Overview

• Secretary Kristi Noem has approved reducing the Office of Intelligence and Analysis workforce from about 1,000 to 275 employees
• DHS has characterized the cuts as a means to eliminate redundant positions and non-critical programs within the intelligence office
• Democratic members of the House and Senate homeland security committees have sent letters to Noem and the director of national intelligence urging the department to pause or revise the staffing reductions
• Major law enforcement associations have warned that shrinking the only intelligence component legally required to share threat data broadly could create gaps for state, local, tribal, and territorial partners
• The timetable for implementing the cuts remains unclear after a temporary hold following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities