▁U . S . ▁Department ▁of ▁Hom eland ▁Security ▁also ▁conduct s ▁an ▁assess ment ▁process , ▁the ▁Qu ad ren n ial ▁Hom eland ▁Security ▁Review , ▁which ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Def ense ' s ▁review . ▁ ▁The ▁Office ▁of ▁the ▁Director ▁of ▁National ▁Int elligence ▁also ▁has ▁something ▁of ▁a ▁similar ▁mechanism . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁State ▁Department ▁has ▁fewer ▁employees ▁available ▁to ▁conduct ▁such ▁an ▁int ensive ▁review ▁as ▁the ▁Pent agon ; ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁dozen ▁are ▁expected ▁to ▁be ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁Q DD R ▁staff , ▁while ▁the ▁Def ense ▁Department ▁emp lo ys ▁about ▁ 1 0 0 ▁people ▁for ▁their s . ▁ ▁The ▁State ▁Department ▁also ▁has ▁less ▁institution al ▁experience ▁with ▁long - range ▁planning , ▁being ▁more ▁focused ▁towards ▁the ▁management ▁of ▁immediate ▁diplom atic ▁cr ises , ▁although ▁the ▁State ▁Department ▁created ▁the ▁Policy ▁Pl anning ▁Staff ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁to ▁integrate ▁long - range ▁planning ▁into ▁the ▁policy - making ▁process . ▁The ▁dispar ity ▁of ▁resources ▁between ▁State ▁and ▁Def ense ▁and ▁the ▁allocation ▁there of ▁raised ▁questions ▁about ▁State ' s ▁capacity ▁to ▁implement ▁the ▁planned ▁review . ▁ ▁Form er ▁U . S . ▁Amb assador ▁Ron ald ▁E . ▁Ne umann ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁Q DD R ▁was ▁“ an ▁intellig ent ▁measure ” ▁and ▁that ▁Secretary ▁Cl inton ’ s ▁“ focus ▁on ▁resources ▁is ▁important ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁too ▁often ▁neglect ed ▁by ▁secret aries ▁of ▁state ▁who