8 - Joint Operations Center - - ($2,800)
Mission Support - - ($2,800)
Program Change 9 - Overtime Reduction - - ($7,500)
Protective Operations - - ($3,750)
Protection of Persons and Facilities - - ($3,750)
Field Operations - - ($3,750)
Domestic and International Field Operations - - ($3,750)
Program Change 10 - Permanent Change of Station - - ($9,850)
Mission Support - - $2,500
Protective Operations - - ($6,175)
Protection of Persons and Facilities - - ($6,175)
Field Operations - - ($6,175)
Domestic and International Field Operations - - ($6,175)
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Program Changes FY 2020 President's Budget
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
Program Change 11 - Protective Countermeasures (Operational Mission Support) - - $1,189
Protective Operations - - $1,189
Protective Countermeasures - - $1,189
Program Change 12 - Rowley Training Center Deferred Maintenance - - $4,698
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development - - $4,698
Program Change 13 - Secret Service Staffing 175 88 $33,418
Mission Support 35 17 $3,191
Protective Operations 35 18 $3,628
Protection of Persons and Facilities 22 12 $2,443
Protective Countermeasures 9 4 $817
Protective Intelligence 4 2 $368
Field Operations 100 50 $26,145
Domestic and International Field Operations 100 50 $26,145
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development 5 3 $454
Program Change 14 - Travel Reduction - - ($9,518)
Protective Operations - - ($4,518)
Protection of Persons and Facilities - - ($4,518)
Field Operations - - ($5,000)
Domestic and International Field Operations - - ($5,000)
Total Program Changes 177 89 $115,156
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes an increase of 2 positions, 1 FTE, and $0.2M to support counterintelligence (CI) and insider threat initiatives. The base
for these programs is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $0.0M.
Justification
Secret Service faces a demonstrable and persistent threat from Foreign Intelligence Entities (FIEs) and a potential insider threat that may leave Secret
Service personnel, assets, activities, and equities around the world susceptible to exploitation. Non-state entities, such as international terrorists and
transnational organized crime groups continue to employ and improve their intelligence capabilities, including human, technical, and cyber means, to
thwart Secret Service’s enforcement efforts. The Secret Service CI program will provide defensive countermeasure training and awareness; analyze CI
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threats; report CI concerns or suspicious activities, and manage foreign access to Secret Service assets, including foreign visits to Secret Service
facilities, employee contact with foreign nationals and government officials, and employees’ foreign travel and attendance at foreign conferences. This
increase will add one position to the Secret Service’s CI program, increasing CI capabilities and improving the Secret Service’s ability to protect its
personnel, facilities, information, and operations from foreign compromise and exploitation.
In addition to the threat from FIEs, the Secret Services every day faces insider threats – potentially harming the Secret Service mission or national
security through violence or compromise of sensitive information, whether intentional or unintentional. Based on the potentially catastrophic
consequences of an insider threat, the Secret Service must build a robust insider threat program, including technical surveillance to prevent illicit
activities or identify malicious insiders. Funding requested will allow Secret Service to hire one position and build out a secure facility to proactively
identify insider threats and respond to employee reports of suspicious behavior.
Performance
Funding for additional investigators dedicated to the CI and insider threat programs will enhance the Secret Service’s ability to identify threats both
external and internal, report and respond to threats in a timely manner, and maintain an enhanced security posture against these threats in the future.
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes an increase of 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $126.7M to support the 2020 Presidential Campaign, including the protection
of major candidates, nominees, their spouses, the nominating conventions, and the presidential and vice-presidential debates. The base for this
program is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $24.0M.
Justification
Title 18 U.S.C. 3056 requires the Secret Service to provide protection and security for “major presidential and vice presidential candidates,
nominees, and their spouses.” During presidential campaigns, the Secret Service experiences a significant increase in its protective workload as it
provides protection for the designated candidates/nominees while maintaining day-to-day protective and investigative responsibilities.
Protection of designated major candidates and nominees involves 24/7 protective details, advance work to ensure security of travel destinations,
and complete multi-layered security of campaign events and debates. Over the last several election cycles, there has been an upward trend in both
the length of time major candidates are granted protection and the size of campaign events open to the public. Additionally, nominating
conventions have steadily moved earlier into the year, significantly increasing the number of protection days for presidential and vice-presidential
nominees and their families.
Typically, Secret Service begins protection of major candidates in the winter before the election, with additional candidates being granted
protection through the primary elections in the spring. The length of protection for candidates varies, with some receiving protection for several
months and others only several weeks. There have been some outliers that are difficult to predict and plan for; President Obama, for example,
began receiving protection in May of 2007. Based on historical experience, the Secret Service is projecting that in campaign 2020, four major
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candidates will be granted protection before the nominating conventions, resulting in a total of 657 protection days, ranging from 44 to 235 days
per candidate.
The nominating conventions themselves are complex protection events, typically designated as National Special Security Events (NSSEs) and
requiring months of preparation and planning to ensure the large, multi-day events are appropriately protected. Specialized protective equipment
and supplies must be procured and delivered to the convention sites; SAs and UD officers are both relocated for long-term planning and
management of the conventions and travel to the convention cities to provide short-term protective capacity. After the conventions, presidential
and vice-presidential nominees and their families receive protection, increasing the number of protective details the Secret Service must staff.
Based on convention dates, the Secret Service anticipates providing protection for nominees and their families for an average of 65 days in FY
2020, with the total number of protection days needed dependent on the size of nominees’ families.
The major cost categories for campaign protection are overtime and protective travel for Secret Service employees assigned to both protective
details and protection of the conventions, campaign events, and debates; continued procurement of specialized protective equipment and supplies;
and shipping costs to move protective equipment and supplies around the country based on campaign travel schedules. In addition, the Secret
Service utilizes personnel from ICE/HSI and TSA to supplement protection details and funds travel and lodging costs for those individuals.
Performance
Presidential campaigns represent the greatest strain on Secret Service personnel and specialized protective equipment. Each campaign cycle
challenges the operational readiness and training of Secret Service personnel and DHS partners (ICE/HSI, TSA, etc.). The presidential campaign
requires continuous movement of equipment, vehicles, personnel, and supplies from one campaign stop to the next, including multiple movements
within a single day. The funding requested ensures that the Secret Service maintains unequalled performance in this zero risk mission space.
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes a decrease of 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $12.5M that will reduce the number of fleet vehicles in operation. The base for this
program is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $14.0M.
Justification
The Secret Service currently maintains a fleet of over 4,600 non-armored law enforcement vehicles primarily for daily use by Special Agents (SA) and
Uniformed Division (UD) officers in conducting their protective and investigative mission. The Secret Service’s fleet vehicles are aging, generating
increased maintenance costs due to overhauls and extensive time-consuming repairs, which take vehicles out of operations and reduces operational
readiness and flexibility. Many of the vehicles in the Secret Service inventory pre-date the 2008 production year even though the standard replacement
cycle for vehicles is five years.
To achieve this reduction, the Secret Service will move toward leasing vehicles from GSA rather than purchasing them directly. Based on usage
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assumptions and current GSA rates, leasing will result in estimated savings of 10% to 40% over the useful life of a vehicle, depending on the model.
GSA will also provide regular replacements for vehicles that are beyond their normal service life of five years.
In addition, the Secret Service will forgo procurement of telematics equipment necessary to comply with the DHS Stop Asset and Vehicle Excess
(SAVE) Act (P.L. 115-38) for currently owned vehicles. The SAVE act requires DHS to collect vehicle asset-level information on the number of trips,
miles driven, hours and days used, and associated operational costs. Currently the Secret Service fleet is non-compliant with these requirements. As new
vehicles are leased, they will include telematics equipment.
Performance
The Secret Service requires a sufficient number of vehicles to support protective and investigative operations; however, an outdated fleet can be a
financial burden and decrease officer performance as vehicles are taken out of service to be repaired. To mitigate the impact of this reduction, along
with the shift towards leasing vehicles, the Secret Service will continue to look at options for decreasing vehicle need and using rental vehicles to
support surges. While rental vehicles can be a cost effective way to provide the necessary fleet in the short-term, they are more expensive than
maintaining an operationally ready fleet in the long term and add administrative burden at both field offices and headquarters in order to process the
rental and ensure compliance with relevant laws and policies.
Decreasing the number of vehicles in operation, whether owned or leased, presents an unacceptable risk to the Secret Service’s mission as SAs and UD
Officers must be equipped with operationally ready vehicles to execute the protection and investigative mission. As the Secret Service continues to hire
additional staff, the impact to vehicle requirements will be further examined.
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes a decrease of 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $20.0M, while maintaining the FAV program on its planned course towards
attaining an operationally ready fleet with predictable replacement cycles and funding. The base for this program is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $30.7M.
Justification
The FY 2020 Budget includes total O&S FAV funding of $10.7M. Additional funding for the FAV program is provided in the Secret Service’s
Procurement, Construction, & Improvements (PC&I) and Research & Development (R&D) appropriations, as detailed in the table below.
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Based on a review of the unit cost of standard FAVs, and in compliance with the DHS Financial Management Policy Manual (FMPM), funding for
standard FAVs in FY 2020 is requested in the O&S appropriation. A summary of the total funding for standard FAVs in O&S is provided in the table
below.
The procurement of fully operational standard FAVs is a two-step process. First, base platforms, i.e. commercially available vehicles, are procured;
second, these vehicles are armored to bring them to the full operational capability needed to be effective mobile protective countermeasures. The current
base platform for standard FAVs is the 3500 Series Suburban produced by General Motors (GM), which was the only commercially available vehicle
that met the transporation and protection needs of the Secret Service. GM decided to cease production of these base platforms; in order to meet the
operational need for FAVs, the Secret Service purchased enough base platforms in FY 2018 and FY 2019 to last until inventory refresh is scheduled to
begin in FY 2024. The focus for standard FAVs in FY 2020 is armoring the inventory of base platforms so they can begin operation.
The Secret Service utilizes protective vehicles as an inextricable component of its protective methodology to ensure the safety of the President, Vice
President, and their families; visiting foreign dignitaries; major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates; and various other high visibility
protectees. Recently, the Secret Service has seen an increase in ground transportation travel requirements as the number of protectees has increased;
these requirements will only continue to increase during the 2020 Presidential Campaign season. Providing secure ground transportation is a key
element of the Secret Service’s protective mission; outside of secured locations, FAVs are the primary protective countermeasure used to ensure the
safety of protectees. Vehicles are strategically positioned at Secret Service field offices nationwide for use by protective details when protectees travel
to sites across the country, reducing the cost and wear and tear of constantly moving FAVs to different locations. The unpredictability of protectee
travel, coupled with surges for National Special Security Events (NSSE), requires a fleet readiness level that mitigates FAV unavailability.
The current fleet of FAVs is not sufficient to provide ground transportation for all protectees and is aging, increasing cost and risk associated with
declining vehicle reliability. In order to reliably provide secure ground transportation to all protectees, the Secret Service has identified an overall need
for 532 FAVs, including 466 standard FAVs. The FAV program will achieve an operationally ready fleet by: 1) replacing significantly outdated
vehicles, 2) replenishing FAVs at those offices and divisions that have not received replacement vehicles, and 3) armoring additional vehicles to
increase the fleet size to meet the needs of the agency’s mandated stakeholders within an ever-changing operational environment.
At the end of FY 2019, the Secret Service projects that approximately 211 new standard FAVs will be either deployed or in the armoring process, and
an additional 244 base platforms will be delivered and ready for armoring as standard FAVs. The FY 2020 request of $10.7M will allow the Secret
Service to armor 79 standard FAVs.
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Performance
USSS will continue towards achieving operational readiness of the USSS FAV fleet by armoring 79 standard FAVs, providing modern vehicles with the
capability of protecting persons in today’s threat environment. The continuation of the FAV Program will assure uninterrupted availability of the most
modernized protective vehicles for protectees. Deploying 79 new standard FAVs will enhance protection of current protectees and improve the Secret
Service’s ability to respond to the increased operational tempo of the 2020 presidential campaign. Until the replacement of all standard FAVs is
complete, the Secret Service will continue to utilize vehicles that are past their useful life. To mitigate any risk associated with continued use of outdated
standard FAVs, the Secret Service will prioritize the replacement of vehicles that no longer provide adequate protection and those that require costly
repairs and maintainance. Once the standard FAV fleet is fully refreshed, vehicles will be replaced on a rolling five-year lifecycle to maintain fleet
readiness.
Program Change 5 - IT Infrastructure (Computer Refresh):
Description
The FY 2020 Budget requests a program increase of 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $4.6M for IT Infrastructure (Computer Refresh). The base for this program
is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $1.6M.
Justification
The Secret Service’s IT Infrastructure (ITI) program provides for the maintenance of existing IT equipment that is not being modernized under the
Information Integration & Technology Transformation (IITT) program. Included in the ITI portfolio is the maintenance and refresh of roughly 8,500
user computers and associated peripherals.
The requested funding will allow the Secret Service to replace outdated malfunctioning equipment, ensure new employees are properly equipped, and
establish a standard four-year refresh cycle to ensure employees have up-to-date equipment. Currently, the Secret Service is not able to routinely replace
computers at the end of their service life; rather, only the highest priority malfunctioning or obsolete equipment is replaced. This approach leaves many
employees with outdated equipment that limits their effectiveness and creates compatibility issues for collaborative work. Total funding of $6.2M will
allow the Secret Service to replace 2,714 laptops in FY 2020. Establishing a standard four-year refresh cycle requires the purchase of approximately
2,500 per year at current staffing levels.
In addition, this funding will support the Secret Service in meeting the DHS mandate that all computers be Windows 10 compatible. Upgrading to
Windows 10 will provide employees with the most up to date technology, improve collaboration, and reduce security risk and costs by reducing the
need to address security vulnerabilities in older software. Less than half of the Secret Service’s inventory is currently running Windows 10 or capable of
being upgraded. With this increase, the Secret Service will be able to replace or upgrade all computers not currently running Windows 10 as mandated
by DHS.
Performance
The requested funding will allow the Secret Service to refresh outdated and aging equipment more frequently, reducing maintenance costs and
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downtime. Providing the workforce with the latest equipment will improve the overall efficiency, effectiveness, and security of their work. This in turn
will contribute to the continued increase in morale as employees are given quality and professional tools to perform their jobs at a high level.
Description
The FY 2020 Budget requests an increase of 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $1.6M for IT Infrastructure; specifically this will fund cost increases of $0.6M for
landlines and $1.0M for cell phone service. The base for this program is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $9.7M.
Justification
The Secret Service’s IT Infrastructure (ITI) program provides for the maintenance of existing IT equipment that is not being modernized under the
Information Integration & Technology Transformation (IITT) program. Included in the ITI portfolio is the maintenance of landline and cellular
telephone equipment and service.
The requested funding provides for increased landline and cell phone service as the Secret Service mission and workforce grows. Based on the needs
identified by the Office of Protective Operations and the Office of Investigations, the Secret Service needs to install, secure, and maintain dedicated new
landlines at facilities across the country including former President Obama’s new residence, Mount Weather, and multiple field offices. These landlines
are critical in maintaining real-time secure communication between field locations and Secret Service headquarters. In addition, the requested funding
supports additional cell phone airtime to keep pace with the needs of agents as well as to replace aging equipment that has exceeded its lifecycle. Cell
phones are a critical piece of equipment for agents in both their investigative and protective missions as they seldom remain in a single work location.
