Drug Control: Information on High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, focusing on: (1) how ONDCP is implementing the HIDTA program; (2) how the expansion of the number of HIDTAs has affected the administration of the program; (3) what ONDCP is doing to measure how HIDTA programs are meeting the objectives established for the areas they serve; (4) how HIDTA funds are allocated; and (5) lessons ONDCP says it has learned from the HIDTA program to date and how these lessons are communicated among HIDTAs.