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 2005-03-31 monographic deposited born digital 40 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-175 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-175 P0b002ee18037a77e f:d05175 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-175 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-175 GAO-05-175 Advertising Advertising costs Consultants Drugs Funds management Government contracts National policies Prime contractors Program evaluation Public relations Research and development Subcontractors Subcontracts Television advertising Youth ONDCP National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Other Written Product A20499

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was required by the Drug Free Media Campaign Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) to conduct a national media campaign to reduce and prevent drug use among America's youth. Since 1998, Congress has appropriated over $1 billion for the media campaign. However, a 2003 report by the Senate Committee on Appropriations expressed some concerns about the media campaign, including concern that a large portion of the campaign's budget had been used for consulting services rather than the direct purchase of media time and space. The report, therefore, directed GAO to review the use of consultants to support the media campaign. This report describes the services provided by consultants (defined by GAO as the prime contractors and their subcontractors) in support of the media campaign, along with the estimated award amounts for these services. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-175/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-175.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-175/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-175.pdf GAO-05-175 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-175 Other Written Product GAO-05-175; Anti-Drug Media Campaign: An Array of Services Was Provided, but Most Funds Were Committed to Buying Media Time and Space; Advertising Advertising costs Consultants Drugs Funds management Government contracts National policies Prime contractors Program evaluation Public relations Research and development Subcontractors Subcontracts Television advertising Youth ONDCP National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Title 21 Section 1801 Title 21 Section 1801et seq. 21 U.S.C. 1801 21 U.S.C. 1801et seq. Volume 111 Page 1295 111 Stat. 1295 Volume 118 Page 325 118 Stat. 325 Public Law 105-61 Public Law 108-199