Having current cell phone models is also critical to the security of the Secret Service mission - current models fix software vulnerabilities exploited in
older versions and regularly receive security updates to mitigate against newly identified vulnerabilities.
Performance
Increased funding for landline and cell phone service will directly impact the protective mission by ensuring consistent secure communication across
protected sites in the National Capital Region (NCR) and hub sites across the county. Further, additional cell phone service and updated equipment will
increase agents’ ability to conduct the protective and investigative mission and increase the security of Secret Service communications.
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes an increase of 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $5.1M to sustain investments made in the Information Integration and Technology
Transformation (IITT) program in prior years. The base for this program is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $38.1M.
Justification
IITT is the Secret Service’s comprehensive upgrade of its IT systems to ensure the workforce is equipped with the technology needed to facilitate
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effective, efficient work. All programs and projects under the IITT umbrella will have achieved FOC by FY 2020, with the exception of Phase 3 of the
Enterprise Resource Management System (ERMS). As a result, IITT funding requirements in FY 2020 shift from development and investment to
operations and sustainment.
Funding sustains prior year investments and achievements in the Secret Service IT enterprise and its four capability areas:
Enabling Capabilities such as modernization of network infrastructure, cyber security, IT program management, network operations and security
center, database architecture and applications, and information assurance
Control Capabilities including Multi Level Security (MLS) and cross domain
Mission Support Capabilities including the ERMS and Protective Threat Management System (PTMS)
Communications Capabilities including interoperability with the White House Communications Agency (WHCA).
In FY 2019, the Secret Service completed upgrades to its MLS thereby enabling secure access to sensitive protective, investigative, and administrative
information that resides within different security classification domains. This upgrade facilitates threat development and dissemination in support of the
Secret Service mission, increases auditing capabilities and security, and facilities cost savings by reducing the infrastructure needed to connect
workstations to multiple secure environments.
The funding requested in FY 2020 will primarily support MLS maintenance, while also providing for all projects’ lifecycle cost variances.
Performance
Technology is a key component of the Secret Service’s protective, investigative, and administrative missions, providing the tools necessary to work
effectively and efficiently, ensuring information remains accessible yet secure, and providing for real-time communication between Secret Service
employees and with other law enforcement partners. The IT needs of the Secret Service are only growing as threats to protectees and the Nation’s
financial infrastructure grow more technologically advanced. The requested funding will continue to sustain the improvements made in the Secret
Service’s IT enterprise across all four capability areas. Funding will ensure minimal downtime and provide sustainment for all equipment and enhanced
cyber security measures.
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes a decrease of 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $2.8M for the Joint Operations Center (JOC). The base for this program is 0
positions, 0 FTE, and $5.7M.
Justification
The JOC is the Secret Service’s centralized location for managing command and control operations of protective details and providing communication
between Secret Service headquarters, permanent protective sites such as the White House Complex, and protective details in the field. In order to
maintain a high level of performance to facilitate real-time communication across geographically dispersed locations, the JOC requires routine upgrades
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to ensure interoperability with all Secret Service IT systems. This reduction will delay upgrades that would provide redundancy and availability of JOC
systems at an alternative data center, continue integration of technologies to support the Common Operating Picture (COP) tool for situational
awareness and analytics, and distribute JOC situational awareness resources to other operations centers and protective sites.
Performance
This program decrease will have minimal impact on current JOC operations. Watch floor personnel will continue to perform manual functions to
support command and control operations and to perform manual workarounds for incompatible systems. The Secret Service will continue to mitigate the
risks to both systems and operations associated with the use of manual processes that slow down and take personnel away from operational activities.
The Secret Service will monitor implementation of future upgrades as continued delays could compound risks as more systems begin to face
interoperability issues.
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes a decrease of 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $7.5M to scheduled overtime. The base for this program is 0 positions, 0 FTE,
and $180.2M.
Justification
With recent staffing increases, the Secret Service has begun to see minimal decreases in overtime in its Special Agent (SA) and Uniformed
Division (UD) workforces. Nevertheless, the Secret Service will continue to utilize overtime to ensure protective details are fully staffed and high
priority criminal investigations continue uninterrupted. A reduction of $7.5M equates to roughly 155,000 fewer overtime hours for protective
details and investigations. The need for overtime is determined by operational demands and cannot be easily reduced due to unavailability of
funding. Rather, employees on protective assignments are required to use “flex” schedules, wherein weekly schedules are routinely modified to fit
operational needs within a standard workweek and minimize the use of scheduled overtime.
Performance
The Secret Service will mitigate the impact of reductions in overtime through the continued emphasis on hiring new employees and an analysis of
overtime requirements to ensure that protective and investigative operations are maintained at the current high operational tempo. The Secret
Service recognizes that minimizing overtime will likely also result in reduced training and professional development opportunities needed to keep
employees up to date on emerging technologies and threats. In addition, reduced overtime funding may lead to delays in low priority criminal
investigations. In the past, the Secret Service has seen the negative impact that unscheduled overtime, unpredictable schedules, leave cancellations,
and limited training opportunities have had on employee morale. To counter these negative impacts, the Secret Service has invested in strategies to
improve morale and employee engagement, and will continue to do so in FY 2020.
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Program Change 10 – Permanent Change of Station:
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes a decrease of 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $9.9M for Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves. The base for this program is
0 positions, 0 FTE, and $46.6M.
Justification
Total FY 2020 funding for PCS is $36.8M, which will provide for approximately 985 moves. The projected FY 2020 PCS requirement encompasses
moves associated with new hires for both Special Agent (SAs) and Uniformed Division (UD) Officers, SA protection refresh (movements to and from
protective assignments), supervisory-related promotions, and reassignment between HQ and field offices, including foreign locations.
The Secret Service’s SA career progression plan has three phases. In Phase 1, SAs spend a minimum of three years in a field office, primarily
conducting investigative work and acting as “surge capacity” for protective details. This phase is critical to develop the skills necessary to move into a
permanent protective assignment in Phase 2. Phase 2 assignments are in the Presidential and Vice Presidential Protective Divisions, Protective
Intelligence, Special Operations, or Counter Assault Teams and generally last six to eight years. Upon completion of their Phase 2 assignments, SAs
may either “opt-in” to stay at their permanent protective assignment, request reassignment to another permanent protective assignment, or request
reassignment to a headquarters or field office position.
The PCS program is the cornerstone of the career progression model. To meet the integrated protection and investigation mission, it is critical that law
enforcement officers move between field and protective assignments on a routine and predictable schedule. Failure to rotate employees into protection
assignments leads to higher attrition, burnout, and lack of work-life balance for employees on these details, while also delaying career progression for
field agents. In recent years, the Secret Service has seen an increase in agents choosing to “opt-in” to their current assignment, leading to lower PCS
costs. However, there is no guarantee that these trends will continue, especially as operational needs increase during the 2020 Presidential Campaign.
Performance
The reduction to PCS funding is not expected to have any immediate impact on the Secret Service mission or operations. However, at requested funding
levels, up to 40 SAs may be held over at their Phase 2 assignments without choosing to opt-in, and an additional 40 agents may be held back in their
Phase 1 assignments while their peers progress to Phase 2. These restrictions on SAs moving through the career progression plan can have a significant
negative impact on employee morale, which the Secret Service has been actively working to improve. To mitigate any impact on employee morale, the
Secret Service will continue to utilize the opt-in program for SAs completing their Phase 2 assignment, comprehensively evaluate SAs requested moves
to maximize assignment rotation while minimizing costs, and, if necessary, revise the career progression plan. Additionally, continued hiring will reduce
the burden on the current workforce, helping to lessen the impact of burnout and work-life balance issues that the career progression model seeks to
alleviate.
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Program Change 11 - Protective Countermeasures (Operational Mission Support):
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes an increase of 0 positions, 0 FTE and $1.2M for protective countermeasures (Operational Mission Support). The base for
this program is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $40.4M.
Justification
OMS supports the protection of the President and Vice President at the White House Complex (WHC), the Vice President’s Residence, and temporary
sites from emerging explosive, chemical, biological, radiological, and cyber threats. The advanced protective countermeasures that are part of OMS are
designed to address both established and evolving threats. The funding requested will support continued refresh and sustainment of equipment for the
enhanced chemical, biological, and radiological detection systems; presidential audio countermeasures; White House physical protective structures;
enhanced White House camera system; cyber protection activities, and portable security systems for presidential venues.
The WHC and protective travel operations are limited in the rate of technological change that can be absorbed. The OMS program uses O&S funds
to sustain, refresh, and staff ongoing activities; PC&I funds to implement planned capabilities; and R&D funds to test and adapt to new emerging
technological opportunities. The table below shows the funding requested in FY 2020 across all appropriations for OMS.
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Detailed descriptions of FY 2020 OMS requirements are classified and will be provided separately.
Performance
Funding enables the Secret Service to refresh legacy protective technology and countermeasures. Continuous refresh of technical countermeasures
is critical to ensuring a safe environment for the President, Vice President, other protectees, and protected sites. The operations and sustainment of
Secret Service protective technologies ensures mission critical systems remain in good operational condition, avoids system failure, and prevents
compounding out-year cost impacts and operational delays.
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes an increase of 0 positions, 0 FTE and $4.7M for deferred maintenance at the Rowley Training Center (RTC). The base for
this program is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and $6.8M.
Justification
The request provides RTC funding to address maintenance backlog issues, structural deficiencies, and emergency repairs. RTC is comprised of 493
acres of land, six miles of roadways, and 36 buildings featuring multiple classrooms, firearms ranges, physical fitness facilities, tactical villages, a
protective operations driving pad, and other ancillary structures. After years of deferring maintenance and implementing short-term patches, the
infrastructure and facilities at RTC have deteriorated to a point that is hampering the training of new recruits and jeopardizing employee safety. In
December 2017, the Army Corps of Engineers completed the RTC Facility Condition Assessment, identifying $32.5M in maintenance needs over five
years. Funding requested will be used to address the highest priority repairs, which include HVAC modernization for administrative and classroom
buildings and repair of critical components at the physical training building.
A comprehensive training and professional development program is a key component of mission readiness as well as the Secret Service’s ongoing
efforts to increase the size of the workforce, improve employee morale, and lower attrition rates. The RTC is the primary facility for the Secret Service
to provide basic training to new Special Agents (SA) and Uniformed Division (UD) officers, in-service training to ensure existing SAs and UD officers
have the skillset to respond to new and evolving threats, and a robust leader development program to produce the next generation of leadership for the
Secret Service.
Performance
Addressing deferred maintenance at RTC will improve serviceability, reliability, and safety, in turn minimizing delays in training caused by
unscheduled emergency maintenance requirements. The availability of RTC for training new recruits and existing employees is expected to increase,
along with improved conditions for students and staff, including classroom comfort in the winter months. The Secret Service will continue to mitigate
any high priority maintenance issues at RTC by deferring other low priority tasks to ensure the facility’s serviceability and safety and the safety of those
who work and train in the facility.
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Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes a decrease of 0 positions 0 FTE, and $9.5M to operational travel. The base for this program is 0 positions, 0 FTE, and
$114.4M.
Justification
Travel is a major cost driver for protective and field operations. In the protective mission, a multi-day sequence of events takes place leading up to each
time a protectee travels out of his or her home office’s jurisdiction. These protective advance activities involve assessing the sites to be visited and
determining the necessary protection resources and layers. The Secret Service leverages Special Agents (SAs) in the field office that covers the
protectee’s travel destination to provide this advance support. When it is not possible to leverage SAs in field offices due to ongoing operational
demands, SAs permanently assigned to the protective detail will travel ahead of the protectee to perform the advance work.
Travel is also a key component of investigations. As technology has improved, the criminals and crimes that the Secret Service investigates are more
global in nature. As a result, agents often need to travel to meet with other law enforcement organizations, including foreign partners; investigate leads
outside their home office; and testify at trials. While some of these tasks can only be performed by the lead agent on an investigation, others can be
accomplished by local law enforcement agencies or SAs in other field offices as their operational demands allow.
With the emphasis on increased staffing over the last several years, the Secret Service has increased its SA workforce in field offices, thereby increasing
the availability of SAs in the field to provide support for protective travel advances and assist on cases led by other field offices. By making the most of
its geographically dispersed workforce, the Secret Service can reduce travel costs and continue to execute the protective and investigative mission.
Performance
This reduction may increase the risk to the protective and investigative mission. The Secret Service will mitigate this risk by shortening the length of
protective advances, reducing the number of personnel in traveling protective details, and limiting investigative travel to requests that cannot be
performed by local agents or other law enforcement agencies. The Secret Service will weigh these options on a case-by-case basis to minimize impact.
Description
The FY 2020 Budget includes an increase of 175 positions, 88 FTE, and $33.4M to continue to right-size the agency to perform its critical mission
following the agency’s success in meeting its strategic hiring goals during the past two fiscal years. The base for this program is 7,600 positions, 7,334
FTE, and $1,389M.
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Justification
The Secret Service’s human capital needs are driven by mission requirements, a mission that must react quickly to ever-changing external drivers and
events, requiring the agency to be operationally nimble to manage increasing workloads and keep pace with adversaries. The Secret Service mission
continues to grow both in size and complexity – increasingly sophisticated financial cybercrimes, evolving weapon technology, and more demanding
presidential campaigns all require more of the Secret Service workforce in both skillset and quantity.
The Secret Service has identified staffing needs for all three categories of the Secret Service workforce:
Special Agents (SA) carry out both the protective and investigative mission of the Secret Service. While the popular image is of SAs are of men and
women in dark suits around the President, most work in field offices around the world investigating crimes and acting as a “surge capacity” of
protective support when needed in their region. All SAs begin their careers in field offices developing the investigative and protective skills
necessary to become a successful protective agent.
Uniformed Division Officers (UD) not only provide security at the iconic White House Complex, but also at the Vice President’s residence, major
events taking place throughout the United States, and the embassies of countries with presences in Washington, DC. Additionally, specially-trained
UD officers support protective operations in highly skilled tactical units.
Administrative/Professional/and Technical (APT) employees are a diverse group of highly skilled individuals who ensure mission success through a
variety of professional business functions and direct mission support activities. A strong APT workforce allows law enforcement personnel the
ability to focus on core operations improving overall organizational health.
This combined workforce undertakes fluid and changing operations in the areas of protection, protective intelligence, criminal investigations, and the
business governance and support activities necessary to run a global enterprise. Staffing shortages in any category of the workforce will adversely
impact the Secret Service’s mission.
