Put political appointees over ONDCP budget and drug-control grants
Mandate demands a political appointee lead the ONDCP budget office coordinating with OMB PADs, and political—not career/military—management of Drug-Free Communities and HIDTA grants pending eventual transfer to HHS/DOJ, to stop funding ‘woke nonprofits.’
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 2 (Executive Office of the President) — ONDCP: budget oversight traditionally held by career official must be led by political appointee coordinating with OMB PAD; ensure grant programs fund President’s priorities not woke nonprofits; ONDCP must be managed by political appointees committed to Administration agenda, not prior Administration political or career military personnel.
Undo plan
1) Restore career technical leadership of ONDCP budget formulation with political oversight limited to policy priorities.
2) Reinstate evidence-based, nonpartisan grant competition criteria for DFC and HIDTA.
3) Complete orderly transfer of grant programs to HHS/DOJ if pursued, with continuity of local prevention capacity.
4) Prohibit viewpoint-based defunding of lawful public-health grantees.
5) Verify: grant award demographics and criteria audits; ONDCP staffing composition report.