Program
Review Board (PRB)
Minutes – Nov. 11, 2003
Attendees:
| *Rodney Bent | Chair/
Co-Director, Office of Management & Budget |
| *William Block | Representative
of Economic Development (designee) |
| *Gerald B. Thompson | Representative
of Office of Security Affairs (Designee) |
| *Chris Milligan | Deputy
Dir, US Agency for Intl Development (designee) |
| *Andrew Bearpak | Director
of Operations & Infrastructure |
| *Judy Van Rest | Representative
of Governance (Designee) |
| *LTC Terry Ross | Coalition
Joint Task Force -7, Dep. Comptroller (Designee) |
| COL Paul Hough | CPA Comptroller |
| COL Tony Bell | CPA - Head of Contracting Activities |
| Patricia Hatcher | Representative of CPA Management Liaison Cell |
| Al Runnels | CPA –
Chief Financial Officer |
| Kay Summerkamp | Representative
of CPA – General Counsel |
| Don Fithian | Management Office - Comptroller |
| MAJ Thomas Kinton | Representative of Ministry of
Trade |
| LTC Kevin Ross | Representative
of Ministry of Oil |
| Gary Vogler | Representative
of Ministry of Oil |
| LTC Tim French | Task Force
Restore Iraqi Oil |
| Larry Rogers | Task Force
Restore Iraqi Oil |
| MAJ Erik Nelson | Task Force
Restore Iraqi Oil |
| BG Robert Crear | Task Force
Restore Iraqi Oil |
| Pamela Fessenden | Representative of
Ministry of Trade |
| MAJ Robert Van
Tersch | Representative
of Ministry of Trade |
| David Wallace | Representative
of Ministry of Trade |
| John Westun | Representative
of Ministry of Trade |
| Corey Monaghan | Representative
of Office of Security Affairs |
| COL James Behring | CPA
– Comptroller |
| MAJ William Moxley | Representative of CPA – General Counsel |
| MAJ Steve Weedman | 4ID Liaison Officer to
CPA |
*Voting Members
The
November 8, 2003 minutes
were approved.
The following Funding Requests were
considered by the Board for recommendation to the Administrator:
#551
– Fuel Imports - $125,000,000 – Funds were approved for the emergency import of
LPG, Benzene, Kerosene and Diesel to help meet
the domestic daily needs of these fuels.
This request is to fund the needs for the next two weeks. Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil is exploring the
option of using Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) contracts and SOMO
(Southern Oil Marketing Organization) contracts to fulfill the Iraqis fuel imports
requirements until a new contract could be competitively awarded.
#550
– CERP Final Push Up - $36,500,000 - Funds were approved to support CJTF-7 CERP
program until funds can be made available from appropriated resources
#548
– The New Iraqi Army Taji Life Support - $1,500,000 – Funds were approved to
provide life support operations for the initial New Iraqi Army Officer
candidates and the second NIA Battalion at Taji Military Base.
#549
- The New Iraqi Army Taji Warehousing Facility - $400,000 – Funds were approved
to set up a basic warehousing facility for the New Iraqi Army in Taji.
#552 – Export Development Corp
etal V. Republic of Iraq - $825,000 – Funds were authorized to make a
settlement agreement in the amount of value of two properties that are set to
be auctioned off if a settlement can not reached. In 1996, Export Development Corp (EDC) won a
judgment against Iraq
in Canada based
on non-payment of a contract debt. In
order to partially satisfy the judgment, EDC has attached liens to two
properties (formerly Consular offices) in Montreal
owned by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
#545 – Oil for
Food
Operation Center
- $20,000 – The funding request was approved to purchase a software program
that can provide fast and accurate information to all parties in this process
of safe and timely delivery of inbound Oil for Food goods shipments.
#536 – Overtime Pay for Forum
Workers - $4,940 – The funding request was approved for the overtime pay of
Iraqi workers at the Forum through the end of 2003. Maintenance workers must be there on weekends
to keep the power on and their functions in the evenings. All Overtime for CPA functions events were
paid by CPA funds.
