; (C) providing reliable law enforcement intelligence to law enforcement agencies needed to design effective enforcement strategies and operations; and (D) supporting coordinated law enforcement strategies which maximize use of available resources to reduce the supply of illegal drugs in designated areas and in the United States as a whole. (b) Designation (1) In general The Director, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, heads of the National Drug Control Program Agencies, and the Governor of each applicable State, may designate any specified area of the United States as a high intensity drug trafficking area. (2) Activities After making a designation under paragraph (1) and in order to provide Federal assistance to the area so designated, the Director may— (A) obligate such sums as are appropriated for the Program; (B) direct the temporary reassignment of Federal personnel to such area, subject to the approval of the head of the agency that employs such personnel; (C) take any other action authorized under this chapter to provide increased Federal assistance to those areas