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And they are not even using people in the USA to make these uniforms. Obama sucksThe impending sequester did not prevent the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from acting in late February to seal a $50-million deal to purchase new uniforms for its agents--uniforms that will be partly manufactured in Mexico
I swear the FED government is the worst people in business.. Why not use that money so people dont lose hours.. TSA Sealed $50-Million Sequester-Eve Deal to Buy New Uniforms | CNS NewsAnd they are not even using people in the USA to make these uniforms. Obama sucksThe impending sequester did not prevent the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from acting in late February to seal a $50-million deal to purchase new uniforms for its agents--uniforms that will be partly manufactured in Mexico
“I find it deeply disturbing that as Secretary [Janet] Napolitano is running around scaring people by saying she is going to have to furlough employees because of sequester, that she would also spend $50 million of taxpayer money on new uniforms,” Blackburn said in a statement Wednesday. “This is a classic failure in leadership,” she said. “DHS has the flexibility it needs in the sequester to cut waste, fraud, and abuse from its budget,” Blackburn said. “Instead, Secretary Napolitano is making the active decision to furlough personnel and is trying to manufacture a scenario where passengers have to wait in longer lines.”
As CNSNews.com reported, the TSA announced last week that it had awarded a contract to VF Imagewear, Inc. for up to $50 million to produce the agency’s uniforms, which amounts to about $1,000 per employee. The deal was completed days before March 1, when the sequester was implemented.
DHS Secretary Napolitano has said airports already are experiencing delays due to the automatic, across-the-board reductions in spending, saying TSA officers will have to be furloughed. Later news reports, however, have refuted her comments about long lines at airports.
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Freiden made his remarks while being questioned before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on Tuesday. At the hearing, Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (R-Md.) held up a letter from the White House stating, "Dr. Freiden, I have a great deal of concern about a document that my office got from the White House that talked about the cuts that were going to occur, due to Republicans, in affecting children. And I'm going to read their quote about vaccines for children. It says, in Maryland about 2,050 fewer children will receive vaccines due to reduced funding [through sequestration] for vaccinations of about $140,000. Did the CDC assist the White House in preparing that estimate?" “I would have to get back to you on that,” Frieden said.
Harris appeared stunned that Frieden could not say whether his agency had been the source of the White House claim. “You, as the director, don’t know if you assisted the White House in preparing an estimate that was distributed to every member of Congress?” Harris asked. Frieden again claimed he did not know whether the figure came from the CDC. “On that specific number, I would have to give you an accurate answer,” Frieden said, before being cut off by an angry Rep. Harris. In a set of state-by-state “fact-sheets,” the White House claimed to be laying out the specific negative impacts of the sequestration spending cuts. In its Maryland paper, the White House claimed that 2,050 children could go without immunizations.
“In Maryland, around 2,050 fewer children will receive vaccines for diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, whooping cough, influenza, and Hepatitis B due to reduced funding for vaccinations of about $140,000,” the White House said. The administration has made several dubious claims about the effect of the sequester, including claims that teachers would be laid off, janitors at the Capitol would have their pay cut, and air travelers would face extreme wait times due to furloughs of security personnel.
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The latest contract with the company was awarded on Dec. 20, 2012, to make “uniform and insignia items” for the CBP at an estimated cost of $6,157,997.57, and a ceiling of $8 million. The CBP, which is responsible for protecting America’s borders, told CNSNews.com that items from VF Imagewear, a subsidiary of VF Corporation, are manufactured in a number of locations, “including Mexico.” “There are no domestic preference regulations or statutes applicable to DHS/CBP that would prohibit the manufacture of uniform items in Mexico,” the CBP said. “In fact, United States obligations under International Agreements require that the Agency accept items manufactured in Mexico.” “Consistent with the foregoing, VF is permitted to provide items manufactured in Mexico under the current contract,” the agency said.
According to the company’s 2012 annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), “VF operates manufacturing facilities in Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East.” “A significant percentage of denim bottoms and occupational apparel are manufactured in these plants, as well as a smaller percentage of footwear,” the report says. Occupational apparel refers to uniforms made by VF Imagewear. The company supplies uniforms for a variety of industries, including transportation, hospitality, food service and for the NFL, MLB and Harley-Davidson.
Manufacturing for Major League Baseball uniforms, however, occurs in the United States, according to the annual report. VF Imagewear also maintains websites for the uniform programs for the CBP, the Fire Department of New York City, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the National Park Service. “These websites provide the employees of our customers with the convenience of shopping for their work and career apparel via the Internet,” the report states.
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First reported by CNSNews.com, the TSA awarded the contract to VF Imagewear on Feb. 27, two days before $44 billion in automatic across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, began being implemented on March 1. By Mar. 4, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was warning of long lines at airports due to furloughs at the TSA because of the budget cuts, which are actually reductions in the increase in spending more money total will be spent in 2013 than in 2012. The rationale behind the timing of TSAs uniform contract and other uncertainties surrounding the contract award raise concerns, wrote Chaffetz, the chairman of the House Subcommitee on National Security, and Mica, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations.
The lawmakers sent a letter on March 28 to Pistole, asking for documents related to the uniform contract and a committee briefing on the issue as soon as possible. (Letter to Pistole.pdf) Recent news stories state that the TSA agreed on a deal [in February] worth as much as $50 million to buy new uniforms for rank-and-file agents, despite concerns that imminent budget cuts would result in furloughs and 90-minute flight delays, Chaffetz and Mica said. Just days within the enactment of sequestration, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano commented on sequestrations effects on airport security operations, they said.
On March 4, Napolitano said, "We are already seeing the effect on the ports of entry, the big airports for example. Some of them had very long lines this weekend." "Look people, I don't mean to scare, I mean to inform," she said. "If you're traveling, get to the airport earlier than you otherwise would. There's only so much we can do with personnel and please don't yell at the customs officers, the TSA officers. They aren't responsible for sequester." The oversight committees are asking the TSA if any consideration was made to delay the uniform contract in light of the impending sequester.
In addition, Chaffetz and Mica want to know: the total anticipated value of the contract; if it includes a Buy America provision; the current uniform allowance for TSA employees; how much the TSA has spent on uniforms per year since 2010; and what percentage of the uniforms are made in the United States. ome reports indicate that VF Imagewears uniforms are partly made in Mexico, Chaffetz and Mica said. (Letter to Pistole.pdf) As previously reported, the TSA confirmed to CNSNews.com that the uniforms will be "manufactured in the U.S. and Mexico." "TSA's contract with VF Imagewear for TSO uniforms, which has some manufacturing facilities in Mexico, complies with the law," the TSA said.
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