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Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President
Responsibility
Management Scope

In fiscal 2017, a total of $31.1 billion was requested to support the National Drug Control Strategy.2

Primary Responsibilities

• Evaluate, coordinate and oversee the international and domestic anti-drug efforts of the executive branch
• Coordinate and ensure these efforts sustain and complement state and local anti-drug activities
• Advise the president of changes in the organization, management, budgeting and personnel of federal agencies that affect U.S. anti-drug efforts
• Monitor federal agency compliance with the agency’s obligations under the National Drug Control Strategy
• Oversee the following programs: high intensity drug trafficking areas, the national youth anti-drug media campaign, the drug free communities program, anti-doping activities and the World Anti-Doping Agency
• Coordinate domestic and international efforts as needed

Strategic Goals and Priorities
[Depends on the policy priorities of the administration.]
Requirements

• Strong understanding of the economies of the National Drug Control Policy and budgetary concerns in effectively executing the policy on an inter-agency and department basis
• Broad understanding of the relevant issues involved in drug use and its associated health and criminal justice impacts

Competencies

• Ability to work across intergovernmental lines
• Ability to engage individuals in the substance abuse, law enforcement and related communities

Past Appointments
  • Michael Botticelli (February 2015 – 2017): Director, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors; Member, Advisory Committee, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Member, Advisory Committee, National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
  • Gil Kerlikowske (May 2009 – February 2015): Police Chief, Seattle Police Department; Deputy Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice; Police Commissioner, Buffalo, New York; Police Officer, St. Petersburg Police Department
  • John P. Walters (December 2001 – January 2009): President, Philanthropy Roundtable; Deputy Director, Supply Reduction, ONDCP; Chief of Staff to the Director, ONDCP; Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University and Boston College; Acting Assistant Director and Program Officer, Division of Education Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities
AGENCY

Executive Office of the President

Mission: A component of the Executive Office of the President, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was created by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. ONDCP advises the president on drug-control issues, coordinates drug-control activities and related funding across the federal government and produces the annual National Drug Control Strategy, which outlines administration efforts to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence and drug-related health consequences.

COMPENSATION

Level I $199,700 (5 U.S.C. § 5312)1

REPORTS TO

The President of the United States

SENATE COMMITTEE

Judiciary

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Footnote
  1. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31, May 5, 2017), contains a provision that continues the freeze on the payable pay rates for certain senior political officials at 2013 levels during calendar year 2017.
  2. http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/677235.pdf
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