DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis

DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Agency overview
Formed 2007
Jurisdiction United States
Headquarters DHS Nebraska Avenue Complex, Washington D.C.
Employees 852 (2013)
Annual budget $0.3 billion (2013)
Agency executive
Parent agency Department of Homeland Security
Website DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Under the direction of the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, I&A is responsible for developing DHS-wide intelligence through managing the collection, analysis and fusion of intelligence throughout the entire Department. I&A disseminates intelligence throughout DHS, to the other members of the United States Intelligence Community, and to first responders at the state, local, and tribal level.

Overview

The Office tracks terrorists and their networks as well as assess threats to critical American infrastructures, bio- and nuclear terrorism, pandemic diseases, threats to the borders (air, land, and sea) of the United States, and radicalization within American society.

To achieve its mission, the Office focuses on four principal areas:

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