Program Review Board (PRB) Minutes � Nov

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 82^nd ABN DIV Liaison Office
LTC Darren Tola	CJTF-7 82^nd ABN DIV Liaison Office

�� *Voting Members

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

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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.

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