Gabbard to cut ODNI staff by nearly 50 percent

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday announced plans to overhaul her office, cutting hundreds of staff and consolidating teams focused on countering malign influence and cyber threats.

The move, dubbed ODNI 2.0, is the latest effort by the Trump administration to slim down the federal government, and comes after a wave of top-level departures at the ODNI’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center earlier this year.

According to a fact sheet released by ODNI, Gabbard has already eliminated 500 staff and reduced the office’s size by 30 percent since she was sworn in to the role in February. The new plan would boost that number to over 40 percent and save more than $700 million annually.

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