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.
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 with intelligence analysts and agents from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and administered by the
FBI, NDIC opened its doors in Johnstown, PA 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. Over the last few years, our annual appropriation has
remained steady at approximately $40 million.
As a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, NDIC is headed
by a Director, who is appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. The
current Director of NDIC is Michael Walther.
Our Mission
Our Work
Intelligence
Products
Document
and Computer Exploitation
Counterdrug Training
Our Customers
Our
People
Contact Us
Addresses
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. These studies, whether
undertaken at the request of a customer or self-initiated, feature
our ability to identify, collect, organize, and analyze large amounts
of information and intelligence. To accomplish this, NDIC accesses
commercial and government databases and uses available technology
to search for and extract useful information. NDIC also uses in-house
developed technology 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 publicly available or open-source
information from news providers and public health agencies. To see
some of the reports produced by NDIC, visit our Internet web site,
www.usdoj.gov/ndic/products.htm.
To Top
Threat assessments, NDIC's primary intelligence products, provide
policymakers and counterdrug executives with timely, predictive
reports of the threat posed by illicit drugs in the United States.
These products address policy maker needs at the national, state,
local, and tribal levels.
The National Drug Threat Assessment, NDIC's major
intelligence product, 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.
Information Bulletins
address specific drug-related threats identified through our contacts
with local, state, regional, and federal agencies.
The Counternarcotics Publications Quarterly is an index
that provides titles and abstracts of federal and military reports,
intelligence memorandums, papers, and target studies submitted voluntarily
by the originating agencies.
Document and Computer Exploitation
NDIC provides real-time support to the law enforcement and intelligence
communities by conducting document and computer exploitation of
materials associated with counterdrug and counterterrorism investigations.
NDIC has developed a uniquely efficient 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 in-house-developed Real-time Analytical
Intelligence Database (RAID) and HashKeeper software, 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.
To Top
In addition to intelligence products and document exploitation
missions, NDIC supports the law enforcement and intelligence communities
training. Our premier training is the Multiagency Course,
an intensive 1-week, entry-level drug intelligence analysis course.
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.
The Multiagency Course was created in 1997 through the cooperative
efforts of the FBI, DEA, National Guard Bureau, U.S. Customs Service,
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and NDIC. NDIC funds
and coordinates the course.
One of NDIC's primary customers is the Office of National Drug
Control Policy (ONDCP), a component of the Executive Office of the
President. The Director of ONDCP establishes policies, priorities,
and objectives for the Nation's drug control program and expresses
those priorities and objectives in the annual National Drug Control
Strategy. ONDCP also designates those areas in the United States
that exhibit serious drug trafficking problems as High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs). The HIDTA program provides additional
federal resources to these designated areas and, through the work
of each HIDTA's Executive Board, fosters cooperation among drug
control organizations by resource and information sharing, collocating,
and implementing joint initiatives. NDIC supports this effort by
lending analytical services to the HIDTAs to assist them in preparing
their regional drug threat assessments.
NDIC has also 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, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), United States
Attorneys Offices, and United States 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, Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA), and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Most of our analysts
possess at least a baccalaureate degree, and more than a quarter
have advanced degrees. Represented fields of study include law,
criminal justice, political science, international relations, history,
sociology, psychology, mathematics, business, and public administration.
A number of analysts possess foreign language capabilities in Spanish,
French, German, Russian, Belarusian, Croatian, Korean, Hindi, and
Arabic.
To
Top
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://cgate.leo.gov/http/leowcs.leopriv.gov/lesig/ndic/index.htm
RISS:
e-mail: ndic@magloclen.riss.net
web page: ndic.riss.net
To
Top
|
About NDIC
