Department of Justice Drug Demand Reduction Activities
Report No. 03-12
February 2003
Office of the Inspector General
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) provides the following response to your December 12, 2002 request for comments regarding the audit cited above. The audit contained 10 recommendations. Four of these-Recommendations 1, 7, 9 and 10-apply to the DEA. The DEA concurs with all of the OIG's recommendations and is working to implement corrective actions to address the OIG's findings. The DEA's response to each of these recommendations appears below. Recommendations We recommend that the DEA Administrator, DEA, in conjunction with the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP):
We recommend that the Administrator, DEA:
We recommend that the Director, BOP; the Administrator, DEA; and the Assistant Attorney General, OJP:
The DEA will continue to track these recommendations and provide status reports to your office until all corrective actions are completed. If you have any questions regarding this response, please contact Marjorie Snider, Audit Liaison, at 202-307-4119. Attachment
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PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT TABLE (REQUIRED INFORMATION) | |||||||||||
Decision Unit/Program: State and Local Assistance | |||||||||||
Department of Justice Strategic Goal: #2 Keep America Safe by Enforcing Federal Criminal Laws | |||||||||||
Primary Strategic Objective: #2.2 Drugs - Reduce the threat. trafficking and related violence of illegal drugs by identifying, disrupting, and dismantling drug trafficking organizations 2.2A Reduction in the Supply and Use of Drugs within the U.S. 2.2B Disrupt and Dismantle Major Drug Trafficking Criminal Enterprises |
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WORKLOAD/RESOURCES | Actual | Projected | Requested (Deltas) | Request (Total) | |||||||
FY 2002 | FY 2003 Request/Revised |
Current Services Adjustments |
FY 2004 Program Change |
FY 2004 Enhanced |
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Workload | |||||||||||
FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | ||
Total Costs and FTE | 334 | $95,312 | 359 | $102,778 | 359 | $106,155 | (301) | (81,831) | 56 | $24,324) | |
TYPE/ | PERFORMANCE/RESOURCES | FY 2002 | FY 2003 Appropriation Adjusted |
Current Services Adjustments |
FY 2004 Program Improvements/Offsets |
FY 2004 Enhanced |
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Program Activity |
Assistance | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 |
297 | $87,679 | 319 | $92,856 | 319 | $95,885 | (290) | (76,831) | (29) | $19,054 | ||
PERFORMANCE MEASURES | |||||||||||
Output | Marijuana Eradication (plants) | 3,304,760 | 3,100,000 | - | - | 3,100,000 | |||||
Output | Marijuana Eradication (arrests) | 9,530 | 10,000 | - | - | 10,000 | |||||
Output | Marijuana Eradication (assets seized) | 28,133,496 | 24,000,000 | - | - | 24,000,000 | |||||
Output | State and Local Training (Students) | 64,522 | 73,000 | - | - | 73,000 | |||||
FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | FTE | $000 | ||
Program Activity |
Demand Reduction* | 37 | $7,633 | 40 | $9,922 | 40 | $10,270 | (11) | (5,000) | 29 | $5,270 |
PERFORMANCE MEASURES | |||||||||||
Output | DRC Presentations | 2,500 | 3,400 | - | 1,100 | 4,500 | |||||
Outcome | Contribution to reduction in drug use andavailability |
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Data Definition: Disruption occurs when the normal and effective operation of an identified organization is significantly impacted so that it is unable to conduct criminal operations for a significant period of time. This disruption must be the result of an affirmative law enforcement action including, but not limited to the arrest, indictment, and conviction of the organization's leadership or a substantial seizure of the organization's assets. Dismantlement occurs when an identified organization is incapacitated and no longer capable of operating as a coordinated criminal enterprise. This dismantlement must be the result of an affirmative law enforcement action including, but not limited to, the arrest, indictment, end conviction of all or most of the principal leadership, the elimination of its criminal enterprises and supporting networks and the seizure of its assets. The organization must be impacted to the extent that it is incapable of reforming. Data Collection and Storage: Each Special Agent-In-Charge (SAC) nominates organizations to qualify as priority targets (based on Intelligence information). Headquarters staff will ensure that the nominated targets are tracked, as all nominations wit be supported by data and information stored in the Priority Target Activity end Resource Reporting System (PTARRS). Data Validation and Verification: The treat assessment of these nominated organizations wit be forwarded to the Headquarters, Chief, Operations Division, who will validate the selections. Headquarters staff will ensure that the approved targets are tracked, as all disruptions and dismantlements will be supported by data and information stored in the Priority Target Activity end Resource Reporting System (PTARRS). Data Limitations: DEA is currently working to capture the actual direct costs of investigating, disrupting, and dismantling Priority Drug Trafficking Organization (PDTO). Currently, DEA is focusing on improving reporting systems that capture investigative hours and cost data. DEA also recently initiated a Managerial Cost Accounting Study that will eventually allow the agency to capture actual full costs of investigating, disrupting, and dismantling PDTOs. DEA anticipates that actual direct costs will be reported during FY 2002, and that actual full costs could be reported during FY 2004. |