Deputy Director A. Thomas McLellan was confirmed on August 7, 2009. A hearing to consider his nomination was held on June 24, 2009. On July 28, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration. 
A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination is available through the Government Printing Office.
Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination
- July 9, 2009 - American Psychological Association
- July 8, 2009 - American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- June 21, 2009 - Jeffrey N. Kushner, Statewide Drug Court Administrator, The Supreme Court of Montana
- June 10, 2009 - Partnership for a Drug Free America
- May 29, 2009 - Melody M. Heaps, President, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
- May 25, 2009 - Charles O'Keeffe, Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- May 20, 2009 - National Families in Action
- May 17, 2009 - Sushma D. Taylor, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Center Point, Inc.
- May 14, 2009 - National Association of Drug Court Professionals
- May 13, 2009 - Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
- May 12, 2009 - Integrity House
- May 7, 2009 - National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc.
- May 6, 2009 - Barry R. McCaffrey, General, USA (Ret.), former Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
- May 6, 2009 - Philip B. Heymann, Harvard Law School, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Director of Center for International Criminal Justice
- April 13, 2009 - American Psychological Association
