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G&T Information Bulletin 
No. 235, January 29, 2007 

TO: 
All State Homeland Security Advisors 

All State Administrative Agency Heads 

All State Administrative Agency Points of Contact 

All Urban Area Points of Contact 

FROM: 
Corey D. Gruber 

Acting Assistant Secretary 

Office of Grants and Training (G&T) 

SUBJECT: 
Retroactive Intelligence Analyst Guidance for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 

Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) and Law Enforcement Terrorism 

Prevention Program (LETPP) 

The FY 2007 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) guidance updated provisions related to the 
hiring and training of staff and/or contractor intelligence analysts under FY 2007 UASI and the 
LETPP. This bulletin serves to make those provisions retroactive to FY 2006 UASI and LETPP 
allowable expenditures. 

Under these provisions, UASI and LETPP funds may be used to hire new staff and/or contractor 
positions to serve as intelligence analysts to support information/intelligence fusion capabilities. 
In order to be hired as an intelligence analyst, new staff and/or contractor personnel must meet at 
least one of the following criteria: 

 
Successfully completed training to ensure baseline proficiency in intelligence analysis and 
production within six months of being hired; and/or, 
 
Previously served as an intelligence analyst for a minimum of two years either in a Federal 
intelligence agency, the military, or State and/or local law enforcement intelligence unit. 
Costs associated with hiring new intelligence analysts are allowable for only two years, after which 
point, States and Urban Areas shall be responsible for supporting sustainment costs. Any 
combination of FY 2006 and 2007 UASI and LETPP funding may be used to support this 
intelligence analyst position for a maximum of two years. 

The International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) Educational 
Standard # 7 (page 14 of the IALEIA Analytic Standards booklet) provides standards on the 
categories of training needed for intelligence analysts. These include subject-matter expertise, 


analytic methodologies, customer-service ethics, information handling and processing skills, 
critical thinking skills, computer literacy, and objectivity and intellectual honesty. 

DHS grant funds may be used to ensure intelligence analysts are properly trained in fulfillment of 
this requirement. Grant funds may be used to support intelligence analyst training in the following 
manners: 

 
Participation in DHS approved intelligence analyst training: A list of approved courses 
is being identified and will be provided as soon as possible. States wishing to develop or 
sponsor intelligence analyst courses for a national audience should submit courses to G&T 
for review and approval. The list of approved courses will be frequently updated and is 
available in the G&T catalog at http://www.firstrespondertraining.gov/odp_webforms. 
 
Limited participation in non-DHS approved intelligence analyst training: States may 
send students to attend non-approved intelligence analysis courses for up to three offerings. 
Participation in and/or the development of intelligence analyst courses must be in accordance with 
the processes outlined in Chapter III of the FY 2007 HSGP guidance. Additionally, a certificate of 
completion for all intelligence analyst training must be on file with the SAA and made available to 
Preparedness Officers upon request. 

For more information, please contact your G&T Preparedness Officer or the G&T Helpline at 

(800) 368-6498 or askcsid@dhs.gov.