At the close of FY 2018, the Secret Service was on a trajectory to meet staffing levels documented in the agency’s Human Capital Plan (FY 2015 – FY
2019), which was submitted to Congress on July 23, 2015. Based on the Secret Service’s demonstrable success in achieving its staffing targets in recent
fiscal years, and through the agency’s internal analysis of staffing requirements beyond FY 2019, the funding requested in FY 2020 will grow Secret
Service staffing up to 7,777 positions, primarily enabling continued growth of SA levels. The following chart shows the increased growth from FY 2017
to FY 2020:
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Secret Service Staffing by Workforce Category: FY 2017 - FY 2020
FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY
FY 2017 FY 2017 FY 2018
President's President's 2020
Enacted Actual Enacted
Budget Budget Total Change
Positions FTE Positions FTE Positions FTE Positions FTE Positions FTE Positions FTE
Special Agent (SA) 3,362 3,271 3,403 3,301 3,536 3,452 3,750 3,639 3,839 3,780 89 141
Uniformed Division (UD) 1,545 1,503 1,469 1,423 1,553 1,519 1,627 1,573 1,642 1,601 15 28
Administrative, Professional,
1,865 1,814 1,923 1,762 2,061 1,963 2,223 2,122 2,296 2,266 73 144
Technical (APT)
Total 6,772 6,588 6,795 6,486 7,150 6,934 7,600 7,334 7,777 7,647 177 313
The Secret Service seeks to right-size the workforce in a way that ensures all personnel are properly trained, the use of overtime is minimized, and
adequate support personnel are in place so that the Secret Service is fully prepared to meet mission demands. Training is an important component of
both employee professional development and mission readiness. The ever-evolving threat environment requires that SAs and UDs consistently update
their technical skills to identify and respond to emerging threats. Low staffing levels often result in the use of forced overtime to allow employees to
complete training requirements while maintaining adequate staffing levels for investigations, protective details, and protected sites. Additionally, the
Secret Service recognizes that a strong APT workforce is necessary to meet mission needs and contribute to employee satisfaction in all categories of
the workforce. Whether pulling law enforcement personnel away from mission activities or creating disruption in business activities like hiring,
providing high quality IT services, or developing and evaluating new technical security equipment, shortages in the APT workforce directly and
adversely impact the Secret Service’s mission readiness.
Performance
Departing Secret Service employees have consistently cited forced overtime and inadequate staffing as reasons for leaving the agency. With a sustained
focus on hiring, the Secret Service is beginning to observe improvements in many of the challenges facing the workforce that were having a negative
impact on employee morale and directly contributing to high attrition rates.
Two primary drivers of employee morale are overtime and training opportunities. Overtime levels, including the use of forced overtime, have begun to
recede as the workforce level has increased. As a result, leave cancellations and leave restrictions are also decreasing, and the Uniformed Division has
started a return to regular eight hour shifts. The focus on mission-readiness training is increasing as well, affording leadership the flexibility to focus
more on training when operational demands allow it. As the Secret Service continues to increase staffing levels, employees can complete more mission-
readiness training while simultaneously keeping overtime at more manageable levels, leading to a better trained workforce that is not overworked.
These improvements have been most noticeably reflected in the Secret Service’s scores in the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS).
After years of declining FEVS scores, the Secret Service saw an overall increase in FY 2018, including a 6.8% increase in the Employee Engagement
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Index, the largest increase within DHS. In addition, the Secret Service was recognized as the most improved agency subcomponent in the Best Places to
Work ranking compiled by the Partnership for Public Service. Continuing to build upon the success of the strategic hiring plan will ensure employees
receive predictable scheduled training, minimize overtime levels, avoid regular leave restrictions, and ensure proper technical and business support for
the mission.
While the workforce is beginning to observe their operational ranks increase, and workforce conditions improve, it is just as important they also know
that more relief is coming. Any reduction in staffing growth will slow down the progress being made in these areas, and the gains made in employee
satisfaction and mission readiness will be lost and further compounded during the Secret Service’s highest operational tempo period, which is the
presidential campaign.
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Operations and Support
Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Mission Support 768 737 $140,348 $190.43 878 811 $143,840 $177.36 915 884 $153,483 $173.62 37 73 $9,643 ($3.74)
Protective Operations 3,312 3,216 $652,521 $202.9 3,411 3,386 $676,282 $199.73 3,446 3,427 $715,106 $208.67 35 41 $38,824 $8.94
Field Operations 2,849 2,762 $504,878 $182.79 3,073 2,909 $526,433 $180.97 3,173 3,097 $544,016 $175.66 100 188 $17,583 ($5.31)
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional 221 219 $42,023 $191.89 238 228 $42,779 $187.63 243 239 $45,817 $191.7 5 11 $3,038 $4.07
Development
Total 7,150 6,934 $1,339,770 $193.22 7,600 7,334 $1,389,334 $189.44 7,777 7,647 $1,458,422 $190.72 177 313 $69,088 $1.28
Discretionary - Appropriation 7,150 6,934 $1,339,770 $193.22 7,600 7,334 $1,389,334 $189.44 7,777 7,647 $1,458,422 $190.72 177 313 $69,088 $1.28
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Operations and Support
Permanent Positions by Grade-Appropriation
Grades and Salary Range FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY
(Dollars in Thousands) Enacted President's Budget President's Budget 2020 Change
Total, SES 55 55 66 11
GS-15 254 254 260 6
GS-14 756 756 757 1
GS-13 2,610 2,591 2,590 -1
GS-12 356 353 406 53
GS-11 387 384 441 57
GS-10 18 18 19 1
GS-9 695 906 926 20
GS-8 131 323 328 5
GS-7 234 232 238 6
GS-6 13 13 14 1
GS-5 25 25 26 1
GS-4 30 30 31 1
GS-3 25 25 26 1
GS-2 8 8 8 -
Other Graded Positions 1,553 1,627 1,641 14
Total Permanent Positions 7,150 7,600 7,777 177
Unfilled Positions EOY 7,150 7,600 7,777 177
Position Locations
Headquarters 4,621 4,878 4,990 112
U.S. Field 2,465 2,658 2,717 59
Foreign Field 64 64 70 6
Averages
Average Grade, GS Positions 12 12 12 -
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Operations and Support
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Mission Support $279,575 $321,678 $321,485 ($193)
Protective Operations $157,882 $202,967 $296,227 $93,260
Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development $22,189 $59,075 $64,441 $5,366
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Mission Support – PPA
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Mission Support 768 737 $419,923 878 811 $465,518 915 884 $474,968 37 73 $9,450
Total 768 737 $419,923 878 811 $465,518 915 884 $474,968 37 73 $9,450
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 768 737 $419,923 878 811 $465,518 915 884 $474,968 37 73 $9,450
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Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $419,923 $465,518 $474,968
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $50 $50 $50
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers - - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $419,973 $465,568 $475,018
Collections – Reimbursable Resources - $1,440 $1,440
Total Budget Resources $419,973 $467,008 $476,458
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $415,821 $462,288 $471,644
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions 768 878 915
Enacted/Request FTE 737 811 884
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 768 878 915
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 737 811 884
*Carryover authority reflects prior year no year appropriation.
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Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted 768 737 $419,923
FY 2019 President's Budget 878 811 $465,518
FY 2020 Base Budget 878 811 $465,518
Transfer to MGMT/CFO from USSS/O&S/MS for Integrated Audit, Bankcard, and TIER - - ($358)
Transfer to MGMT/CIO from USSS/O&S/MS for CPIC - - ($87)
Transfer to MGMT/CPO from USSS/O&S/MS for CPO Shared Reporting - - ($33)
Transfer to MGMT/CRSO from USSS/O&S/MS for Regional Field Efficiencies - - ($67)
Transfer to MGMT/CSO from USSS/O&S/MS for Integrated Security Management Systems - - ($83)
Total Transfers - - ($628)
Annualization of FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - 55 $5,642
Enterprise Financial Management System - - $123
FERS Agency Contribution Increase - - $2,606
FPS Fee Adjustment - - $428
GSA Rent Enhancement - - $611
Health Benefits - - $286
ITI National Capital Region Radio (NCR) - - $56
Total, Pricing Increases - 55 $9,752
Non Recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - - ($1,447)
Total, Pricing Decreases - - ($1,447)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - 55 $7,677
FY 2020 Current Services 878 866 $473,195
Counterintelligence and Insider Threat 2 1 $166
Information Integration and Technology Transformation (IITT) - - $5,064
IT Infrastructure (Computer Refresh) - - $4,570
IT Infrastructure (Phones) - - $1,564
Permanent Change of Station - - $2,500
Secret Service Staffing 35 17 $3,191
Total, Program Increases 37 18 $17,055
Fleet Vehicles Reduction - - ($12,482)
Joint Operations Center - - ($2,800)
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Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
Total, Program Decreases - - ($15,282)
FY 2020 Request 915 884 $474,968
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change 37 73 $9,450
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Mission Support – PPA
Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Mission Support 768 737 $140,348 $190.43 878 811 $143,840 $177.36 915 884 $153,483 $173.62 37 73 $9,643 ($3.74)
Total 768 737 $140,348 $190.43 878 811 $143,840 $177.36 915 884 $153,483 $173.62 37 73 $9,643 ($3.74)
Discretionary - Appropriation 768 737 $140,348 $190.43 878 811 $143,840 $177.36 915 884 $153,483 $173.62 37 73 $9,643 ($3.74)
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Pay Cost Drivers
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Leading Cost-Drivers Enacted President’s Budget President’s Budget Total Changes
Dollars in Thousands
FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate
Special Agents $27,557 $250.52 110 $27,646 $251.33 110 $28,384 $258.04 - $738 $6.71
110
Administrative, Professional,
$112,791 $179.89 701 $116,194 $165.75 774 $125,099 $161.63 73 $8,905 ($4.13)
and Technical Support 627
Total, Pay Cost Drivers 737 $140,348 $190.43 811 $143,840 $177.36 884 $153,483 $173.62 73 $9,643 ($3.74)
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Operations and Support Mission Support - PPA
Mission Support – PPA
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Mission Support $279,575 $321,678 $321,485 ($193)
Total $279,575 $321,678 $321,485 ($193)
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Operations and Support Mission Support - PPA
Non Pay Cost Drivers
Leading Non Pay Cost-Drivers FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Dollars in Thousands Enacted President’s Budget President’s Budget Total Changes
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Operations and Support Mission Support - PPA
Information Integration & Technology Transformation FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 - FY 2020
FY 2018 Enacted
(dollars in thousands) Budget Budget Total Change
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Operations and Support Mission Support - PPA
Rent: The Secret Service maintains office space around the country and internationally, including 42 domestic field offices, 19 foreign offices,
60 resident offices, 13 resident agencies, and 28 domiciles. Changes in cost reflect increases to GSA rent rates as well as increases to provide for
additional staffed hired in FY 2019 and FY 2020.
Vehicles (Non-Armored): The Secret Service maintains a fleet of over 4,600 vehicles, including law enforcement vehicles for Uniformed
Division Offices ranked at or above captain and most Special Agents, along with mission vehicles such as police interceptors for the Uniformed
Division. Changes in cost represent a reduction to the fleet program to reflect the planned transition from owned to leased vehicles to reduce
maintenance costs and increase the predictability of vehicle refresh rates.
Other Costs: Funding in this cost driver supports other costs for the Secret Service’s business management operations, including Working
Capital Fund (WCF) contributions and travel, training, supplies, and materials to support the workforce. Changes in this cost driver reflect
transfers to the Management Directorate for certain WCF activities, Federal Protective Service fee adjustments, and costs associated with FY
2019 and FY 2020 staffing increases.
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protective Operations – PPA
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Protection of Persons and Facilities 2,973 2,880 $711,227 3,025 3,025 $747,201 3,047 3,037 $744,908 22 12 ($2,293)
Protective Countermeasures 118 118 $46,862 156 137 $55,309 165 160 $61,543 9 23 $6,234
Protective Intelligence 221 218 $47,814 230 224 $48,239 234 230 $49,710 4 6 $1,471
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events - - $4,500 - - $28,500 - - $155,172 - - $126,672
Total 3,312 3,216 $810,403 3,411 3,386 $879,249 3,446 3,427 $1,011,333 35 41 $132,084
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 3,312 3,216 $810,403 3,411 3,386 $879,249 3,446 3,427 $1,011,333 35 41 $132,084
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Protective Intelligence: This program ensures protective intelligence processes, policies, and systems provide quality information and services to
securely and efficiently support the protective mission by investigating subjects (individuals or groups) and activities that pose threats to protectees
and protected events, which includes counter-intelligence.
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events (NSSEs): This program protects major Presidential and Vice Presidential
candidates, and spouses of eligible candidates within 120 days of general presidential elections. In addition, this program designs, coordinates, and
implements operational security plans for designated NSSEs, including investigating, evaluating, disseminating, and maintaining threat information
to protectees and NSSEs.
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protective Operations – PPA
Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $810,403 $879,249 $1,011,333
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $4,859 $14,183 $15,088
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers $1,550 - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $816,812 $893,432 $1,026,421
Collections – Reimbursable Resources $4,560 $6,475 $6,475
Total Budget Resources $821,372 $899,907 $1,032,896
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $795,298 $875,823 $1,007,911
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions 3,312 3,411 3,446
Enacted/Request FTE 3,216 3,386 3,427
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 3,312 3,431 3,466
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 3,216 3,406 3,447
*Carryover includes prior year and no year appropriations
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Protective Operations – PPA
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted 3,312 3,216 $810,403
FY 2019 President's Budget 3,411 3,386 $879,249
FY 2020 Base Budget 3,411 3,386 $879,249
Technical Adjustment - (26) -
Transfer to O&S/PO/PPF from PC&I/Protective Assets and Infrastructure for FAV - - $18,460
Total Transfers - - $18,460
Annualization of FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - 49 $6,900
FERS Agency Contribution Increase - - $9,822
Health Benefits - - $1,194
Total, Pricing Increases - 49 $17,916
Non Recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - - ($1,303)
Total, Pricing Decreases - - ($1,303)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - 23 $35,073
FY 2020 Current Services 3,411 3,409 $914,322
FY 2020 Presidential Campaign - - $126,672
Protective Countermeasures (Operational Mission Support) - - $1,189
Secret Service Staffing 35 18 $3,628
Total, Program Increases 35 18 $131,489
Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) - - ($20,035)
Overtime Reduction - - ($3,750)
Permanent Change of Station - - ($6,175)
Travel Reduction - - ($4,518)
Total, Program Decreases - - ($34,478)
FY 2020 Request 3,446 3,427 $1,011,333
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change 35 41 $132,084
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Protective Operations – PPA
Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Protection of Persons and Facilities 2,973 2,880 $594,711 $206.5 3,025 3,025 $616,399 $203.77 3,047 3,037 $623,486 $205.3 22 12 $7,087 $1.53
Protective Countermeasures 118 118 $13,242 $112.22 156 137 $14,899 $108.75 165 160 $19,728 $123.3 9 23 $4,829 $14.55
Protective Intelligence 221 218 $42,063 $192.95 230 224 $42,479 $189.64 234 230 $43,809 $190.47 4 6 $1,330 $0.83
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security - - $2,505 - - - $2,505 - - - $28,083 - - - $25,578 -
Events
Total 3,312 3,216 $652,521 $202.9 3,411 3,386 $676,282 $199.73 3,446 3,427 $715,106 $208.67 35 41 $38,824 $8.94
Discretionary - Appropriation 3,312 3,216 $652,521 $202.9 3,411 3,386 $676,282 $199.73 3,446 3,427 $715,106 $208.67 35 41 $38,824 $8.94
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Protective Operations – PPA
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Protection of Persons and Facilities $116,516 $130,802 $121,422 ($9,380)
Protective Countermeasures $33,620 $40,410 $41,815 $1,405
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events $1,995 $25,995 $127,089 $101,094
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protection of Persons and Facilities – PPA Level II
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Protection of Persons and Facilities 2,973 2,880 $711,227 3,025 3,025 $747,201 3,047 3,037 $744,908 22 12 ($2,293)
Total 2,973 2,880 $711,227 3,025 3,025 $747,201 3,047 3,037 $744,908 22 12 ($2,293)
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 2,973 2,880 $711,227 3,025 3,025 $747,201 3,047 3,037 $744,908 22 12 ($2,293)
Within this PPA, the Secret Service requests $18.0M in two-year authority for protective travel. The Secret Service’s protective travel requirements
are dicated by the schedules of the President, Vice President, their families, and other protectees. As a result, requirements can vary from year to year
without any predictable pattern. Two-year authority is necessary for the Secret Service to meet legislated protection requirements despite annual
fluctuations in protective travel requirements. A shorter period of availability would negatively impact the Secret Service’s ability to adequately
budget and execute resources for other non-pay requirements. Funds would need to be withheld or reprogrammed from other requirements to allow
for increases in protective travel costs. Additionally, a shorter period of availability may result in higher lapse rates should protective travel costs be
less than what was budgeted.
