Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis

United States Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis

Incumbent John D. Cohen.^[1] Acting since February 12, 2014
Formation	2007
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The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Under Secretary, as head of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at DHS, is the principal staff assistant and adviser to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for fusing law enforcement and intelligence information relating to terrorist threats.

The Under Secretary is appointed from civilian life by the President with the consent of the Senate to serve at the pleasure of the President. The current Acting Under Secretary is John D. Cohen, who has served in an acting capacity since the announcement of the nomination of Francis X. Taylor to be the next Undersecretary of DHS I&A on February 12, 2014^[2]

Overview

The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis (USHS(I&A)) is the chief intelligence officer for the United States Department of Homeland Security. Representing DHS within the United States Intelligence Community, the Under Secretary participates in inter-agency counter-terrorism efforts and is responsible for ensuring that state and local law enforcement officials receive information on terrorist threats from national-level intelligence agencies.

When the position was created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 along with DHS, the position was originally known as the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis. At that time, the position was within the DHS Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate. Following a 2005 reorganization of DHS, the position was made independent, appointed DHS Chief Intelligence Officer, and renamed Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis. The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53) was enacted on August 7, 2007 and reorganized intelligence operations at DHS, elevating the Assistant Secretary to the Under Secretary level.^[3]^[4]

With the rank of Under Secretary, the USHS(I&A) is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. Since January 2010, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $165,300.

Reporting officials

As head of the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, officials reporting to the USHS(I&A) include:

Principal Deputy Under Secretary
- Deputy Under Secretary – Enterprise and Mission Support
- Deputy Under Secretary – Analysis
- Deputy Under Secretary – Plans, Policy, and Performance Management
- Director, State and Local Program Office

Office holders

Under Secretaries of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis
Portrait	Name	Date Appointed	Tenure	Secretary(s) Served Under	President(s) Served Under
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Intelligence and Analysis)
	Charles E. Allen	2005	August, 2007	Michael Chertoff	George W. Bush
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Intelligence and Analysis)
	Charles E. Allen	August, 2007	January, 2009	Michael Chertoff	George W. Bush
	Bart R. Johnson	May 19, 2009	February 11, 2010	Janet Napolitano	Barack Obama
	Caryn Wagner	February 11, 2010	December 21, 2012	Janet Napolitano	Barack Obama
	William E. Tarry, Jr.	December 21, 2012	Present	Janet Napolitano	Barack Obama

Denotes acting Under Secretary

References

Agencies under the United States Department of Homeland Security

Headquarters: Nebraska Avenue Complex Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Deputy Secretary	United States Coast Guard Immigration and Customs Enforcement Citizenship and Immigration Services Customs and Border Protection Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Law Enforcement Training Center United States Secret Service Office of Operations Coordination Transportation Security Administration Office of Health Affairs Office of Policy Office of Immigration Statistics Homeland Security Advisory Council

National Protection and Programs	National Protection and Programs Directorate Federal Protective Service Office of Cybersecurity and Communications Office of Infrastructure Protection US-VISIT

Science and Technology	Science and Technology Directorate Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Explosives Division Chemical and Biological Defense Division Border and Maritime Security Division Human Factors and Behavioral Sciences Division Infrastructure Protection and Disaster Management Division Cyber Security Division (National Cybersecurity Center)

Intelligence and Analysis	Office of Intelligence and Analysis

Management	Management Directorate

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