The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis is planning to reduce its staffing by around 75%, cutting its workforce from some 1,000 full-time employees to 275, Nextgov/FCW first reported Tuesday, citing multiple people familiar with the matter.
The unit is one of 18 agencies in the U.S. intelligence community and one of two housed under DHS. The expected reductions have drawn major concerns from organizations that have long relied on I&A to disseminate timely threat information to local law enforcement leaders and other community groups.
The written concerns also come as DHS has issued recent notices warning of a heightened threat environment stemming from recent U.S. military engagements with Iran, as well as a late June DHS and FBI bulletin warning of potential terror attacks leading into the July 4 holiday.
Lawmakers from both the House and Senate told DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to not take “this drastic and unilateral step and instead to consult with Congress about alternative ways to make I&A as effective and efficient as possible,” according to a Wednesday missive.
“At a time when DHS is rightly wa ..
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