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protection of Persons and Facilities – PPA Level II
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted 2,973 2,880 $711,227
FY 2019 President's Budget 3,025 3,025 $747,201
FY 2020 Base Budget 3,025 3,025 $747,201
Technical Adjustment - (26) -
Transfer to O&S/PO/PPF from PC&I/Protective Assets and Infrastructure for FAV - - $18,460
Total Transfers - - $18,460
Annualization of FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - 26 $4,489
FERS Agency Contribution Increase - - $6,412
Health Benefits - - $1,067
Total, Pricing Increases - 26 $11,968
Non Recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - - ($686)
Total, Pricing Decreases - - ($686)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - - $29,742
FY 2020 Current Services 3,025 3,025 $776,943
Secret Service Staffing 22 12 $2,443
Total, Program Increases 22 12 $2,443
Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) - - ($20,035)
Overtime Reduction - - ($3,750)
Permanent Change of Station - - ($6,175)
Travel Reduction - - ($4,518)
Total, Program Decreases - - ($34,478)
FY 2020 Request 3,047 3,037 $744,908
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change 22 12 ($2,293)
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Protection of Persons and Facilities – PPA Level II
Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Protection of Persons and Facilities 2,973 2,880 $594,711 $206.5 3,025 3,025 $616,399 $203.77 3,047 3,037 $623,486 $205.3 22 12 $7,087 $1.53
Total 2,973 2,880 $594,711 $206.5 3,025 3,025 $616,399 $203.77 3,047 3,037 $623,486 $205.3 22 12 $7,087 $1.53
Discretionary - Appropriation 2,973 2,880 $594,711 $206.5 3,025 3,025 $616,399 $203.77 3,047 3,037 $623,486 $205.3 22 12 $7,087 $1.53
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Pay Cost Drivers
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Leading Cost Drivers
Enacted President’s Budget President's Budget Total Changes
Dollars in Thousands
FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate
Special Agents 981 $254,081 $259.00 1,039 $261,791 $251.96 1,013 $263,605 $260.22 (26) $1,814 $8.26
Uniformed Division Officers 1,519 $269,956 $177.72 1,573 $281,449 $178.92 1,601 $285,481 $178.31 28 $4,032 ($0.61)
Administrative, Professional, and
380 $70,674 $185.98 413 $73,159 $177.14 423 $74,400 $175.89 10 $1,241 ($1.25)
Technical Support
Total – Pay Cost Drivers 2,880 $594,711 $206.50 3,025 $616,399 $203.77 3,037 $623,486 $205.30 12 $7,087 $1.53
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protection of Persons and Facilities – PPA Level II
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Protection of Persons and Facilities $116,516 $130,802 $121,422 ($9,380)
Total $116,516 $130,802 $121,422 ($9,380)
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Non Pay Cost Drivers
Leading Non Pay Cost-Drivers FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Dollars in Thousands Enacted President’s Budget President’s Budget Total Changes
Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) $0 $12,240 $10,665 ($1,575)
Protective Travel $61,236 $61,282 $56,830 ($4,452)
White House Mail $14,500 $14,500 $14,500 $0
Other costs $40,780 $42,780 $39,427 ($3,353)
Total Non-Pay Cost Drivers $116,516 $130,802 $121,422 ($9,380)
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
White House Mail: As part of the protection of the White House Complex, the Secret Service must screen all incoming mail to identify and
remediate any explosive, chemical, biological, radiological threats.
Other Costs: Funding in this cost driver supports Secret Service’s protective mission, including training, supplies, and materials to support the
workforce. Changes to this cost driver reflect a reduction to permanent change of station (PCS) moves and costs associated with FY 2019 and FY
2020 staffing increases.
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Budget Activities:
Protection of Persons - Secret Service Special Agents (SAs) provide protection of permanent protectees, such as the President and Vice
President, former Presidents, their spouses, and visiting heads of state or governments. The protective environment is enhanced by
specialized resources within the Secret Service including the Airspace Security Branch, Counter Sniper Team, Counter Assault Team,
Emergency Response Team, Counter Surveillance Division (CSD), Hazardous Agent Mitigation and Medical Emergency Response Team,
Explosive Detection Unit, the Magnetometer Operations Unit, and the Critical Systems Protection (CSP) program.
Protection of Facilities - Uniformed Division (UD) Officers provide protection to facilities. Pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. 3056A, the
Secret Service is authorized to protect, in part, the following facilities: the WHC; any building in which Presidential offices are located
(New Executive Office Building, Old Executive Office Building); the Treasury Building and grounds; the Vice President’s Residence
and grounds; and over 540 foreign diplomatic missions located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. UD Officers utilize
magnetometer screening operations, fixed posts, foot beats, bicycle patrols, roving vehicular patrols, and cameras. Technicians assigned
to the Counter Sniper Units, Explosive Detection Units, and the Emergency Response Teams provide specialized security in and around
the WHC. The White House Vehicle Inspection Teams and the CSD augment the UD work in securing the WHC and other protected
sites.
The UD Special Operations Section is an additional unit responsible for providing security operations, oversight, and coordination of
tours of the White House and special events, which are shown in the following table.
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UD Officers assigned to protect foreign diplomatic missions in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area perform their duties by patrolling the
embassy district in marked police vehicles, on motorcycles, on bicycles, and on foot. These officers also handle demonstrations at diplomatic
locations, assist in motorcade movements, operate fixed protective posts, investigate and process crime scenes, and consult with diplomatic
officials regarding security matters related to their embassies, chanceries, and personnel.
The Secret Service consistently implements three layers of security: an outer perimeter, a middle perimeter and an inner perimeter. A critical
element of the outer and middle perimeters is the use of magnetometer and portable X-rays. Whether it is a permanent protective site, such as the
WHC, the Vice President’s Residence, or a temporary protective site, the UD is responsible for the prevention, deterrence, and detection of all
items that may be deemed a threat by employing walk-through metal detectors, handheld metal detectors, portable x-ray machines, physical
searches of hand-carried items, and deployment of Explosive Detection Units. Since FY 2010, the UD magnetometer unit has screened, on
average, 2.9 million people per year at both the WHC and temporary protective sites. The number of screenings increases in years with
presidential campaigns or inaugurations.
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protective Countermeasures – PPA Level II
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Protective Countermeasures 118 118 $46,862 156 137 $55,309 165 160 $61,543 9 23 $6,234
Total 118 118 $46,862 156 137 $55,309 165 160 $61,543 9 23 $6,234
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 118 118 $46,862 156 137 $55,309 165 160 $61,543 9 23 $6,234
Within this PPA, the Secret Service requests $5.9M in two-year authority for OMS. The Secret Service must anticipate and adapt to new and
evolving threats and adversarial technologies while continuing to deploy and maintain existing protective countermeasures. Two-year authority is
necessary for the Secret Service to respond to emerging threats and maintain existing protective countermeasures that malfunction or sustain damage
unexpectedly. A shorter period of availability would negatively impact the Secret Service’s ability to assuredly defend the WHC, the Vice President’s
Residence, and temporary sites from existing and emerging threats.
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protective Countermeasures – PPA Level II
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted 118 118 $46,862
FY 2019 President's Budget 156 137 $55,309
FY 2020 Base Budget 156 137 $55,309
Annualization of FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - 19 $1,949
FERS Agency Contribution Increase - - $2,730
Health Benefits - - $48
Total, Pricing Increases - 19 $4,727
Non Recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - - ($499)
Total, Pricing Decreases - - ($499)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - 19 $4,228
FY 2020 Current Services 156 156 $59,537
Protective Countermeasures (Operational Mission Support) - - $1,189
Secret Service Staffing 9 4 $817
Total, Program Increases 9 4 $2,006
FY 2020 Request 165 160 $61,543
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change 9 23 $6,234
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Protective Countermeasures – PPA Level II
Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Protective Countermeasures 118 118 $13,242 $112.22 156 137 $14,899 $108.75 165 160 $19,728 $123.3 9 23 $4,829 $14.55
Total 118 118 $13,242 $112.22 156 137 $14,899 $108.75 165 160 $19,728 $123.3 9 23 $4,829 $14.55
Discretionary - Appropriation 118 118 $13,242 $112.22 156 137 $14,899 $108.75 165 160 $19,728 $123.3 9 23 $4,829 $14.55
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Pay Cost Drivers
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Leading Cost Drivers
Enacted President’s Budget President's Budget Total Changes
Dollars in Thousands
FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate
Special Agents 28 $4,003 $142.96 28 $4,102 $146.50 28 $4,825 $172.32 - $723 $25.82
Administrative, Professional, and
90 $9,239 $102.66 109 $10,797 $99.06 132 $14,903 $112.90 23 $4,106 $13.85
Technical Support
Total – Pay Cost Drivers 118 $13,242 $112.22 137 $14,899 $108.75 160 $19,728 $123.30 23 $4,829 $14.55
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protective Countermeasures – PPA Level II
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Protective Countermeasures $33,620 $40,410 $41,815 $1,405
Total $33,620 $40,410 $41,815 $1,405
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Non Pay Cost Drivers
Leading Non Pay Cost-Drivers FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Dollars in Thousands Enacted President’s Budget President’s Budget Total Changes
Operational Mission Support $33,620 $40,410 $41,815 $1,405
Total Non-Pay Cost Drivers $33,620 $40,410 $41,815 $1,405
Detailed descriptions of OMS requirements are classified and will be provided separately.
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protective Intelligence – PPA Level II
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Protective Intelligence 221 218 $47,814 230 224 $48,239 234 230 $49,710 4 6 $1,471
Total 221 218 $47,814 230 224 $48,239 234 230 $49,710 4 6 $1,471
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 221 218 $47,814 230 224 $48,239 234 230 $49,710 4 6 $1,471
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Protective Intelligence – PPA Level II
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted 221 218 $47,814
FY 2019 President's Budget 230 224 $48,239
FY 2020 Base Budget 230 224 $48,239
Annualization of FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - 4 $462
FERS Agency Contribution Increase - - $680
Health Benefits - - $79
Total, Pricing Increases - 4 $1,221
Non Recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - - ($118)
Total, Pricing Decreases - - ($118)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - 4 $1,103
FY 2020 Current Services 230 228 $49,342
Secret Service Staffing 4 2 $368
Total, Program Increases 4 2 $368
FY 2020 Request 234 230 $49,710
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change 4 6 $1,471
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protective Intelligence – PPA Level II
Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Protective Intelligence 221 218 $42,063 $192.95 230 224 $42,479 $189.64 234 230 $43,809 $190.47 4 6 $1,330 $0.83
Total 221 218 $42,063 $192.95 230 224 $42,479 $189.64 234 230 $43,809 $190.47 4 6 $1,330 $0.83
Discretionary - Appropriation 221 218 $42,063 $192.95 230 224 $42,479 $189.64 234 230 $43,809 $190.47 4 6 $1,330 $0.83
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Pay Cost Drivers
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Leading Cost Drivers
Enacted President’s Budget President's Budget Total Changes
Dollars in Thousands
FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate
Special Agents 144 $30,725 $213.37 144 $30,849 $214.23 144 $31,469 $218.53 - $620 $4.31
Administrative, Professional, and
74 $11,338 $153.22 80 $11,630 $145.38 86 $12,340 $143.49 6 $710 ($1.89)
Technical Support
Total – Pay Cost Drivers 218 $42,063 $192.95 224 $42,479 $189.64 230 $43,809 $190.47 6 $1,330 $0.84
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Protective Intelligence – PPA Level II
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Protective Intelligence $5,751 $5,760 $5,901 $141
Total $5,751 $5,760 $5,901 $141
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Non Pay Cost Drivers
Leading Non Pay Cost-Drivers FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Dollars in Thousands Enacted President’s Budget President’s Budget Total Changes
Training and Equipment $5,063 $5,063 $5,063 $0
Other costs $688 $697 $838 $141
Total Non-Pay Cost Drivers $5,751 $5,760 $5,901 $141
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Operations and Support Protective Operations - PPA
Budget Activities:
National Threat Assessement Center (NTAC) – The NTAC, housed within the U.S. Secret Service, is charged with conducting operationally
relevant and timely research on threat assessment and the prevention of targeted violence in various contexts (e.g., attacks against government, law
enforcement, workplaces, and schools). Through the Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000 (PL 160-544), Congress formally authorized NTAC
to conduct research on threat assessment and various types of targeted violence; provide training on threat assessment and violence prevention;
facilitate information- sharing among agencies with protective and/or public safety responsibilities; provide case consultation on individual threat
assessment investigations and for organizations building threat assessment units; and develop programs to promote the standardization of Federal,
State, and local threat assessment processes and investigations. In support of this congressional authorization, NTAC produced an operational guide
for school, law enforcement, and public safety professionals on how to create a targeted violence prevention plan. This guide “Enhancing School
Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence” was released in July 2018.
The following table show NTAC’s increasing demand signal and outreach impact nationally:
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Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events – PPA Level II
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events - - $4,500 - - $28,500 - - $155,172 - - $126,672
Total - - $4,500 - - $28,500 - - $155,172 - - $126,672
The Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events PPA provides funding to protect major presidential candidates, nominees, their
families, nominating conventions, presidential and vice-presidential debates, and designated National Special Security Events (NSSEs). Protection of
presidential candidates, nominees, and their spouses is authorized in Title 18 U.S.C. § 3056. The Secret Service leads and manages the planning,
coordination, and implementation of operational security plans at designated NSSEs to ensure the physical protection of the President, the public, and
other Secret Service protectees who participate in NSSEs.
