GAO: Office of Intelligence and Analysis should improve oversight of intelligence enterprise

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has four primary strategic oversight requirements based in statute and policy: develop (1) an annual consolidated budget proposal, (2) an annual intelligence priorities framework, (3) enterprise program reviews and submit an evaluation report annually to the DHS Secretary, and (4) intelligence training for enterprise staff.

Although these have been policy requirements since 2013, GAO found that I&A has not consistently completed them due to a lack of leadership focus. For example, I&A had not fulfilled its requirement to propose a consolidated budget for the Intelligence Enterprise until fiscal year 2025. Developing and implementing procedures to develop a consolidated budget would help I&A complete this annual requirement. In turn, this would help ensure components are budgeting the necessary resources to share intelligence on threats.

GAO found that I&A addressed six of eight leading collaboration practices. For example, I&A ensured accountability for enterprise-wide activities by establishing performance standards to evaluate collaboration.

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