The 73 action items are grouped into sections under the following general topic areas: national counterdrug intelligence coordination; national centers; regional, State, and local cooperation; foreign coordination; analytic personnel development and training; and information technology. Most significantly, the plan provides for a new, three-tiered mechanism designed to ensure effective counterdrug intelligence and meet the need for continuing coordination. The centerpiece of this new cooperative coordination mechanism is the Counterdrug Intelligence Coordinating Group (CDICG) and its supporting staff, the Counterdrug Intelligence Executive Secretariat. The CDICG will draw its policy guidance and input from the members of the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics as well as from the goals and objectives of the National Drug Control Strategy. The National Drug Control Strategy establishes the foundation for ongoing efforts to reduce the supply of illicit drugs and the ease with which they can be obtained. The GCIP builds on that foundation to enhance the counterdrug activities of the law enforcement and intelligence communities. Appended methodology used to develop the GCIP, White House Task Force authorities, missions of Counterdrug Intelligence Centers and activities, a glossary of terms, and GCIP action items