Within this PPA, the Secret Service requests $4.5M in two-year authority for NSSEs. The Secret Service is required to provide protection for NSSEs
as designated by the Secretary. As a result, requirements can vary from year to year; even one additional NSSE can greatly increase requirements.
While the Secret Service plans for known future NSSEs, such as the quadrennial nominating conventions, not all NSSEs can be anticipated early
enough to allow for inclusion in a budget request. Two-year authority is necessary for the Secret Service to meet legislated protection requirements
despite annual fluctuations in the number of NSSEs. A shorter period of availability would negatively impact the Secret Service’s ability to
adequately budget and execute resources for other non-pay requirements. Funds would need to be withheld or reprogrammed from other
requirements to allow for increases in NSSE protection costs. Additionally, a shorter period of availability may result in higher lapse rates should
NSSE protection costs be less than what was budgeted.
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Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted - - $4,500
FY 2019 President's Budget - - $28,500
FY 2020 Base Budget - - $28,500
FY 2020 Current Services - - $28,500
FY 2020 Presidential Campaign - - $126,672
Total, Program Increases - - $126,672
FY 2020 Request - - $155,172
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change - - $126,672
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Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security - - $2,505 - - - $2,505 - - - $28,083 - - - $25,578 -
Events
Total - - $2,505 - - - $2,505 - - - $28,083 - - - $25,578 -
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Pay Cost Drivers
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Leading Cost Drivers
Enacted President’s Budget President's Budget Total Changes
Dollars in Thousands
FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate
Overtime in support of NSSEs - $2,505 $0.00 - $2,505 $0.00 - $2,505 $0.00 - $0 $0.00
Overtime in support of 2020
- $0 $0.00 - $0 $0.00 - $25,578 $0.00 - $25,578 $0.00
Presidential Campaign
Total – Pay Cost Drivers - $2,505 $0.00 - $2,505 $0.00 - $28,083 $0.00 - $25,578 $0.00
*Pay in this PPA only funds overtime for employees on temporary protective assignments for either presidential campaigns or NSSEs. As there are no employees
permanently assigned to these operations, there are no FTE in this PPA.
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Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Presidential Campaigns and National Special Security Events $1,995 $25,995 $127,089 $101,094
Total $1,995 $25,995 $127,089 $101,094
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Non Pay Cost Drivers
Leading Non Pay Cost-Drivers FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Dollars in Thousands Enacted President’s Budget President’s Budget Total Changes
Support for 2020 Presidential Campaign $0 $24,000 $125,094 $101,094
Support for NSSEs $1,995 $1,995 $1,995 $0
Total Non-Pay Cost Drivers $1,995 $25,995 $127,089 $101,094
Support for NSSEs: The Secret Service budgets $2.0M annually for supplies, equipment, and travel associated with NSSEs. To mitigate varying
requirements between fiscal years, these funds are requested with two-year availability to ensure availability of resources when needed.
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Presidential Campaigns - As authorized in Title 18 U.S.C. § 3056, the Secret Service protects major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates,
and spouses of eligible candidates within 120 days of general presidential elections. In addition, the DHS Secretary, in consultation with a bipartisan
congressional advisory committee, authorizes the activation of a Secret Service protective detail for a Presidential candidate prior to the nominating
conventions. The congressional advisory committee, which is comprised of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and one additional member selected by the other members of the
committee, establishes objective criteria for major candidate status. A Secret Service protective detail is formally activated when protection for a
particular candidate is authorized by the DHS Secretary, which typically occurs once a candidate requests protection, and meets the criteria for major
candidate status, as set forth by the advisory committee. The DHS Secretary also may authorize protection for one or more candidates at any time, in
consultation with the congressional advisory committee, based upon the threat environment.
Accompanying each candidate are:
Securing the two nominating conventions is one of the most expensive and challenging aspects of campaign protection. These very high-profile
NSSEs will typically have 50,000 or more attendees and last for three to four days. Because the locations and dates are widely publicized in advance
of the events, these conventions are targets for a variety of threats.
National Special Security Events (NSSE) - Since 1998, the Secret Service has planned, coordinated, and implemented operational security plans for
56 NSSEs, including the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. The designation of NSSEs is somewhat unpredictable – some NSSEs are known years in
advance while others are designated with only weeks or even within a couple of days of notice. In support of NSSE operations, the Secret Service
deploys personnel and resources from across the country and coordinates resources from multiple Federal departments, and numerous State and local
law enforcement and public safety jurisdictions. The President’s State of the Union Address is typically designated an NSSE each year as are
quadrennial campaign-related NSSEs, such as the party nominating conventions and Presidential Inaugurations.
The Secret Service is the lead agency for planning, coordinating, and implementing security operations at designated NSSEs. These events represent
some of the most complex and logistically complicated protective operations undertaken by the Secret Service, often requiring anywhere from 3 to18
months of planning. The Secret Service deploys personnel and resources from across the country to support NSSE security operations. The support
and coordination of multiple Federal departments, and numerous State and local law enforcement and public safety jurisdictions is essential to the
success of these events.
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Once an event is designated an NSSE, the Secret Service begins the collaborative process of developing a security plan that will create a safe and
secure environment for Secret Service protectees, other dignitaries, event participants, and the general public, while safeguarding people’s lawful
freedoms of speech, assembly, and petition of the government. A central component of this collaboration is the establishment of an Executive
Steering Committee (ESC) and as many as 24 subcommittees comprised of command level representatives from the Secret Service, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, other Federal law enforcement agencies, State and local law enforcement, and
public safety counterparts representing the areas impacted by the events.
The ESC oversees the development, coordination, and implementation of the security plan and resolves any concerns raised by the various
subcommittees. Interagency subject matter experts staff the subcommittees and are charged with developing specific aspects of the security plan
including tactical training and field exercises, credentialing, airspace security, and venue security. To further enhance interagency collaboration, the
Secret Service establishes a Multi-Agency Communications Center (MACC) staffed by senior level command officials at all NSSEs to give
participating law enforcement and public safety agencies the ability to monitor, coordinate, and immediately share critical and security information
from a central location.
The identification of vulnerabilities associated with a cyber-attack during an NSSE is a critical part of the operational security plan. The Secret
Service’s CSP program, which monitors the interaction between physical and cyber environments, provides a real-time picture of potential cyber
threats on physical security as the result of a cyber-intrusion. This program includes the systematic audit and technical assessment of various critical
infrastructures that support protective sites, events, and venues. These assessments identify and monitor computer networks, control systems and
remotely controlled devices, that if compromised could negatively impact an operational security plan. The CSP program has improved the Secret
Service’s ability to better secure protective venues to include those associated with designated NSSEs.
The annual meetings of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City are one of the most significant annual protective events,
requiring the agency to provide simultaneous protection of heads of state or government, as well as the President, Vice President, and other Secret
Service protectees that may be in attendance.
The chart on the following page illustrates the varying numbers of UNGA attendees requiring protective security each fiscal year.
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Heads of Government
FY Event Spouses Total Protectees
or Heads of State
2010 UNGA 65 125 52 177
2011 UNGA 66 132 55 187
2012 UNGA 67 160 50 210
2013 UNGA 68 124 80 204
2014 UNGA 69 142 76 218
2015 UNGA 70 162 74 236
2016 UNGA 71 132 70 202
2017 UNGA 72 166 93 259
2018 UNGA 73 134 68 202
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Field Operations – PPA
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Domestic and International Field Operations 2,849 2,762 $596,478 3,073 2,909 $627,687 3,173 3,097 $635,174 100 188 $7,487
Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations - - $6,000 - - $6,000 - - $6,000 - - -
Support for Computer Forensics Training - - $18,778 - - $4,000 - - $4,000 - - -
Total 2,849 2,762 $621,256 3,073 2,909 $637,687 3,173 3,097 $645,174 100 188 $7,487
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 2,849 2,762 $621,256 3,073 2,909 $637,687 3,173 3,097 $645,174 100 188 $7,487
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Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $621,256 $637,687 $645,174
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $41,387 $34,160 $27,885
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers - - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $662,643 $671,847 $673,059
Collections – Reimbursable Resources $17,655 $17,525 $17,525
Total Budget Resources $680,298 $689,372 $690,584
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $643,898 $654,841 $661,151
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions 2,849 3,073 3,173
Enacted/Request FTE 2,762 2,909 3,097
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 2,849 3,081 3,181
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) 2,762 2,917 3,105
*Carryover authority reflects prior year no year appropriation.
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Field Operations – PPA
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted 2,849 2,762 $621,256
FY 2019 President's Budget 3,073 2,909 $637,687
FY 2020 Base Budget 3,073 2,909 $637,687
Technical Adjustment - 26 -
Annualization of FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - 112 $9,686
FERS Agency Contribution Increase - - $7,820
Health Benefits - - $1,026
Total, Pricing Increases - 112 $18,532
Non Recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - - ($22,265)
Total, Pricing Decreases - - ($22,265)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - 138 ($3,733)
FY 2020 Current Services 3,073 3,047 $633,954
Secret Service Staffing 100 50 $26,145
Total, Program Increases 100 50 $26,145
Overtime Reduction - - ($3,750)
Permanent Change of Station - - ($6,175)
Travel Reduction - - ($5,000)
Total, Program Decreases - - ($14,925)
FY 2020 Request 3,173 3,097 $645,174
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change 100 188 $7,487
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Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Domestic and International Field Operations 2,849 2,762 $504,878 $182.79 3,073 2,909 $526,433 $180.97 3,173 3,097 $544,016 $175.66 100 188 $17,583 ($5.31)
Total 2,849 2,762 $504,878 $182.79 3,073 2,909 $526,433 $180.97 3,173 3,097 $544,016 $175.66 100 188 $17,583 ($5.31)
Discretionary - Appropriation 2,849 2,762 $504,878 $182.79 3,073 2,909 $526,433 $180.97 3,173 3,097 $544,016 $175.66 100 188 $17,583 ($5.31)
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Field Operations – PPA
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Domestic and International Field Operations $91,600 $101,254 $91,158 ($10,096)
Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 -
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Domestic and International Field Operations – PPA Level II
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Domestic and International Field Operations 2,849 2,762 $596,478 3,073 2,909 $627,687 3,173 3,097 $635,174 100 188 $7,487
Total 2,849 2,762 $596,478 3,073 2,909 $627,687 3,173 3,097 $635,174 100 188 $7,487
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 2,849 2,762 $596,478 3,073 2,909 $627,687 3,173 3,097 $635,174 100 188 $7,487
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Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted 2,849 2,762 $596,478
FY 2019 President's Budget 3,073 2,909 $627,687
FY 2020 Base Budget 3,073 2,909 $627,687
Technical Adjustment - 26 -
Annualization of FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - 112 $9,686
FERS Agency Contribution Increase - - $7,820
Health Benefits - - $1,026
Total, Pricing Increases - 112 $18,532
Non Recur One Time Costs for FY 2019 HCSP Staffing - - ($22,265)
Total, Pricing Decreases - - ($22,265)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - 138 ($3,733)
FY 2020 Current Services 3,073 3,047 $623,954
Secret Service Staffing 100 50 $26,145
Total, Program Increases 100 50 $26,145
Overtime Reduction - - ($3,750)
Permanent Change of Station - - ($6,175)
Travel Reduction - - ($5,000)
Total, Program Decreases - - ($14,925)
FY 2020 Request 3,173 3,097 $635,174
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change 100 188 $7,487
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Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay Summary
Organization FY 2018 Enacted FY 2019 President's Budget FY 2020 President's Budget FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Amount Rate Pos. FTE Changes
Amount Rate
Domestic and International Field Operations 2,849 2,762 $504,878 $182.79 3,073 2,909 $526,433 $180.97 3,173 3,097 $544,016 $175.66 100 188 $17,583 ($5.31)
Total 2,849 2,762 $504,878 $182.79 3,073 2,909 $526,433 $180.97 3,173 3,097 $544,016 $175.66 100 188 $17,583 ($5.31)
Discretionary - Appropriation 2,849 2,762 $504,878 $182.79 3,073 2,909 $526,433 $180.97 3,173 3,097 $544,016 $175.66 100 188 $17,583 ($5.31)
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Pay Cost Drivers
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Leading Cost Drivers
Enacted President’s Budget President's Budget Total Changes
Dollars in Thousands
FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate FTE Amount Rate
Special Agents 2,077 $408,204 $196.54 2,206 $427,568 $193.82 2,373 $444,405 $187.28 167 $16,837 ($6.54)
Administrative, Professional, and
685 $96,674 $141.13 703 $98,865 $140.63 724 $99,611 $137.58 21 $746 ($3.05)
Technical Support
Total – Pay Cost Drivers 2,762 $504,878 $182.79 2,909 $526,433 $180.97 3,097 $544,016 $175.66 188 $17,583 ($5.31)
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Domestic and International Field Operations – PPA Level II
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Domestic and International Field Operations $91,600 $101,254 $91,158 ($10,096)
Total $91,600 $101,254 $91,158 ($10,096)
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Non Pay Cost Drivers
Leading Non Pay Cost-Drivers FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Dollars in Thousands Enacted President’s Budget President’s Budget Total Changes
Domestic and Foreign Travel $41,833 $50,077 $47,539 ($2,538)
Other costs $49,767 $51,177 $43,619 ($7,558)
Total Non-Pay Cost Drivers $91,600 $101,254 $91,158 ($10,096)
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Investigative Mission - The Secret Service investigates violations of laws relating to counterfeiting of obligations and securities of the United States
and financial crimes that include, but are not limited to, financial institution fraud, identity theft, access device fraud, and money laundering. Secret
Service investigations directly support the DHS strategic goal to protect critical infrastructure, which includes protecting our Nation's currency and
financial systems.
The Secret Service operates in a strategic context that includes advances in photographic and printing device technologies, worldwide spread of the
internet, shifts in payment methods away from coins and paper currency, and dollarization (when a country replaces its national currency with the
U.S. dollar). As criminal exploitation of available technologies and practices increases, field resources must continue to demonstrate agility in
combating criminal efforts.
Secret Service proactively combats crimes, using advanced technologies, capitalizing on the power of task force partnerships, and providing
recommendations for industry safeguards. Today, criminal trends show an increased use of cyber-attacks to target diverse organizations, resulting in
significant data breaches, theft of credit and debit card account numbers and personal identifying information, and destruction or disruption of the
delivery of services. Secret Service computer experts, forensic specialists, investigative experts, and intelligence analysts provide rapid response and
critical information in support of financial analysis, infrastructure protection and criminal investigations.
To maximize the impact of its investigative mission, the Secret Service collaborates with other law enforcement partners by:
Leading a network of 45 Financial Crimes Task Forces (FCTF) and 40 Electronic Crimes Trask Forces (ECTF),
Providing computer-based training to enhance investigative skills through the Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program (ECSAP),
Formalizing the ECSAP program with the Computer Emergency Response Team in coordination with Carnegie Mellon University, and
Maximizing partnerships with international law enforcement counterparts through overseas field offices.
Field operations prioritize investigative cases, focusing resources on those investigations having significant economic and community impact. These
types of cases involve organized criminal groups, are multi-district or transnational in nature, and utilize schemes involving new technologies.
Since FY 2010, the Secret Service has closed over 236,000 criminal cases, making more than 45,000 arrests, and preventing $41,364.3M in potential
losses.
The tables below provide an annual summary of cases closed, arrests, and potential loss value.
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Potential Loss Value for Cases Closed by Domestic Field Offices (Dollars in thousands)
Category FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018
Cyber Crimes $7,022,596 $1,731,242 $408,695 $899,092 $368,391 $537,930 $514,557 $3,026,776 $2,497,264
Non-Cyber Financial Crimes $6,172,596 $2,707,139 $1,909,210 $3,597,448 $2,935,912 $1,438,590 $2,347,286 $3,066,195 $183,377
TOTAL $13,195,192 $4,438,381 $2,317,905 $4,496,540 $3,304,303 $1,976,520 $2,861,843 $6,092,971 $2,680,641
Notes: In-Custody Responses and Runouts (field office receiving a counterfeit note, but not enough evidence exits to open a case) have been deleted. Fiscal years reflect the
date the record was closed. Data include overseas investigations made by domestic field offices (e.g., Miami, Honolulu, etc.).
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Cyber Crime Investigations - Today, the Nation’s modern financial system depends heavily on information technology for convenience and
efficiency. Criminal trends show an increased use of phishing emails, account takeovers, malicious software, hacking attacks, and network
intrusions resulting in significant data breaches. Through the Unity of Effort memorandum of 2016, the Secret Service and ICE/HSI define their
roles in cyber based crimes, collaborate on cases to combine assets, reduce conflict and duplication of effort, and jointly train agents to share
information. The Secret Service widely shares relevant cybersecurity information it discovers through its criminal investigations with the National
Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), information sharing and analysis organizations, and other relevant cybersecurity
entities in order to strengthen the security of cyberspace.
Secret Service investigations have resulted in the arrest and successful prosecution of cyber criminals involved in the largest known data
breaches, including those of TJ Maxx, Dave & Buster’s, Heartland Payment Systems, and others. The Secret Service also works closely with
partners at the Department of Justice, in particular the local U.S. Attorney Offices, the Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section, and
the International Organized Crime Intelligence and Operations Center, to bring the cyber criminals that perpetrate major data breaches to justice.
Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program (ECSAP) - A central component of the Secret Service’s cyber-crime investigative efforts is the ECSAP.
This program is comprised of Computer Forensic Examiners and Network Intrusion Investigators located in field office districts across the country.
ECSAP agents are computer investigative specialists and among the most highly-trained experts in law enforcement, qualified to conduct
examinations on all types of electronic evidence. They protect components of U.S. critical infrastructure by providing substantive insight regarding
vulnerabilities that may be exploited by criminal elements. In FY 2018, ECSAP trained special agents processed over 2,400 terabytes of digital
evidence.
Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTF) - Secret Service Field Offices currently host 40 ECTFs, including two international task forces in Rome and
London. The ECTF model is unique in that it brings Federal, State, and local law enforcement together with prosecutors, private industry, and
academia. Information about vulnerabilities, emerging technologies, and preventative measures is openly shared within a trusted environment. As
of 2018, ECTF membership includes over 3,800 private sector partners; 3,345 international, Federal, State, and local law enforcement partners; and
292 academic partners.
Financial Crimes Task Forces (FCTF) - The Secret Service host a national network of 45 FCTF that combine the resources of the private sector and
other law enforcement agencies in an organized effort to combat threats to financial and payment systems and critical infrastructure. FCTF often
operate in conjunction with Secret Service ECTF and are frequently co-located and managed to leverage the overall expertise and experience of the
membership of both task forces.
Cell Phone Forensic Facility - The Secret Service has an established partnership with the Tulsa Digital Forensic Laboratory Center of Information
Security, located at the University of Tulsa, to utilize their cell phone forensic facility. The facility enables training, forensic examinations, and
research on mobile devices to provide invaluable tools to fight cyber-crime. Since 2008, approximately 11,777 mobile device forensic examinations
have been conducted. In FY 2018, over 800 mobile device forensic examinations were conducted.
Counterfeit Investigations - In FY 2018, approximately $82.1M in counterfeit (digital & non-digital) U.S. currency was used in place of real
currency, referred to as “passed,” and $10.4M was seized prior to entering circulation. Digitally processed counterfeit notes accounted for 70% of
the total domestic passing activity of counterfeit currency. The Secret Service remains committed to suppressing the counterfeiting of U.S. currency
around the world. There are currently 15 dollarized countries and six countries which operate semi-official dollarized economies. Since 1986, the
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Secret Service has recovered over $926.5M in South American-produced counterfeit currency. In FY 2018, Project Colombia partners seized
approximately $62.9M in counterfeit U.S. currency, arrested 128 suspects, and suppressed one counterfeit printing plant.
Protective Mission - By design, Special Agents (SAs) are assigned to field offices to conduct criminal investigations and provide manpower, on a
temporary basis, to fulfill the Secret Service’s mission of protecting the President, Vice President, visiting heads of state and government and former
Presidents. Special agents assigned to field offices provide a “surge capacity” of protective staffing, without which the Secret Service could not
accomplish its protective mandate in a cost-effective manner.
Furthermore, Secret Service field offices have long standing and established relationships with the local, State and Federal law enforcement agencies
in their district that play a critical role in protective advances. Field offices facilitate the advance work done prior to the visit of any Secret Service
protectee and provide the staffing to secure each protected site. In FY 2018, Secret Service field offices facilitated over 7,200 domestic protective
visits, over 100 visits to U.S. territories and over 370 foreign visits by Secret Service protectees.
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Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations – PPA Level II
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations - - $6,000 - - $6,000 - - $6,000 - - -
Total - - $6,000 - - $6,000 - - $6,000 - - -
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (P.L 103-322) directed the Secret Service to participate in a government-wide Task
Force to support the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Subsequently, the PROTECT Act of 2003 amended 18 U.S.C. §
3056, authorizing the Secret Service to “provide forensic and investigative assistance in support of any investigation involving missing or exploited
children.”
The Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations PPA funds forensic support for cases involving missing and exploited children.
Forensic support includes polygraph examinations, handwriting examinations, voiceprint comparisons, audio and video enhancements, age
progressions/regressions, and fingerprint research and identification. The Secret Service currently provides investigative assistance and liaison to
NCMEC headquarters staff by facilitating services available through the Secret Service Forensic Services Division (FSD).
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Operations and Support Field Operations - PPA
Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations – PPA Level II
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted - - $6,000
FY 2019 President's Budget - - $6,000
FY 2020 Base Budget - - $6,000
FY 2020 Current Services - - $6,000
FY 2020 Request - - $6,000
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change - - -
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Operations and Support Field Operations - PPA
Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations – PPA Level II
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Support for Missing and Exploited Children Investigations $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 -
Total $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 -
Forensic Support: The Secret Service provides forensic support to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children under the provisions of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and the PROTECT Act of 2003.
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Operations and Support Field Operations - PPA
Support for Computer Forensics Training – PPA Level II
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Support for Computer Forensics Training - - $18,778 - - $4,000 - - $4,000 - - -
Total - - $18,778 - - $4,000 - - $4,000 - - -
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Operations and Support Field Operations - PPA
Support for Computer Forensics Training – PPA Level II
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted - - $18,778
FY 2019 President's Budget - - $4,000
FY 2020 Base Budget - - $4,000
FY 2020 Current Services - - $4,000
FY 2020 Request - - $4,000
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change - - -
Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation 221 219 $64,212 238 228 $101,854 243 239 $110,258 5 11 $8,404
PPA Description
The Basic and In-Service Training and Professional Development PPA funds basic recruit training programs for Uniformed Division (UD) Officers,
Special Agents (SAs), and Technical Law Enforcement (TLE) personnel; and in-service training for SAs, UD Officers, SA investigators, and APT
personnel. Further, this PPA funds training program equipment, vehicles, and supplies to support operational readiness; and provides for the
maintenance and sustainment of Secret Service training facilities.
Within this PPA, the Secret Service requests $11.4M in two-year authority for maintenance of the Rowley Training Center (RTC). Maintenance
requirements for RTC buildings and infrastructure are often unpreditabe – such as major system breakdowns or weather damage. Two-year authority
for RTC maintenance is necessary to ensure availability of funds to address emergency maintenance and repair requirements that fluctuate year to
year. A shorter period of availability would negatively impact the Secret Service’s ability to provide safe and reliable facilities for students and staff
at RTC.
Discretionary - Appropriation 221 219 $42,023 $191.89 238 228 $42,779 $187.63 243 239 $45,817 $191.7 5 11 $3,038 $4.07
The curriculum provided by RTC instructors is for newly hired SAs, UD Officers, special officers, physical security specialists, and protective
support technicians. Training includes investigative and protective methodologies, firearms marksmanship, control tactics, emergency vehicle
operation, emergency medicine, physical fitness techniques, financial and cybercrime detection, investigation, physical/site/event protection, and
water survival training. As Secret Service personnel progress through their career, RTC provides specialized and advanced in-service training in a
range of areas, including specialized operational and protective tactics, financial crime, cyber-based investigations, and employee and managerial
development. During FY 2018, RTC trained new SA and UD recruits, continued offering in-service training opportunities to our operational units as
permitted by the operational tempo of our protective mission, and enhanced and expanded career development curriculum and course availability.
Regional In-Service Training (RIST) Program – In FY 2018, the Secret Service began RIST to streamline field-based training by organizing
regional training concepts and curricula for all field offices. RIST requires armed personnel to complete 80 hours of foundational training
biannually. This program officially began in April 2017, and is managed by RTC with the support of certified Regional Field Training Coordinators
(27) and Participating Field Based Trainers (32). Since inception, SAs have completed 6,454 training hours under RIST. In FY 2020, RIST will
adhere to the 80 hour requirement while solidifying the electronic tracking and reporting system for this program. By the end of FY 2019, which ends
the first two years of this program, RIST will implement an interactive database allowing all SAs to track their RIST requirements and progress in
real time. Also in FY 2019, RIST will begin compiling data and after action reports in support of the critical evaluation and analysis of the program.
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements................................................................................................................................................................1
Budget Comparison and Adjustments .....................................................................................................................................................................3
Non Pay Budget Exhibits .........................................................................................................................................................................................7
Capital Investments Exhibits ...................................................................................................................................................................................8
Protection Assets and Infrastructure– PPA .............................................................................................................................................................9
Budget Comparison and Adjustments ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Non Pay Budget Exhibits .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Itemized Procurements.............................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Operational Communications/Information Technology – PPA.............................................................................................................................16
Budget Comparison and Adjustments ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Non Pay Budget Exhibits .......................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Information Integration & Technology Transformation (IITT) – Investment .......................................................................................... 20
Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA ...................................................................................................................................................24
Budget Comparison and Adjustments ...................................................................................................................................................... 24
Non Pay Budget Exhibits .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Capital Investments Exhibits .................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Construction and Facility Improvements End Items – Investment ........................................................................................................... 29
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Protection Assets and Infrastructure $65,462 $52,971 $55,289 $2,318
Operational Communications/Information Technology $25,018 $8,845 - ($8,845)
Construction and Facility Improvements - $3,000 $1,000 ($2,000)
Total $90,480 $64,816 $56,289 ($8,527)
The Procurement, Construction, and Improvements (PC&I) appropriation provides the U.S. Secret Service funds, above certain threshold amounts,
necessary for the manufacture, purchase, or enhancement of one or more assets (which hereinafter also refers to end items) prior to sustainment.
Activities funded by this appropriation are typically categorized as one of the following:
Procurement – the obtaining of one or more assets through purchase, transfer, exchange, or other means. The configuration of an asset required
to meet the asset's intended use is part of procurement.
Construction – the erection of new facilities or infrastructure; the addition, expansion, extension, alteration, conversion, or replacement of an
existing facility; or the relocation of a facility from one installation to another.
Improvement – the obtaining an increase in capability and/or capacity.
PC&I funding enables the Secret Service to support the planning, operational development, engineering, and purchase of assets for the following
Programs, Projects, and Activities (PPAs):
Protection Assets and Infrastructure: This PPA funds major acquisitions that support activities related to protective operations, including
countermeasures, secure communications, intelligence, and surveillance systems.
Operational Communications/Information Technology: This PPA enhances domain awareness by acquiring assets for command and
control, coordination, information and situational awareness, and/or occupational health and safety for multiple mission programs.
Construction and Facility Improvements: This PPA funds the improvement of existing owned or leased facilities and real property, and
the construction of new facilities.
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Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $90,480 $64,816 $56,289
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $45,089 $35,617 $25,142
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers - - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $135,569 $100,433 $81,431
Collections – Reimbursable Resources - - -
Total Budget Resources $135,569 $100,433 $81,431
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $99,952 $75,291 $61,239
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions - - -
Enacted/Request FTE - - -
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
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Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted - - $90,480
FY 2019 President's Budget - - $64,816
FY 2020 Base Budget - - $18,460
Transfer to O&S/PO/PPF from PC&I/Protective Assets and Infrastructure for FAV - - ($18,460)
Total Transfers - - ($18,460)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - - ($18,460)
Fully Armored Vehicles (FAVs) - - $11,890
Protective Countermeasures (Operational Mission Support) - - $43,399
White House Fence Project (Phase II) - - $1,000
Total Investment Elements - - $56,289
FY 2020 Request - - $56,289
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change - - ($8,527)
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Justification of Transfers
Transfers FY 2020 President's Budget
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
Transfer 1 - Transfer to O&S/PO/PPF from PC&I/Protective Assets and Infrastructure for FAV - - ($18,460)
Protection Assets and Infrastructure - - ($18,460)
Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items - - ($18,460)
Total Transfers - - ($18,460)
Transfer 1 – Transfer to O&S/PO/PPF from PC&I/Protective Assets and Infrastructure for FAV: The FY 2019 President’s Budget requested
funding for standard Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) in the PC&I account based on an initial per vehicle estimate above the $250,000 PC&I threshold
outlined in the DHS Financial Management Policy Manual (FMPM). A refined per vehicle cost estimate for FAVs places it below the PC&I
threshold. This transfer realigns the base funding from PC&I to O&S based on this refined estimate as required by the FMPM.
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Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay by Object Class
Non-Pay Object Classes FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY
(Dollars in Thousands) Enacted President's Budget President's Budget 2020 Change
25.2 Other Services from Non-Federal Sources $29,984 $26,451 $30,955 $4,504
26.0 Supplies and Materials $3,050 $146 - ($146)
31.0 Equipment $34,849 $38,219 $25,334 ($12,885)
32.0 Land and Structures $22,597 - - -
Total - Non Pay Object Classes $90,480 $64,816 $56,289 ($8,527)
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Capital Investments Exhibits
Capital Investments
FY 2019 FY 2020
Investment Unique Item Acquisition Procurement/ IT/Non-
MAOL
FY 2018
President's President's
(Dollars in Thousands) Identifier Level Construction IT Enacted
Budget Budget
Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items - - Procurement - No $65,462 $52,971 $55,289
Information Integration & Technology Transformation (IITT) 024-000004054 2 Procurement IT Yes $25,018 $8,845 -
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Protection Assets and Infrastructure – PPA
Protection Assets and Infrastructure– PPA
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items $65,462 $52,971 $55,289 $2,318
Total $65,462 $52,971 $55,289 $2,318
The Protection Assets and Infrastructure PPA funds the procurement of assets, equipment, and technologies that support the Secret Service’s
protection mission. This PPA is comprised of the following investment:
Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items: includes funding for the development, procurement, and deployment of multiple assets,
equipment, and technologies that support the Secret Service’s protection mission. It includes programs that exceed the $250,000 PC&I threshold for
end items, but are not part of the DHS Master Acquisition Oversight List (MAOL).
