Current Projects
Review of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) organization and management (posted 4/15/08)
Executive Office of the President, the Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a component of the Executive Office of the President, was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Its principal purpose is to establish the National Drug Control Strategy and policies, priorities, and objectives for the nation’s drug control program. The goals of the program are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences. To achieve these goals, the ONDCP Director, a Presidential appointee, evaluates, coordinates, and oversees both the international and domestic anti-drug efforts of executive branch agencies and ensures that such efforts sustain and complement state and local anti-drug activities. The ONDCP Director also advises the President regarding changes in the organization, management, budgeting, and personnel of federal agencies that could affect the nation’s anti-drug efforts and regarding federal agency compliance with their obligations under the strategy.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2008 (Public Law 110-161), signed into law by President Bush on December 26, 2007, directs the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) to conduct an independent study and analysis of ONCDP’s organization and management. The review is intended to benefit both ONDCP and Congress by providing “insight into changes and improvements that could make ONDCP more effective in the future.”
The Academy’s independent assessment of ONDCP, divided into two phases, will focus on: the structure, organization, and management of ONDCP; ONDCP resource management, planning and budgeting; hiring, recruitment, and utilization of personnel; and the development, coordination, and implementation of policies and procedures, including their relationship to the ONDCP grant process. Phase I, which will culminate in June 2008, will be a general assessment. Phase II, which will carry through October 2008, will involve a more comprehensive and detailed examination of management issues identified in Phase I.
The study will be guided by an expert Panel whose membership is shown on the reverse side of this paper. The independent review will lead to an Academy Panel report and a set of comprehensive recommendations for improving ONDCP organization and management.
Laurie J. May
The Academy has appointed the following individuals to a Panel to oversee and direct the study.
Gail C. Christopher,*Chair—Vice President of Health for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Former Vice President, Office of Health, Women and Families, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies; Guest Scholar, The Brookings Institution; Executive Director, Institute for Government Innovation, JFK School of Government, Harvard University; Co-Chair, Advisory Board, Alliance for Redesigning Government, National Academy of Public Administration; National Director and Creator, Americans All K-12 National Multicultural Educators Training Program; Associate for Development and Program Design, School of Divinity, Information and Services Clearinghouse, Howard University; National Director and Principal Architect, National Reclaim Our Youth Violence Prevention Program; Executive Director, Family Resource Coalition of America; Member, Vice-President's Advisory Commission on Customer Service.
Herbert N. Jasper*—Senior Consultant, McManis-Monsalve Associates, Inc. Former Executive Vice President, American Council for Competitive Telecommunications; Specialist in American Government, Congressional Research Service; Legislative Counsel, Research Director and Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; Assistant Director, Office of Legislative Reference; Assistant Chief, Government Organization Branch, U.S. Bureau of the Budget.
Dr. William Jeffrey—Director, Science and Technology Division, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA). Former Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology (Presidential Appointment, Senate Confirmed); Senior Director for Homeland and National Security, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Deputy Director, Advanced Technology Office of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). In 2002, served on independent evaluation board for ONDCP: “Methodological and Technological Evaluation—Assessing Coca Cultivation and Eradication Impact in Colombia (Putumayo Region).”
Charles P. Nemfakos*—Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation. Former Member, Nemfakos Partners, LLC; Director for Internal Programs Development, Lockheed Martin Corporation. Former positions with Department of the Navy: Chief Financial Officer; Deputy Under Secretary; Deputy Assistant Secretary; Director of all Base Closure activities; Associate Director, Office of Budget and Reports.
Gregg A. Pane*—Former Director and State Health Officer, District of Columbia Department of Health; System Vice President, Clinical Quality and Safety Medical Director, Public Policy Initiatives, Henry Ford Health System; Chief Policy and Planning Officer, Veterans Health Administration; Vice President, Quality Management and Chief Medical Officer, Unisys Health Information Management; Medical Director, Louisiana Medicaid Program; Associate Adjunct Professor and Assistant Chief and Residency Program Director, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California-Irvine.
Darrel W. Stephens*—Police Chief, Charlotte/Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Former Police Chief and City Administrator, City of St. Petersburg, Florida; Executive Director, Police Executive Research Forum; Police Chief, City of Newport News, Virginia; Police Chief, City of Largo, Florida; Assistant Police Chief, City of Lawrence, Kansas; Police Officer, Kansas City, Missouri.
* Academy Fellow
Meeting 1: May 9, 2008, 9:30-4:00 PM (Meeting closed) (posted 4/17/08)
The public may send comments on the composition of the panel for a period of seven (7) days after the posted date to mditmeyer@napawash.org.
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