DHS plans to shed most of its intel office workforce

The Department of Homeland Security’s 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, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

The office is one of 18 units in the U.S. intelligence community and one of two housed under DHS, the other being Coast Guard Intelligence. I&A, stood up after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, disseminates threat information to state, local, tribal and territorial governments across the country.

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