Program Review Board (PRB) Minutes - Oct. 25, 2003

 

Attendees:      

*David R. Oliver	Chair/ Director, Office of Management & Budget
*Nick Harvey	Representative of the UK Government
*COL Michael Kirsch	Directorate of Operations - Chief of Staff
COL Paul Hough	CPA Comptroller
*COL Terry Ross	Coalition Joint Task Force-7 Dep Comptroller (designee)
*William Block	Representative, Economic Development (designee)
*Gerald B. Thompson	Representative, Office of Security Affairs (designee)
*Maura Connelly	Governance, Deputy Director (designee)
LTC Andy Hughes	Representative of General Counsel's Office
James Carrera	CPA - Management Liaison Cell
Al Runnels	CPA - Chief Financial Officer
Don Fitchian	CPA - Program Management Office - Comptroller
Nick Horne	CPA- Ministry of Electricity
Ron Meldonian	Representative of Defense Contract Audit Agency
John Hutton	Representative of General Accounting Office
Tet Miyabara	Representative of General Accounting Office
Brian Wheeler	Task Force - Restore Iraq Electricity
COL Todd Semonite	Task Force - Restore Iraq Electricity
Joe Theobald	Task Force - Restore Iraq Electricity
BG Hawkins	Task Force - Restore Iraq Electricity
Susan Hamrock	Ministry of Trade
CPT Chris Hempel	Ministry of Trade
Paul Wright	Ministry of Trade
John Weston	Ministry of Trade
Robert Tersch	Ministry of Trade

 

 

*Voting Members

 

            The October 18, 2003 minutes were approved.

 

The following Funding Requests were considered by the Board for recommendation to the Administrator:

 

            #520 - Seeds for the South - $650,000 - Funds were approved for CPA - South to purchase wheat seeds for farmers in the South. Seeds to be sold to the farmers at a subsidized price set by CPA - South in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture.

 

            #523 - Life Support for New Iraqi Army at Kirkush Military Training Base - $15,500,000 - Subsequent to a detailed discussion on this request the board set this requirement aside pending receipt of supplemental funding.

 

            #539 - UN Oil for Food Shipments Security - $15,356,000 - The Ministry of Trade briefed the Board on the need for security protection for truck convoys carrying Oil For Food contract goods in from the borders. The Board felt that the request was too high and requested that MOT consider less costly alternatives and resubmit the request at the next Board meeting.

 

            #518 - CPA - Electrical Priorities for TF Restore Iraqi Electricity - $756,000,000 - Funds were approved for TF - RIE to complete 26 projects that focus on accelerating the provision of essential electricity services to the Iraqi people in support of accomplishing the 6000MW power production goal.