    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2005]
    [Pages 94-95]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Office of National Drug Control Policy

    Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC 20503

    Phone, 202-395-6700. Fax, 202-395-6708. Internet,
    www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov.
    Director of National Drug Control Policy          John P. Walters
        Chief of Staff                                Stephen A. Katsurinis
    Deputy Director                                   Mary Ann Solberg
    Deputy Director for Demand Reduction              (vacancy)
    Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs       Scott M. Burns
    Deputy Director for Supply Reduction              (vacancy)
    Associate Director, Planning and Budget           David J. Rivait
    Associate Director, Legislative Affairs           Christine E. Morden
    Associate Director, Management and                Michele C. Marx
            Administration
    Associate Director, Public Affairs                Thomas A. Riley
    General Counsel                                   Edward H. Jurith
    Director, Counter-Drug Technology Assessment      David J. Rivait,
            Center                                            Acting
    Associate Director, Intelligence                  (vacancy)
    Associate Director, National Youth Anti-Drug      Robert W. Denniston
            Media Campaign
    Director, High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas   Joseph D. Keefe,
            Program                                           Acting

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    The Office of National Drug Control Policy assists the President in
    establishing policies, priorities, and objectives in the National Drug
    Control Strategy. It also provides budget, program, and policy
    recommendations on the efforts of National Drug Control Program
    agencies.
    The Office of National Drug Control Policy was established by the
    National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.),
    effective January 29, 1989, as amended by the Violent Crime Control and
    Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (21 U.S.C. 1502, 1506, 1508) and
    reauthorized by the Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Reauthorization Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1701, et seq.).
        The Director of National Drug Control Policy is appointed by the
    President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director is
    assisted by a Deputy Director, a Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, a
    Deputy Director for Supply

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    Reduction, and a Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs.
        The Director of National Drug Control Policy is responsible for
    establishing policies, objectives, priorities, and performance
    measurement for the national drug control program, and for annually
    promulgating a national drug control strategy and supporting annual
    reports and an annual national drug control program budget to be
    submitted to the Congress by the President. The Director advises the
    President regarding necessary changes in the organization, management,
    budgeting, and personnel allocation of Federal agencies involved in drug
    enforcement activities and is also responsible for notifying Federal
    agencies if their policies are not in compliance with their
    responsibilities under the National Drug Control Strategy. Additionally,
    the Office has direct programmatic responsibility for the Drug-Free
    Communities Program, the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, the
    various programs under the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center,
    and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program.

    Sources of Information

    Employment  Inquiries regarding employment should be directed to the
    Personnel Section, Office of National Drug Control Policy. Phone, 202-
    395-6695.
    Publications  To receive publications about drugs and crime, to get
    specific drug-related data, to obtain customized bibliographic searches,
    and to find out about data availability and other information resources
    that may meet your needs, contact the Drugs and Crime Clearinghouse.
    Phone, 800-666-3332. Fax, 301-251-5212. E-mail, askncjrs@aspensys.com.
    Internet, www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov.

    For further information, contact the Office of National Drug Control
    Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC 20503. Phone,
    202-395-6700. Fax, 202-395-6708. Internet, www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov.

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