United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-01-12 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-237R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-237R P0b002ee1803a2243 f:d01237r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-237R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-237R GAO-01-237R Airports Drug trafficking Foreign governments Narcotics Search and seizure Statistical data Afghanistan Bangladesh DEA Domestic Monitor Program DEA Heroin Signature Program India Iran Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Correspondence GAO examined the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Heroin Signature Program and Domestic Monitor Program to determine why there were apparent discrepancies in the 1999 statistical data generated by these two programs, particularly in the data on Southwest Asia heroin. GAO focused on why the program data showed heroin seizure information for only one U.S. Pacific Coast international airport. In addition, GAO examined whether enough samples from heroin seizures were being furnished for analysis under the Heroin Signature Program and the extent to which DEA was committed to the Domestic Monitor Program. GAO concluded that the discrepancies in the 1999 statistical data generated by the programs were the result of the two programs' data not being comparable. The reason Heroin Signature Program data showed heroin seizure information for only one U.S. Pacific Coast international airport was because seizures at other Pacific Coast airports during 1999 did not meet federal prosecution guidelines. GAO further found that DEA officials responsible for administering the Heroin Signature Program received enough samples of the heroin seized by federal law enforcement agencies, but did not receive enough samples from state and local law enforcement agencies. Additionally, DEA was committed to the Domestic Monitor Program and did annual field division inspections, which included verification of compliance with Domestic Monitor Program requirements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-237R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-237R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-237R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-237R.pdf GAO-01-237R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-237R Correspondence GAO-01-237R; Review of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Heroin Signature and Domestic Monitor Programs; Airports Drug trafficking Foreign governments Narcotics Search and seizure Statistical data Afghanistan Bangladesh DEA Domestic Monitor Program DEA Heroin Signature Program India Iran Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka