DEA has 82 foreign offices in 62 countries. To support the goal of achieving cost Department’s savings, this proposal will minimally reduce international enforcement programs. This DEA’s offset is focused only on operational funding and will not impact positions. Impact on Performance (Relationship of Decrease to Strategic Goals) DEA is the U.S. single point of contact for coordinating international drug and government’s chemical investigations in foreign countries. This is a unique role among law enforcement agencies; State and local entities are unable to fulfill these duties and there is no federal law enforcement agency that can rival DEA in terms of foreign presence and the number of overseas personnel, country offices, and confidential sources. foreign operations are our DEA’s nation’s first line of defense and protect our national security by interdicting the flow of illegal drugs and the traffickers who smuggle them before they reach our shores. This offset will result in approximately a one percent reduction in base International DEA’s Enforcement budget; however, the reduction will exempt personnel and be targeted towards operational funding only. Several agencies work together to make the seizures that count towards the National Drug Control interdiction goals. DEA contributes the intelligence that makes many of these Strategy’s seizures possible. Funding
DEA has 82 foreign offices in 62 countries. To support the Department’s goal of achieving cost savings, this proposal will minimally reduce DEA’s international enforcement programs. This offset is focused only on operational funding and will not impact positions. Impact on Performance (Relationship of Decrease to Strategic Goals) DEA is the U.S. government’s single point of contact for coordinating international drug and chemical investigations in foreign countries. This is a unique role among law enforcement agencies; State and local entities are unable to fulfill these duties and there is no federal law enforcement agency that can rival DEA in terms of foreign presence and the number of overseas personnel, country offices, and confidential sources. DEA’s foreign operations are our nation’s first line of defense and protect our national security by interdicting the flow of illegal drugs and the traffickers who smuggle them before they reach our shores. This offset will result in approximately a one percent reduction in DEA’s base International Enforcement budget; however, the reduction will exempt personnel and be targeted towards operational funding only. Several agencies work together to make the seizures that count towards the National Drug Control Strategy’s interdiction goals. DEA contributes the intelligence that makes many of these seizures possible. Funding
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