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Protection Assets and Infrastructure – PPA
Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $65,462 $52,971 $55,289
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $27,351 $22,936 $18,758
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers - - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $92,813 $75,907 $74,047
Collections – Reimbursable Resources - - -
Total Budget Resources $92,813 $75,907 $74,047
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $69,877 $57,149 $55,748
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions - - -
Enacted/Request FTE - - -
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
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Protection Assets and Infrastructure – PPA
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted - - $65,462
FY 2019 President's Budget - - $52,971
FY 2020 Base Budget - - $18,460
Transfer to O&S/PO/PPF from PC&I/Protective Assets and Infrastructure for FAV - - ($18,460)
Total Transfers - - ($18,460)
Total Adjustments-to-Base - - ($18,460)
Fully Armored Vehicles (FAVs) - - $11,890
Protective Countermeasures (Operational Mission Support) - - $43,399
Total Investment Elements - - $55,289
FY 2020 Request - - $55,289
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change - - $2,318
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Protection Assets and Infrastructure – PPA
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay by Object Class
Non-Pay Object Classes FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY
(Dollars in Thousands) Enacted President's Budget President's Budget 2020 Change
25.2 Other Services from Non-Federal Sources $19,715 $18,011 $29,955 $11,944
31.0 Equipment $23,150 $34,960 $25,334 ($9,626)
32.0 Land and Structures $22,597 - - -
Total - Non Pay Object Classes $65,462 $52,971 $55,289 $2,318
Fully Armored Vehicles (FAVs): These funds enable the Secret Service to armor 29 Camp David Limousines (CDLs), also known as Heavy Duty
(HD) FAVs. The change from FY 2019 reflects the transfer of $18.5M to Operations & Support for standard FAVs and an increase of $7.4M to
armor 29 CDLs, an increase of 19 CDLs from FY 2019.
White House Fence Project Phase I: Phase I of the White House Fence project provided for improved fencing enclosing the executive mansion.
Funding for Phase II is provided in the Construction and Facility Improvements PPA.
Protective Countermeasures (Operational Mission Support): OMS supports the protection of the President and Vice President at the White
House Complex (WHC), the Vice President’s Residence, and temporary sites from emerging explosive, chemical, biological, radiological, and
cyber threats. The change from FY 2019 reflects infrastructure upgrades, lifecycle replacements, and enhancements to threat/intrusion
detection/assessment sensors and response systems, officer booths and gates, audio countermeasures, and next generation presidential limousines.
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Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items-Investment
Itemized Procurements
End Items Purchases
Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Funding
FY 2019 FY 2020
Investment Unique Item Acquisition Procurement/ IT/Non-
MAOL
FY 2018
President's President's
(Dollars in Thousands) Identifier Level Construction IT Enacted
Budget Budget
Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items - - Procurement - No $65,462 $52,971 $55,289
Investment Description
Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items includes funding for the development, procurement, and deployment of multiple assets, equipment,
and technologies that support the Secret Service’s protection mission. It includes programs that exceed the $250,000 PC&I threshold for end items,
but are not part of the DHS Master Acquisition Oversight List (MAOL). This includes the following programs:
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Portable Security Systems for Presidential Venues - - N/A $1,000 N/A $880
Subtotal, OMS N/A $53,312 N/A $30,011 N/A $43,399
Total, Protection Assets and Infrastructure End Items 57 $65,462 81 $52,971 29 $55,289
*Details available in a classified format.
Fully Armored Vehicles (FAVs): The Secret Service utilizes protective vehicles to ensure the safety of the President, Vice President, and their
families; visiting foreign dignitaries; major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates; and various other high visibility protectees, as
legislatively mandated. CDLs have more enhanced armoring and capabilities than standard FAVs. Each vehicle requires communications
equipment, emergency lights, and other protective equipment. The current FAV fleet includes pre-2008 production model vehicles. As the fleet
ages, maintenance costs continue to increase along with scarcity of repair parts. Vehicle break downs with protectees on board have occurred,
resulting in unacceptable risks. Recurring recapitalization of its Fully Armored Vehicle (FAV) Fleet is imperative for the Secret Service to
execute protection operations. Additional funding for the FAV program is provided in the Secret Service’s Operations and Support (O&S) and
Research & Development (R&D) appropriations; a breakout is provided below:
White House Fence Project – Phase I: Phase I of the White House Fence project provided for improved fencing enclosing the executive
mansion. Funding for Phase II is provided in the Construction and Facility Improvements PPA.
The table below provides a detailed breakdown for OMS and identifies funding in the O&S, PC&I, and R&D accounts:
Information on O&S and R&D activities can be found in the congressional justifications for those appropriations. Detailed descriptions
of requirements are classified and will be provided separately.
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Operational Communications/Information Technology – PPA
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Information Integration & Technology Transformation (IITT) $25,018 $8,845 - ($8,845)
Total $25,018 $8,845 - ($8,845)
This PPA funds investments in communications infrastructure and Information Technology (IT) systems and equipment that (1) are directly used by
Secret Service field offices and personnel and (2) have multi-mission frontline applications.
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Operational Communications/Information Technology – PPA
Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $25,018 $8,845 -
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $17,738 $12,681 $6,384
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers - - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $42,756 $21,526 $6,384
Collections – Reimbursable Resources - - -
Total Budget Resources $42,756 $21,526 $6,384
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $30,075 $15,142 $4,491
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions - - -
Enacted/Request FTE - - -
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
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Operational Communications/Information Technology – PPA
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted - - $25,018
FY 2019 President's Budget - - $8,845
FY 2020 Base Budget - - -
FY 2020 Request - - -
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change - - ($8,845)
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Operational Communications/Information Technology – PPA
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay by Object Class
Non-Pay Object Classes FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY
(Dollars in Thousands) Enacted President's Budget President's Budget 2020 Change
25.2 Other Services from Non-Federal Sources $10,269 $5,440 - ($5,440)
26.0 Supplies and Materials $3,050 $146 - ($146)
31.0 Equipment $11,699 $3,259 - ($3,259)
Total - Non Pay Object Classes $25,018 $8,845 - ($8,845)
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Information Integration & Technology Transformation (IITT) – Investment
Capital Investments Exhibits
Procurement/Acquisition Programs
Information Integration & Technology Transformation
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Funding
FY 2019 FY 2020
Investment Unique Item Acquisition Procurement/ IT/Non-
MAOL
FY 2018
President's President's
(Dollars in Thousands) Identifier Level Construction IT Enacted
Budget Budget
Information Integration & Technology Transformation (IITT) 024-000004054 2 Procurement IT Yes $25,018 $8,845 -
Investment Description
The IITT investment portfolio for FY 2018 to FY 2020 is comprised of the following three independent IT projects:
Enabling Capabilities (EC): Includes activities to modernize the infrastructure that provides the backbone of the Secret Service IT network.
Component elements include the EC contract for Infrastructure Modernization, IT Network Infrastructure equipment, and Cyber Security
equipment for headquarters, the alternate data center and field sites, and support services in the Network Operations and Security Center (NOSC)
– all contributing to the modernized network. Full operational capability (FOC) was achieved in FY 2018.
Multi-Level Security (MLS): Provides the Secret Service with the capability to securely access investigative and protective mission information
across Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU), Secret, and Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security classification domains
– in many cases simultaneously. An important part of the MLS project is the build out of sensitive compartmented information facilities (SCIFs)
at select field office (FO) locations to enable the deployment of the MLS capability. The selected FOs have an immediate requirement to access
TS/SCI and Secret information to support sensitive protective and investigative missions. Due to the classification of the information accessed by
MLS, an accredited SCIF is required to deploy the capability.
Enterprise Resource Management System (ERMS): Created by the Office of Protective Operations (OPO) to define, develop, and deliver an
agency wide event planning, scheduling, monitoring and reporting system that supports protective, investigative, and administrative operations.
ERMS includes the following projects:
o Uniformed Division Resource Management System (UDRMS): Due to the continued technical challenges associated with the commercial off
the shelf (COTS) product, the system was transitioned to an in house developed capability. This has allowed the Secret Service the flexibility
to quickly enhance and make updates to the system in support of the Uniformed Division (UD) mission requirements as well as more
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seamlessly integrate information from other Secret Service developed systems. Enterprise Personnel Scheduling (EPS) system for the UD was
fully deployed on October 2018.
o Events Management (EM): EM is the agency wide event planning, scheduling, monitoring and reporting system. This project achieved initial
operating capability (IOC) in FY 2018.
o Enterprise Wide Scheduling: The Secret Service is conducting market research for an Enterprise Wide Scheduling tool to establish the type of
product needed to proceed with the project.
Justification
The FY 2020 President’s Budget does not request funding for IITT in the PC&I appropriation. Prior year appropriations’ carryover will enable the
Secret Service to continue contracted modernization of the MLS and ERMS projects and implement new MLS SCIFs in key field offices.
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FY 2020 Planned Key Milestone Events
EC:
Continue sustainment efforts being provided in the NOSC.
MLS:
Complete final SCIF build outs to provide MLS at key field office locations. Achieve Increment #3 FOC.
ERMS:
Achieve FOC for the Events Management project.
Continue development of the Enterprise Wide Scheduling and achieve IOC.
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Significant Changes to Investment since Prior Year Enacted
FOC dates updated as follows:
EC in FY 2018 (no change; FOC achieved).
MLS in FY 2020 (one year slip for total program FOC).
ERMS FOC delayed pending continued development of Enterprise Wide Scheduling.
Investment Schedule
FY 2019
(ERMS) Event Management IOC - Deployment of Increments 1- 4 (Sprint 8) functionality related to planning Events
FY 2018 Q1 FY 2019 Q4
with subsequent Visits and Sites
(ERMS) Enterprise Wide Planning contract award design and development FY 2018 Q1 FY 2021 Q1
(ERMS) Event Management FOC - Deployment of Increments 4-6 functionality related to planning Events with
FY 2018 Q1 FY 2020 Q1
subsequent Visits and Sites
(MLS) ADE-3 Increment 3 - The MLS Increment 3 Deployment adds secure Unclassified interoperability, web
malware isolation capability to the existing Secret Service Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) network. MLS Increment
3 integrates a Secure Web Browser appliance that provides intelligence analysts and investigators with the capability FY 2018 Q1 FY 2019 Q4
to securely browse open internet websites utilizing their SBU workstations in support of protective and investigative
missions, while preventing all untrusted web code; and web malware from entering the protected SBU network.
(MLS) Transition of next generation technology FY 2018 Q1 FY 2020 Q4
FY 2020
(EC) IT Network sustainment FY 2019 Q1 FY 2020 Q4
(MLS) Installation of SCIFs in Honolulu and New York City FY 2019 Q1 FY 2020 Q4
(MLS) Increment #3 Team will recommend approval of FOC at MLS ADE 3 FY 2019 Q3 FY 2020 Q4
(ERMS) Events Management FOC FY 2019 Q4 FY 2021 Q1
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Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Construction and Facility Improvements End Items - $3,000 $1,000 ($2,000)
Total - $3,000 $1,000 ($2,000)
The Secret Service’s Construction and Facility Improvements funding supports the improvement of existing owned or leased facilities and
real property, and the construction of new facilities and projects under the control of the Secret Service. This PPA is comprised of the
following investment:
Construction and Facility Improvements End Items: includes funding for the improvement of existing owned or leased facilities and real
property, and the construction of new facilities, that support the Secret Service’s mission. It includes programs that exceed the $250,000 PC&I
threshold for end items, but are not part of the DHS Master Acquisition Oversight List (MAOL).
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request - $3,000 $1,000
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers - - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority - $3,000 $1,000
Collections – Reimbursable Resources - - -
Total Budget Resources - $3,000 $1,000
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - $3,000 $1,000
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions - - -
Enacted/Request FTE - - -
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted - - -
FY 2019 President's Budget - - $3,000
FY 2020 Base Budget - - -
White House Fence Project (Phase II) - - $1,000
Total Investment Elements - - $1,000
FY 2020 Request - - $1,000
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change - - ($2,000)
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay by Object Class
Non-Pay Object Classes FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY
(Dollars in Thousands) Enacted President's Budget President's Budget 2020 Change
25.2 Other Services from Non-Federal Sources - $3,000 $1,000 ($2,000)
Total - Non Pay Object Classes - $3,000 $1,000 ($2,000)
White House Fence Project (Phase II): The FY 2020 President’s Budget includes $1.0M to complete the preliminary construction design for
replacing and extending the White House fence around the Department of the Treasury and Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB).
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Capital Investments Exhibits
Capital Investments
FY 2019 FY 2020
Investment Unique Item Acquisition Procurement/ IT/Non-
MAOL
FY 2018
President's President's
(Dollars in Thousands) Identifier Level Construction IT Enacted
Budget Budget
Construction and Facility Improvements End Items - - Construction - No - $3,000 $1,000
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Construction and Facility Improvements End Items – Investment
Capital Investments Exhibits
Construction
Construction and Facility Improvements
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Funding
FY 2019 FY 2020
Investment Unique Item Acquisition Procurement/ IT/Non-
MAOL
FY 2018
President's President's
(Dollars in Thousands) Identifier Level Construction IT Enacted
Budget Budget
Construction and Facility Improvements End Items - - Construction - No - $3,000 $1,000
Investment Description
The FY 2020 President’s Budget includes $1.0M for Phase II of the White House Fence Project. Funding will support the development of the
preliminary construction design. This project will reduce the vulnerability of the Treasury building and the EEOB to perimeter security threats.
Justification
An improved fence around the EEOB and the Treasury building will impede individuals attempting to jump the fence and gain entry to the White
House Complex. In addition, the improved fence will provide a level of resistance against explosive devices used for breaching. The requirements
of the proposed fence must be integrated with the concept of operations for providing physical protection at the EEOB and the Treasury building
to ensure that it addresses the existing capability gaps. Funds included in the FY 2019 and FY 2020 Budgets are intended to fully fund all
preliminary design requirements for Phase II.
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
FY 2019 Planned Key Milestone Events
Obtain funding and Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) approvals to complete Phase II fence
construction.
Break ground and begin onsite construction of new Phase I fence sections.
*FY 2018 funding for White House Fence Project Phase I was provided in the Protection Assets & Infrastructure PPA
Contract Information (Current/Execution Year, Budget Year)
Total
Award Start
End Date EVM in Value
Contract Number Contractor Type Date Date
(mo/yr) Contract (Dollars in
(mo/yr) (mo/yr)
Thousands)
Grunley Construction
Phase I WH Fence – 140P2018C0028 (NPS contract) FFP 06/2018 11/2018 06/2021 N $64,161
Co., Inc.
