Program Review Board (PRB) Minutes – Nov. 22, 2003

 

Attendees:       

*Rodney Bent	Chair/ Co-Director, Office of Management & Budget
*Olin Wethington	Representative of Economic Development (Designee)
*Gerald B. Thompson	Representative of Office of Security Affairs (Designee)
*Chris Milligan	USAID
*COL Mike Kirsch	Representative of Office of Operations & Infrastructure
*Judy Van Rest	Representative of Governance (Designee)
*LTC Terry Ross	Coalition Joint Task Force -7, Deputy Comptroller
*Heidi Venamore	Representative of the Australian Government
*Andrew Golednizowski	Council of International Coordination (Designee)
*Yusaf Samiullah	Representative of the United Kingdom
COL Kathryn Summerkamp	CPA – General Counsel
COL James Behring	CPA Comptroller
COL Tony Bell	CPA – Head of Contracting Activities
Patricia Hatcher	Representative of CPA Management Liaison Cell
Don Fithian	Program Management Office - Comptroller
Sherri Kraham	Program Review Board, Director
Jesse Pruett	Program Review Board, Regional Programs Manager
COL Pamela Brady	CJTF-7 82nd ABN DIV Liaison Office
LTC Darren Tola	CJTF-7 82nd ABN DIV Liaison Office

              *Voting Members

 

            The November 15, 2003 minutes were approved with small modifications*

           

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

 

            #557 – Sunni Engagement - $10,000,000 – Funds were approved for the  implementation of the CPA, CJTF-7 and 82^nd ABN Division Sunni Engagement Strategy for Al Anbar Governorate.  Funds were requested a range of high-visibility, quick-impact projects to engage and enfranchise Iraqis and some larger public works projects.

 

            #563 – Unauthorized Spring-Summer Teacher Hires - $1,100,000 – Funds will approved for payments of a stipend of $100 each for up to 11,000 teachers hired after the war without approval from the national Ministry of Education.  The majority of the teachers have performed some work during the late spring and over the summer. 

 

            #562 – Government of Iraq Renovation Completion  † Funds were approved for the purchase of new carpet and upgrading the electrical power supply for the fifth through the eleventh floors of the Iraqi Governing Council building. 

 

 

            Under authority delegated to the Board, the Board approved the following two actions:

 

            #560 – Dump Truck for Local Public Works Departments † Funds were approved under the Rapid Regional Response Program for the purchase of dump trucks for the municipalities’ public works departments. A total of 18 trucks will be purchased; three to each province capital in the south central region.  Approval is subject to a final determination that donor resources are not available for this purchase and that operating & recurring costs can be sustained.

 

            #559 – Pickup Trucks - † Funds were approved from the Rapid Regional Response Program for the purchase of pickup trucks for the fire departments to transport their EOD teams and equipment. A total of 26 trucks will be purchased. Approval is subject to a final determination that donor resources are not available for this purchase and that operating & recurring cost costs can be sustained.

 

 

            *It was noted that PRB#556 – Iraqi Civil Defense Corp Bridging Fund was approved by Ambassador Bremer for $1,702,500 instead of the full amount approved by the Board on November 15, 2003. Also noted was that PRB#554 would be funded through existing funds available under the Construction Initiative Program.

 

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