Program Review Board Meeting - Summary of Actions – August 12, 2003

Program Review Board Meeting - Summary of Actions – August 12, 2003 Attendees: Sherri Kraham Chair *Chris Milligan USAID Jessye LaPenn Min of Trade/ Oil for Food *Neil Mules Australia *Andrew Ockenden UK Rep LTC Bob Pelletier Min of Trans & Comm COL Tony Bell CPA – CA HCA MAJ Steve Hopper CJTF-7 COL Michael Toner CJTF-7 C8 Al Runnels CPA CFO *Walt Slocombe NS&D Senior Advisor *Tom Krajeski CPA/ Governance *Andy Bearpark CPA DIROPSINF *Peter McPherson Economic Development *Marek Belka CIC/CPA Lee Evey Min of Housing & Construction LTC Andy Hughes CPA General Counsel The Board approved a motion to publish the results of Board meetings, however, in cases where publication of the approved funding level could reflect a potential contract award amount, the amount will not be published so as not to prejudice the contract award.* The Chief Financial Officer briefed the status of available funds: a new deposit of $48M from oil proceeds into the Development Fund of Iraq (DFI) account, which holds a current balance of $1.4B. Balance of all accounts, less current commitments, is $2.1B. Board members had a brief discussion about the status of the Oil-for-Food contract review process, which will not be concluded for some time. The Board reviewed and approved the following funding requests for recommendation to the Administrator: -- Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, $19.6M – Total support costs for the Corps which includes salaries and subsistence requirements for 18 battalions of 850 soldiers each, which will be under the command of Coalition forces. -- MANPADS Weapons Buyback Program, $1M – This supplements a previous allocation of $500,000 for this activity. -- Security for the Governing Council, *A contract will be awarded for the purchase of security equipment for the Governing Council building. This amount will be applied against the budget now being created for the Governing Council. -- Iraqi Railroad Security Contract, $36,667 – This will support an extension of an additional month until the Facility Protection Service provides a guard force to the railroad.