Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Training Act

Standardized training for DHS analysts

This bill would require DHS to set up mandatory, standardized training for Office of Intelligence and Analysis staff. The training regime would begin one year after enactment. New hires would have to start entry-level training within 90 days of their official start date and before beginning duties. Entry-level training would apply to hires on or after enactment, current Office employees with two years or less of service as of enactment, and employees below GS-12 (or equivalent). The bill would create four tracks: entry-level, analyst, open-source collection, and specialized/advanced courses. Open-source training would cover constitutional and legal privacy limits and data use, storage, and retention rules. Specialized curricula would include raw intelligence release authority training and a quarterly public list of specialized courses available from other intelligence community elements and the Department of Defense. The Secretary would be required to track training completion across DHS, the intelligence community, and the Department of Defense. The Secretary would report to the House and Senate homeland security and intelligence committees not later than two years after enactment and then annually for five years. The Comptroller General would review the training within two years and compare it to other agencies' curricula.