[anobjectivist]

Might be a good idea to shift funds from drug collection to drug prevention.

[headsonpikes]

"The agency lacks clear long-term strategies and goals..."

Oh, I don't know about that...I'd say the goals of steady gubmint paychecks and the strategies of blowing smoke and of general obfuscation to achieve that end are working effectively.

[JoeSixPack1]

"Typically," Mr. Nadelmann said, "the D.E.A. has gotten a pretty free ride. Nobody was really held to account for the issue of reducing overall drug use. But this suggests some measure of seriousness about actually putting in a set of real criteria."

We knew that. But don't hold your breath.

[steve-b]

In an unusually harsh critique of an agency with a strong global reputation, the White House has questioned the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to stem the flow of narcotics and is threatening to give the agency its smallest budget increase in 15 years.

Government Management: "You have utterly failed to do your job, so you only get a small raise this year."

[Wolfie]

ping

[headsonpikes]

Follow the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.....

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...that should give even the densest a clue.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Officials at the agency and its parent, the Justice Department, said the agency was working to address many of the concerns in the report. They said the report was more a reflection of the agency's failure to communicate its successes than its ability to fight drug trafficking.

"It's not that we're doing things wrong or we've been ineffective," a spokesman, Will Glaspy, said. "It's more that we just need to do a better job of defining our accomplishments."

They should use an analog to the KIA/bodycount measure that MacNamara used so successfully during the Vietnam War. Exact same dynamic here, Feds. It's high time you figured this one out.

[Protagoras]

I don't see all the usual suspects on this thread. Could it be that they leave off the threads where they will have to face up to the failure of the government to stem ilict drug use when they send out their secret email alerts?

[jmc813]

WOD Ping

[FreeTally]

of an agency with a strong global reputation,

I guess it depends on how you define "Strong". LOL!

The agency lacks clear long-term strategies and goals, its managers are not held accountable for problems, and its financial controls do not comply with federal standards, the review found.

So what's the problem? Sounds like any other government agency.

[FreeTally]

Oh, this is grand!

They said the report was more a reflection of the agency's failure to communicate its successes than its ability to fight drug trafficking.

"It's not that we're doing things wrong or we've been ineffective," a spokesman, Will Glaspy, said. "It's more that we just need to do a better job of defining our accomplishments."

"we just didn't make it clear that "success" is defined as keeping our jobs and our budget increases." LOL!

This reminds me of the scene from the movie "Office Space" where the main character is explaining the "rounding scam" to Jennifer Aniston in the car, and she says, "and how is that not stealing". He replies, "ok, maybe I'm not explaining this correctly....".

[philman_36]

It has enjoyed generally strong support on Capitol Hill, and its former director, Asa Hutchinson, who left last week to join the Homeland Security Department, was popular among conservatives in Congress.
Who gets to be big dog now? Has anyone been named?

[philman_36]

What State you from Wolfie?

[The FRugitive]

I thought a lack of progress indicates that we're not doing enough and that the budget needs to be increased?