Office of Intelligence and Analysis

Department of Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) is a member of the Intelligence Community (IC) and ensures that information related to homeland security threats is collected, analyzed, and disseminated to the full spectrum of homeland security customers in the Department of Homeland Security; at State, Local, and Tribal levels; in the private sector; and in the IC. I&A works closely with DHS component intelligence organizations and State, Local, Tribal, Territorial, and private sector entities to ensure nontraditional streams of information are fused with traditional IC sources to provide a complete assessment of threats to the United States.

The I&A's mission is supported by four strategic goals:

• Promote understanding of threats through intelligence analysis
• Collect information and intelligence pertinent to homeland security
• Share information necessary for action
• Manage intelligence for the homeland security enterprise.

Fusion centers

It is the executive agent for managing DHS' fusion center program. The I&A is responsible for coordinating among its federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector partners to ensure the program's success. Each I&A division has a specific mission that in some way relates to the program. I&A is headed by an Under Secretary, who also serves as the department's Chief Intelligence Officer, and is responsible to both the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence.

Figure 1 depicts I&A's current organizational chart.

Activities

DHS is responsible for sharing terrorism-related information with its state and local partners, and within DHS, I&A is the designated lead component for this mission. I&A has initiatives underway to identify state and local information needs, developing intelligence products to meet these needs, and obtaining more detailed feedback on the timeliness and usefulness of these products, among other things. I&A also provided a number of services to its state and local partners — primarily through fusion centers.

Department of the Treasury

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a part of the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is responsible for the receipt, analysis, collation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence and foreign counterintelligence information related to the operation and responsibilities of the Department of the Treasury.

Sources

• Information Sharing: Progress Made and Challenges Remaining in Sharing Terrorism-Related Information, at 14.
• National Cyber Incident Response Plan, at N-4.