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

Program Review Board Meeting - Minutes – August 12, 2003 Sherri Kraham Acting Chair, Director Program Review Board *Chris Milligan US Agency of International Development Jessye LaPenn Advisor to Ministry of Trade / Oil for Food Issues *Neil Mules Representative of the Australian Government *Andrew Ockenden Representative of the UK Government LTC Bob Pelletier Advisor to Ministry of Transportation & Communication COL Tony Bell CPA –Head of Contracting Activities MAJ Steve Hopper Coalition Joint Task Force-7 COL Michael Toner Coalition Joint Task Force-7, Comptroller Al Runnels CPA Chief Financial Officer *Walt Slocombe National Security & Defense Senior Advisor *Tom Krajeski Governance, Deputy Directors *Andy Bearpark CPA Director of Operations *Peter McPherson Director, Economic Development *Marek Belka Director CPA Council on International Cooperation Lee Evey Senior Advisor to Ministry 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cases where publication of the approved funding level could reflect a potential contract award amount, the amount will not be published so as not to prejudice the contract award.† The Chief Financial Officer briefed the status of available funds: a new deposit of $48M from oil proceeds into the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.