Program Review Board ( PRB ) Minutes – Nov. 11, 2003

Program Review Board ( PRB ) Minutes – Nov. 11, 2003 *Rodney Bent Chair/ Co-Director, Office of Management & Budget *William Block Representative of Economic Development (designee) *Gerald B. Thompson Representative of Office of Security Affairs (Designee) *Chris Milligan Deputy Dir, US Agency for Intl Development (designee) *Andrew Bearpak Director of Operations & Infrastructure *Judy Van Rest Representative of Governance (Designee) *LTC Terry Ross Coalition Joint Task Force -7, Dep. Comptroller (Designee) COL Tony Bell CPA - Head of Contracting Activities Patricia Hatcher Representative of CPA Management Liaison Cell Al Runnels CPA – Chief Financial Officer Kay Summerkamp Representative of CPA – General Counsel Don Fithian Management Office - Comptroller MAJ Thomas Kinton Representative of Ministry of Trade LTC Kevin Ross Representative of Ministry of Oil Gary Vogler Representative of Ministry of Oil LTC Tim French Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil Larry Rogers Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil MAJ Erik Nelson Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil BG Robert Crear Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil Pamela Fessenden Representative of Ministry of Trade MAJ Robert Van Tersch Representative of Ministry of Trade David Wallace Representative of Ministry of Trade John Westun Representative of Ministry of Trade Corey Monaghan Representative of Office of Security Affairs COL James Behring CPA – Comptroller MAJ William Moxley Representative of CPA – General Counsel MAJ Steve Weedman 4ID Liaison Officer to CPA The November 8, 2003 minutes were approved. #551 – Fuel Imports - $125,000,000 – Funds were approved for the emergency import of LPG, Benzene, Kerosene and Diesel to help meet the domestic daily needs of these fuels. This request is to fund the needs for the next two weeks. Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil is exploring the option of using Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) contracts and SOMO (Southern Oil Marketing Organization) contracts to fulfill the Iraqis fuel imports requirements until a new contract could be competitively awarded. #550 – CERP Final Push Up - $36,500,000 - Funds were approved to support CJTF-7 CERP program until funds can be made available from appropriated resources #548 – The New Iraqi Army Taji Life Support - $1,500,000 – Funds were approved to provide life support operations for the initial New Iraqi Army Officer candidates and the second NIA Battalion at Taji Military Base. #549 - The New Iraqi Army Taji Warehousing Facility - $400,000 – Funds were approved to set up a basic warehousing facility for the New Iraqi Army in Taji. #552 – Export Development Corp etal V. Republic of Iraq - $825,000 – Funds were authorized to make a settlement agreement in the amount of value of two properties that are set to be auctioned off if a settlement can not reached. In 1996, Export Development Corp (EDC) won a judgment against Iraq in Canada based on non-payment of a contract debt. In order to partially satisfy the judgment, EDC has attached liens to two properties (formerly Consular offices) in Montreal owned by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. #545 – Oil for Food Operation Center - $20,000 – The funding request was approved to purchase a software program that can provide fast and accurate information to all parties in this process of safe and timely delivery of inbound Oil for Food goods shipments. #536 – Overtime Pay for Forum Workers - $4,940 – The funding request was approved for the overtime pay of Iraqi workers at the Forum through the end of 2003. Maintenance workers must be there on weekends to keep the power on and their functions in the evenings. All Overtime for CPA functions events were paid by CPA funds.