Program Review Board (PRB) Minutes - Nov. 08, 2003

 

Attendees:      

*Sherri Kraham	Acting Chair/ Director, Program Review Board
*Gerald B. Thompson	Representative of Office of Security Affairs (Designee)
*Chris Milligan	Deputy Dir, US Agency for Intl Development (designee)
*Andrew Bearpak	Director of Operation & Infrastructure
*Judy Van Rest	Representative of Governance (Designee)
*LTC Terry Ross	Coalition Joint Task Force -7, Dep. Comptroller (Designee)
*Andrew Goledzinowski	Director, Council for International Coordination
COL Paul Hough	CPA Comptroller
COL Tony Bell	CPA - Head of Contracting Activities
James Carrera	Representative of CPA Management Liaison Cell
Patricia Hatcher	Representative of CPA Management Liaison Cell
Al Runnels	CPA - Chief Financial Officer
LTC Andy Hughes	Representative of CPA - General Counsel
COL Kay Summerkamp	Representative of CPA - General Counsel
Hank Bassford	Regional Coordinator CPA - Baghdad
1LT A Heather Coyne	Representative of CPA - Baghdad
Don Fithian	Program Management Office - Comptroller

 

 

*Voting Members

 

            The November 1, 2003 minutes were approved.

 

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

 

            #544- Baghdad Women's Centers Foundation - $1,400,000 - Spending authority was approved for CPA's Baghdad region to fund a grant under the Rapid Regional Response program. The grant will provide support for 18 months to establish the Baghdad Women's Centers Foundation's headquarters and one center in each of Baghdad's nines districts. The women's centers will offer a wide range of training opportunities and social services: vocational training in support of other CPA activities: Micro Credit Program, Income Generation Projects and Small Business Development programs, educational programs, rights awareness, elections, campaigning, and general advocacy training, social service referral (legal and benefits counseling, referrals to police and shelter systems in cases of abuse, honor crimes, etc).

 

            #547 - Mylar Film for the Forum Ü Funds were approved for the purchase and installation of mylar film on all windows at the Iraqi Convention Center. The Center (Forum) has approximately 25,000 square feet of glass. If a terrorist attack happens, the Center becomes a potentially hazardous place to the occupants of the building. In the event of an explosion, the mylar will minimize the shattering of glass and reduce casualties.

Ü Where the publication of approved funding levels may prejudice the competitive contracting processes, these amounts will be redacted.