Basis for Recent Policy Changes to the Drug Testing Rate for DoD civilians

摘要

We are providing this report for review and comment. We considered comments from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Drug Enforcement Policy and Support on a draft of this report in preparing the final report. Introduction. Executive Order 12564, Drug-Free Federal Workplace, 1, September 15, 1986, requires all agencies within the Executive Branch to develop drug-free Federal workplace programs. Each program was to include mechanisms promoting the deterrence of drug use and a means to detect drug use through random testing. Each DoD Component developed drug-free workplace plans, including the designation and random selection of employees to be tested. On November 17, 1997, the DoD Coordinator for Drug Enforcement Policy and Support modified DoD policy by requiring a minimum 25-percent random drug testing rate, effective April 1, 1998. The testing rate will increase to 50 percent effective April 1, 1999. The direct costs for the program were $2.45 million in FY 1997. We estimate that the direct costs for the program would increase by about $1.37 million annually due to the full implementation of the 50-percent testing rate. Objective Our objective was to evaluate the basis for recent policy changes to the drug testing rate for DoD civilians.