Program Review Board ( PRB ) Minutes – Jan.03, 2004

Program Review Board ( PRB ) Minutes – Jan.03, 2004 *Rodney Bent Chair/Co-Director Office of Management & Budget *Frederick C. Smith Acting Senior Advisor for the Office of Security Affairs *Chris Milligan USAID *Howard Pittman Governance (designee) *COL Mike Kirsch Representative of Office of Operations & Infrastructure (Designee) * COL Michael Toner CJTF-7 Comptroller *Andrew Goledzinowski Council of International Coordination *Neil Mules Representative of the Australia Government *Aziz Jaffar Hassam Iraq Ministry of Finance Representative COL James Behring CPA – Comptroller COL Tony Bell CPA – Head of Contracting Activities COL Kathryn Sommerkamp CPA – General Counsel Jesse Pruett Program Review Board - Regional Programs Manager MAJ Todd Gondeck Coalition Joint Task Force – 7, Deputy Comptroller COL Mathew Mulhern CPA – Ministry of Finance COL Rand Vollmer CJTF -7 OPS COL David W. Brown CJTF – 7 MAJ Phillip Hicks CPA – Facility Management Office MAJ Eric Nelson Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil Mike Ensch Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil S. Turner Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil B. J. Turner CPA – Ministry of Interior Thomas Giboney CPA – Regional Coordination Office MAJ Thomas Kinton CPA – Ministry of Trade LTC Joseph Morgan CPA – Ministry of Housing & Reconstruction Hugh B. Tant III CPA – Ministry of Finance -ICE The minutes from the PRB meetings of December 29th were approved. #605 – Emergency Response Pipeline Repair - $25,000,000 – Mike Ensch of Task Force RIO briefed the Board. The Board discussed this request for over forty minutes. The Board felt that the proposal make good sense to do and will benefit the Iraqis but they felt that they needed more detail information before they could vote on it. The Board agreed to do an Electronic Vote on this request once a revised request is submitted to the PRB office. The PRB office will provide the Iraq Ministry of Finance a hard copy of the revise PRB and allow a two day turnaround time for a written request from the Iraq Ministry of Finance. (Note: PRB approved on January 8 th , 2004) #606 – Iraqi Weapons Badge - $6,200,000 – Thomas Giboney of CPA – Requirements Coordination Office briefed the Board. The request is to establish a Weapons Card system for all Iraqis that own a weapon or are require to have one in performing their duties. The board asked Mr. Giboney many questions. After 40 minutes of discussion the Board felt that this should be part of the Iraq 2004 Budget. Mr. Giboney was advised that he needed to have the Iraq Ministry of Interior to coordinate with the Iraq Ministry of Finance and all the other Ministries to see if a complete ID program can be developed for Iraq. #610 – Iraq Currency Exchange - $5,606,500 – Hugh B. Tant III of the CPA – Ministry of Finance Iraqi Currency Exchange Team briefed the Board. The request is to fund the contract to print an addition two Trillion Dinars for the Central Bank of Iraq reserves. Unforeseen economic influences have resulted in the currency exchange program having to draw upon a considerable percentage of the CBI reserves prior to the exchange period deadline. Several Board members wanted to knew why this requirement was not being recompeted for contract award. Because of the need for the currency now the Board felt that the same contractor would have to be used. Approved - DFI #611 – CPA Ministry of Housing & Construction Initiative - $5,544,663 - LTC Joe Morgan, CPA – Ministry of Housing & Construction briefed the Board. The Board authorized the expenditure of previously approved Construction Initiative Funds and the reallocation of $2,908,156 from MoHC Ongoing Contracts list (PRB@221B) to the MoHC Ministry of Reconstruction program (PRB#221A). The request increased the total amount of Ongoing Contracts by $5,544,663. This leaves a balance of future Ongoing Contracts to be approved by the Board at $1,455,337. Approved – Construction Initiative #608 – Oil for Food Operations Center - $54,300 - Since the request is less then $200,000, the Board approved the funds without any discussion. The funds will covered the OFF Operating Center operating costs and provide Life Support for the Border Teams. Approved - Seized #609 – Purchase of Heads at Peace Palace - $25,000 – Since the request is less then $200,000, the Board approved the funds without any discussion. The funds will reimbursed a contractor for taking the Heads of the Peace Palace. Approved – Seized