About NDIC
 The National Drug Intelligence Center
(NDIC) was established by the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-396) signed into law on October 6, 1992.
Placed under the direction and control of the Attorney General, NDIC was
established to "coordinate and consolidate drug intelligence from
all national security and law enforcement agencies, and produce
information regarding the structure, membership, finances, communications,
and activities of drug trafficking organizations."
(Additional information about the evolution of NDIC can be found at
NDIC: From Concept to Creation
to GCIP.)Initially staffed and administered by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), NDIC opened its doors in Johnstown,
Pennsylvania, on August 9, 1993. In
February 1998 NDIC became an independent component of the U.S. Department
of Justice and now employs more than 340 federal employees and contract
personnel. NDIC is headed by a Director, who is
appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. The current
Director of NDIC is Michael F. Walther.
Over the last few years, our annual appropriation has
remained steady at approximately $40 million.
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Our Mission
The mission of NDIC is to provide strategic drug-related intelligence,
document and computer exploitation support, and training assistance
to the drug control, public health, law enforcement, and intelligence
communities of the United States in order to reduce the adverse
effects of drug trafficking, drug abuse, and other drug-related
criminal activity.
NDIC supports national-level policymakers and the
Intelligence Community by preparing strategic analytical
studies on the trafficking of illegal drugs and on
related illegal activities that pose a threat to the national
security of the United States. In addition, NDIC partners
with the Department of Homeland Security Office
of Counternarcotics Enforcement to provide critical intelligence
to identify, track, and sever the nexus between
drug trafficking and terrorism.
NDIC also produces strategic
money laundering reports that help policymakers and senior law enforcement decisionmakers implement
national-level anti-money laundering initiatives. NDIC
reports address the methods wholesale-level traffickers
use to launder drug proceeds. NDIC supports the
National Money Laundering Threat Assessment and
the National Money Laundering Strategy--interagency
projects that enhance the nation's ability to counter
international money laundering.
NDIC studies feature our ability to identify, collect,
organize, and analyze large amounts of information
and intelligence. To accomplish this, NDIC accesses
commercial and governmental databases and uses
available technology to search for and extract useful
information. NDIC also uses technology developed in-house
to reveal patterns in the information contained
in records seized by law enforcement agencies during
drug investigations and subsequent prosecutions.
The preparation of analytical studies would not be possible
without securing the most basic of raw materials
used in the analytical process--information. NDIC
obtains information from a diverse array of activities
that include directly surveying local and state law enforcement
agencies; obtaining information from other
federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies; and
extracting information from documents and electronic
media seized by law enforcement agencies and prosecutors.
NDIC also uses open-source information from
news providers and public health agencies.
NDIC intelligence reports provide policymakers and
counterdrug executives with timely, predictive reports
of the threat posed by illicit drugs in the United States.
These products address policymaker needs at the national,
state, local, and tribal levels. To view current
unclassified publications produced by NDIC, visit our
Internet web site, www.usdoj.gov/ndic/products.htm.
The National Drug Threat Assessment is a comprehensive annual report on national drug trafficking and abuse trends within the United States. This
interagency assessment provides a strategic overview and predictive
outlook of the threat to the United States from the illicit trafficking
and use of cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, pharmaceutical
drugs, and other dangerous drugs.
Regional Drug Threat Assessments* provide strategic
overviews of the drug situations in Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) regions.
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Drug Market Analyses provide strategic overviews of
the illicit drug situation in the HIDTAs, highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
Information Bulletins address specific drug-related threats identified through our contacts with local,
state, regional, and federal agencies.
Situation Reports inform law enforcement personal about significant findings regarding the trafficking and
abuse of illicit drugs.
The Counternarcotics Publications Quarterly* is an
index that provides titles and abstracts of reports, papers,
and studies of interest to the counterdrug community.
* The Regional Drug Threat Assessments and Counternarcotics
Publications Quarterly reports can be found on our
ADNET, Firebird,
LEO, and RISS websites
Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX)
NDIC provides real-time support to the law enforcement
and intelligence communities by conducting
document and media exploitation of materials associated
with counterdrug and counterterrorism investigations.
NDIC has developed a unique methodology that allows
analysts to quickly organize and assimilate important
information in documents and electronic media seized
during drug raids. By using this methodology and the
Real-time Analytical Intelligence Database (RAID) and
HashKeeper software, which were developed in-house,
our analysts can organize and assimilate significant
amounts of evidence to reveal associations, assets, and
methods of drug traffickers to assist criminal investigations
and prosecutions. The information is also used to
help NDIC analysts better understand the trafficking of
drugs in the United States. See our Document and Media Exploitation page for more information about
DOMEX and services provided.
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In addition to intelligence products and document exploitation, NDIC provides training to the law enforcement
and intelligence communities. NDIC funds
and coordinates the Multiagency Course,
an intensive 1-week, entry-level drug intelligence analysis course with instructor support from the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA), Defense Intelligence Agency
(DIA), National Guard, National Security Agency
(NSA), and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
(FinCEN). This course provides an overview of counterdrug intelligence analysis,
introduces students to basic analytical tools and techniques, and allows
students to apply newly acquired skills to a comprehensive practical exercise
involving charting, analysis, and presentation.
NDIC supports the Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP), a component of the Executive
Office of the President, by preparing assessments and
providing briefs addressing drug issues of national
concern. NDIC also provides analytical support to the
ONDCP-designated HIDTAs to assist the HIDTAs
in preparing their regional drug threat assessments.
NDIC has prepared assessments, provided briefings,
and conducted document and computer exploitation
missions for the Director of National Intelligence,
Department of Homeland Security, Department of
State, FBI, DEA, U.S. Attorneys Offices, and U.S.
Coast Guard (USCG).
Our workforce includes more than 120 analysts with
extensive education, training, and experience. They are
assisted by detailees from the Department of Defense,
DEA, FBI, and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Our
analysts represent diverse fields of study with a number
having foreign language capabilities; most have at least
a baccalaureate degree, and more than a quarter have
advanced degrees.
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General inquires about NDIC are handled by NDIC's Assistant Director
for Policy and Interagency Affairs at (202) 532-4040 or email,
NDIC.Contacts@usdoj.gov.
If you are interested in learning more about career opportunities
at NDIC, visit our Employment Opportunities page,
www.usdoj.gov/ndic/empl.htm.
Headquarters, Johnstown, PA:
National Drug Intelligence Center
319 Washington Street, 5th Floor
Johnstown, PA 15901-1622
Telephone: 814-532-4601
FAX: 814-532-4690
Washington, DC:
National Drug Intelligence Center
United States Department of Justice
Robert F. Kennedy Building (Room 1335)
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530
Telephone: (202) 532-4040
Product Requests
Dissemination Coordinator: (814) 532-4541
Web Sites
NDIC publications are available on the following
web sites:
Internet:
e-mail: NDIC.Contacts@usdoj.gov
web page: http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/index.htm
ADNET:
e-mail: webmgr@ndicosa.adnet.sgov.gov
web page: http://ndicosa/index.htm
LEO:
e-mail: coconnor@leo.gov
web page: https://www.leo.gov/http://leowcs.leopriv.gov/lesig/ndic/index.htm
RISS:
e-mail: ndic@magloclen.riss.net
web page: ndic.riss.net
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