TBD – pending funding award of Interagency Agreement for
TBD
Phase II
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Procurement, Construction, and Improvements Construction and Facility Improvements – PPA
Significant Changes to Construction since Prior Year Enacted
N/A.
Construction Schedule
Design Work Project Work
Description
Initiated Completed Initiated Completed
FY 2018
WH Fence Phase I design FY 2018 Q1
FY 2019
WH Fence Phase I Construction Start (Notice to Proceed issued by NPS) FY 2019 Q1
FY 2020
WH Fence Phase II Design Award TBD
WH Fence Phase II NCPC and CFA Approval TBD
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Table of Contents
Research and Development ................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Budget Comparison and Adjustments......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Non Pay Budget Exhibits ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Technology Readiness Level Exhibit ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
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Research and Development
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Research and Development - - $250 - - $2,500 - - $10,955 - - $8,455
Total - - $250 - - $2,500 - - $10,955 - - $8,455
The U.S. Secret Service’s Research and Development (R&D) appropriation provides resources necessary to identify, explore, and demonstrate
new technologies and capabilities that support the protective and investigative missions in a constantly evolving threat environment. The FY 2020
President’s Budget funds projects through Technology Readiness Level 6 – System Prototypes in Relevant Environment – in the pursuit of
enhanced technologies and products for front-line operational use.
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Research and Development
Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $250 $2,500 $10,955
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $750 - $250
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers - - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $1,000 $2,500 $11,205
Collections – Reimbursable Resources - - -
Total Budget Resources $1,000 $2,500 $11,205
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $1,000 $2,250 $10,955
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions - - -
Enacted/Request FTE - - -
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
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Research and Development
Summary of Budget Changes
Budget Formulation Activity
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
FY 2018 Enacted - - $250
FY 2019 President's Budget - - $2,500
FY 2020 Base Budget - - $2,500
FY 2020 Current Services - - $2,500
Gen2 Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) - - $9,000
Total, Program Increases - - $9,000
Operational Mission Support - Protective System and Weapons Testing - - ($545)
Total, Program Decreases - - ($545)
FY 2020 Request - - $10,955
FY 2019 To FY 2020 Change - - $8,455
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Research and Development
Justification of Program Changes
Program Changes FY 2020 President's Budget
(Dollars in Thousands) Positions FTE Amount
Program Change 1 - Gen2 Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) - - $9,000
Program Change 2 - Operational Mission Support - Protective System and Weapons Testing - - ($545)
Total Program Changes - - $8,455
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Program Change 2 – Operational Mission Support – Protective Systems and Weapons Testing:
Description
The FY 2020 President's Budget includes a decrease of $0.5M for Protective Systems and Weapons Testing, which is part of the Secret Service’s
Operational Mission Support (OMS) portfolio. The base for this program is $2.3M.
Justification
The OMS initiative supports the protection of the President, the Vice President, and other Secret Service protectees at the White House Complex
(WHC), the Vice President’s Residence, and temporary sites from emerging and evolving explosive, chemical, biological, radiological, and
cyber threats. The Protective Systems and Weapons Testing Program provides for the policy directed research, development, test, and evaluation
(RDT&E) needs of the OMS portfolio to assess, plan, and prepare for future adjustments within and/or between the OMS activities.
The FY 2020 President’s Budget requests $1.7M, which will enable the Secret Service to substantially enhance and adapt to emerging threats
and technology changes to assuredly defend the safety of the President and Vice President from plausible, credible threats. This funding supports
solicitation, testing, and contract award to assess the effectiveness of both weapons and defensive countermeasures, to include methods and
technologies that are unique to the Secret Service mission space.
The following table provides a detailed breakdown for OMS and identifies funding in the O&S, PC&I, and R&D accounts.
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Information on O&S and PC&I activities can be found in the congressional justifications for those appropriations. Detailed descriptions of OMS
requirements are classified and will be provided to the Congress separately.
Performance
The FY 2020 funding level will enable the Secret Service to continue to refresh, update, and upgrade technical countermeasures in order to ensure a
safe environment and provide enhanced security coverage for the President, Vice President, and other Secret Service protectees without a significant
degradation in performance.
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Research and Development
Non Pay Budget Exhibits
Non Pay Summary
Organization FY 2019 President's FY 2020 President's FY 2019 to FY 2020 Total
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2018 Enacted
Budget Budget Changes
Research and Development $250 $2,500 $10,955 $8,455
Total $250 $2,500 $10,955 $8,455
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Non Pay Cost Drivers
Leading Non Pay Cost Drivers FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands) Enacted President’s Budget President’s Budget Total Changes
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) $250 $250 $250 -
Gen2 Fully Armored Vehicles (FAV) - - $9,000 $9,000
Protective Systems and Weapons Testing Program - $2,250 $1,705 ($545)
Total – Non Pay Cost Drivers $250 $2,500 $10,955 $8,455
Gen2 FAV: FAVs are an inextricable component of the Secret Service’s protective methodology to ensure the safety of the President, Vice
President, and other protectees. In the FY 2020 President’s Budget, the Secret Service will begin initial development of the Gen2 FAV.
Protective Systems and Weapons Testing Program: The Secret Service’s Operational Mission Support (OMS) program protects the President,
Vice President, other protectees, and protected sites from emerging explosive, chemical, biological, radiological, and cyber threats. R&D funding
for protective systems and weapons testing allows the Secret Service to assess the effectiveness of adversarial weapons and defensive
countermeasures. The FY 2020 President’s Budget decrease reflects a lower volume of R&D as compared to FY 2019.
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Research and Development
Technology Readiness Level Exhibit
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Liaison Program
Project Description
The FY 2020 President’s Budget includes $0.3M to support the Secret Service’s CERT liaison program with the Carnegie Mellon
University- Software Engineering Institute (CMU-SEI), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). The U.S.
Government realizes significant cost savings by leveraging participating agencies’ resources to accomplish shared objectives.
Problem: The Secret Service must keep pace with the rate of technological change adopted by criminal enterprises threatening the
nation’s financial system, and persons and facilities protected by the Secret Service. This includes continued advancements to the
agency’s mission-critical systems, cyber investigative applications, malware analysis, and applications that identify, assess, and
mitigate threats..
Solution: CERT developed the current tool suite utilized by the Secret Service’s Critical System Protection (CSP) program. These tools
include Kaleidoscope (network defense platform) and Compass (protective advance expert system application; formerly known as
FlipBook). CERT also developed the Bank Note Processing System (BNPS), which is an application which increased the efficiency of
processing counterfeit bank notes in Secret Service field offices.
Impact: FY 2020 R&D funds will be provided to CMU-SEI for the development of technologies and techniques in support of Secret
Service’s cyber investigations and protective operations. Secret Service plans to develop computer forensic gap area tools, investigative
support for complex cyber investigations, research and development for unique cyber related issues, and training.
FY 2018 Key Milestone Events
Completed Basic Investigation of Computers and Electronic Crimes Program (BICEP) curriculum rewrite.
Commenced Hazen Penetration Testing.
Began development of Flipbook version 3 (Web Application), which is now called Compass.
Continued support for BNPS maintenance and research and development.
FY 2019 Planned Key Milestone Events
Delivery of Compass CSP Advance Software.
FY 2020 Planned Key Milestones Events
Continue to develop new forensic processes to recover user artifacts from non-traditional evidence containers.
In conjunction with partners, develop additional tools to enable Secret Service Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program (ECSAP) examiners to
quickly scan for and identify specific applications in Point of Sale (POS) investigations.
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Overall Project Funding
(Dollars in Thousands) FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Project Funding $250 $250 $250 $250 $250
Obligations $250 $250 $250 - -
Project Schedule
Research & Development Description Planned Start Date Planned Completion
FY 2018
Develop malware analysis application to receive and analyze malware identified in Secret Service investigations FY 2017 Q1 FY 2018 Q2
Integration and user testing of Bank Note Processing System at Secret Service FY 2017 Q3 FY 2018 Q1
FY 2019
Develop new Basic Investigations of Computers and Electronic Crimes Program (BICEP) FY 2018 Q1 FY 2019 Q1
Cybersecurity assessment of Secret Service’s Hazen facility FY 2018 Q1 FY 2019 Q3
Develop version 3 of the Flipbook Web Application (now Compass) FY 2018 Q2 FY 2019 Q1
Refine Bank Note Processing System based on user integration testing FY 2018 Q1 FY 2019 Q1
FY 2020
Develop technologies to for use in the cybersecurity assessments of the U.S. Secret Service’s Critical Systems
FY 2019 Q1 FY 2020 Q1
Protection (CSP) program.
Type of Research
Developmental.
Technology Readiness Level
Level 6 – System Prototypes in Relevant Environment.
Transition Plans
Technologies are transitioned to U.S. Secret Service for operational use, and are available to other members of the Homeland Security Enterprise.
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Gen2 Fully Armored Vehicle (FAV) Program
Project Description
To develop the next base platform for FAVs.
Problem: GM ceased production of the current standard FAV base platform (3500 Series Suburban), with final orders taken in
November 2018.
Solution: The Secret Service will work with industry and, as appropriate, other government agencies, to develop a new base platform
for standard FAVs that will meet the protective and transportation needs of the Secret Service.
Impact: FAVs currently being deployed to the field have a five-year refresh cycle. Development of a new base platform is expected to
be completed in order to deploy Gen2 FAVs as the current fleet starts to require refresh.
FY 2018 Key Milestone Events
N/A.
FY 2019 Planned Key Milestone Events
N/A.
FY 2020 Planned Key Milestones Events
Develop an R&D plan, conduct market research, and identify other government agencies that have a similar need for armored vehicles.
Initiate R&D of Gen2 FAV.
Overall Project Funding
(Dollars in Thousands) FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
Project Funding - - - - $9,000
Obligations - - - - -
Project Schedule
The program is in the initial stages of development.
Type of Research
Developmental. Further details will be made available once known.
Technology Readiness Level
Level is being determined with potential manufacturers and Federal partners.
Transition Plans
N/A.
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Protective Systems and Weapons Testing Program
Project Description
The Protective Systems and Weapons Testing Program provides for the policy-directed RDT&E needs of the OMS portfolio to assess, plan,
and prepare for future adjustments within and/or between the OMS activities.
Problem: The Secret Service must maintain state-of-the-art weapons and protective systems to combat new, evolving, and emerging
adversarial technologies.
Solution: The OMS program provides for the development, design, testing, and evaluation of new technologies to ensure the Secret
Service has needed capabilities to respond to an evolving threat environment. Additional details are available in a classified format.
Impact: New weapons and protective systems that enhance the Secret Service’s protective capabilities are procured and deployed to
continue effective protection of the President, Vice President, other protectees, and protected sites from emerging explosive, chemical,
biological, radiological, and cyber threats. Additional details are available in a classified format.
FY 2018 Key Milestone Events
N/A.
FY 2019 Planned Key Milestone Events
Test samples of shoulder fire weapons, ammunition, and optics for alternatives analysis.
Compare protective technologies against emerging threats for defensive and offensive purposes.
Charter and scope master planning activities.
Conduct select operational efficacy studies and/or experiments to optimize the cost-performance of available OMS resources.
FY 2020 Planned Key Milestones Events
Evaluate remotely operated weapons and active countermeasures.
Compare protective technologies against emerging threats for defensive and offensive purposes.
Develop protective technology strategies for Presidential travel and Vice President’s Residence enhancements.
Conduct select operational efficacy studies and/or experiments to optimize the cost-performance of available OMS resources.
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Project Schedule
Additional details including project schedules are available in a classified format.
Type of Research
Developmental. Further details are available in a classified format.
Technology Readiness Level
Level 6 – System Prototypes in Relevant Environment.
Transition Plans
FY 2020 R&D funds will be applied to adapting projected future technology to the most pressing and achievable threat mitigations.
Weapons and defensive countermeasures developed and approved for operational use will transition into acquisition under the OMS portfolio.
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Table of Contents
Contribution for Annuity Accounts....................................................................................................................................................................................1
Budget Comparison and Adjustments......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Personnel Compensation and Benefits ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
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Contribution for Annuity Accounts
Budget Comparison and Adjustments
Comparison of Budget Authority and Request
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 to FY 2020
Organization Enacted President's Budget President's Budget Total Changes
(Dollars in Thousands) Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount Pos. FTE Amount
Contribution for Annuity Accounts - - $265,000 - - $265,000 - - $265,000 - - -
Total - - $265,000 - - $265,000 - - $265,000 - - -
Per Title V, Chapter 7, Section 5-703, of the District of Columbia (D.C.) Code, “whenever any member of the Secret Service Division performed
duties other than clerical for 10 years or more directly related to the protection of the President,” and was hired prior to 1984, the employee is
eligible to retire through the D.C. Police and Fireman’s Retirement and Disability Relief Fund. In 1930, this retirement system was provided to
White House Police officers (see P.L. 71-221) when they transferred from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Force to the Secret Service. In 1940, with
the passage of P.L. 76-847, this retirement system was extended to all Secret Service employees who qualified. To reimburse the D.C. retirement
fund, a permanent, indefinite appropriation was enacted. The Secret Service uses this appropriation to reimburse the District of Columbia for
benefit payments made in excess of the sum of salary deductions made from the employee’s pay and forwarded to the D.C. retirement fund.
Employees covered by this Title include Uniformed Division Officers, Special Agents, Physical Security Specialists, Protective Support
Technicians, Special Officers, and Operation Support Technicians.
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Contribution for Annuity Accounts
Budget Authority and Obligations
Budget Authority FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enacted/Request $265,000 $265,000 $265,000
Carryover and/or Recoveries (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $53,808 $17,205 -
Rescissions to Current Year/Budget Year - - -
Net Sequestered Resources - - -
Reprogrammings/Transfers - - -
Supplementals - - -
Total Budget Authority $318,808 $282,205 $265,000
Collections – Reimbursable Resources - - -
Total Budget Resources $318,808 $282,205 $265,000
Obligations (Actual/Estimates/Projections) $301,603 $265,000 $265,000
Personnel: Positions and FTE
Enacted/Request Positions - - -
Enacted/Request FTE - - -
Onboard and Actual FTE; Includes Collections - Reimbursable Resources
Onboard (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
FTE (Actual/Estimates/Projections) - - -
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Contribution for Annuity Accounts
Personnel Compensation and Benefits
Pay by Object Class
Pay Object Classes FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2019 - FY 2020
FY 2018 Enacted
(Dollars in Thousands) President's Budget President's Budget Change
13.0 Benefits for Former Personnel $265,000 $265,000 $265,000 -
Total - Personnel Compensation and Benefits $265,000 $265,000 $265,000 -
Positions and FTE
The FY 2020 Budget requests $265.0M in overall personnel compensation and benefits. The funding requested in object class 13.0 - Benefits
for Former Personnel is utilized to reimburse the District of Columbia for benefit payments made in excess of the sum of salary deductions
made from the employee’s pay and forwarded to the D.C. retirement fund.
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