Program Review Board (PRB) Minutes – Dec. 02, 2003

 

Attendees:       

*Rodney Bent                                      Chair/Co-Director Office of Management & Budget

**Olin Wethington                                Representative of Economic Development (Designee)

*Frederick C. Smith                             Acting Senior Advisor for the Office of Security Affairs

*Chris Milligan                         USAID

*Andy Bearpark                                   Directorate of Operations & Infrastructure

*LTC Terry Ross                                 Coalition Joint Task Force -7, Deputy Comptroller

**Andrew Golednizowski                     Council of International Coordination (Designee) 

  COL James Behring                           CPA Comptroller

  Chris Vuxton                                      CPA – Contracting Activities

  Patricia Hatcher                                  Representative of CPA Management Liaison Cell

  COL Tom O’Donnell             Task Force – Shield

              *Voting Members

            **Voting Members (voted electronically)

                       

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

 

 

#571 – Oilfield Guard Expansion - † Funds were approved for the additional increase of 7,500 Iraqi guards and US/expatriate management team in support of Task Force Shield.  Because of the terrorist threats against the Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, pumping stations, refineries, oil workers and critical oil nodes, there is a greater need of the number of security personnel and equipment. Funds ($1.2M) will be use to provide additional security for eight Ministry of Oil Director-Generals.  These services will be provided through the end of August 2004.

 

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