Program Review Board (PRB) Minutes � Nov. 29, 2003

 

Attendees:�������

*Sherri Kraham����������������������������������� Acting Chair/Program Review Board, Director

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

*COL Mike Kirsch����������������������������� Representative of Office of Operations & Infrastructure ����������������������������������� ����������������������� (Designee)

*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

� Greg Buckley������������ 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

� Mary Beal����������������������������������������� Program Management Office � Budget Officer� �����������

� Jesse Pruett��������������������������������������� Program Review Board, Regional Programs Manager

� Bob McKee�������������������������������������� CPA � Senior Advisor Ministry of Oil

� Larry Rogers������������������������������������� Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil

� MAJ Erik Nelson������������������������������ Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil

� Jeff Haberman����������������������������������� CPA � South Central

� COL Tom O�Donnell������������ Task Force � Shield

�� CPT Jacyn Dembrosky��������������������� CPA � Comptroller Office

 

����������� � *Voting Members

 

����������� The November 22, 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:

 

 

����������� #568 � Fuel Imports - $425,000,000 � 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 fuel import requirements through the end of January 2004.� Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil (TF RIO) is working with Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) and SOMO (Southern Oil Marketing Organization) to fulfill the Iraqis fuel imports requirements until a new contract could be competitively awarded.� DESC was out to Iraq to study the requirements and will get back with TF RIO shortly on their procurement capabilities.� SOMO will likely purchase up to $100 M.�

 

����������� #570 � Oil Infrastructure & Security - � Funds were approved for the contracting of air surveillance security of the oil pipelines in Iraq.� The contractor will provide two aircrafts with the Air Scan system for night patrolling of the pipelines.� The equipment will be link with a ground station in order to provide a quick reaction to any threat identified by the low-light television sensors mounted on the craft.�

 

����������� #456 � Replenishment of Rapid Regional Response Program - $10,000,000 � Funds were approved to provide $10M more to CPA � South Central�s Rapid Regional Response Program as was committed to them by Ambassador Bremer earlier.�

 

����������� #417� CPA Rewards - $310,200 � Funds were approved to pay for the printing of poster-sized stickers, handbill and small (bumper) stickers listing rewards being offer by CPA for information and the capture of Saddam and his sons, soliciting of info on anti-Coalition activities, and soliciting info on damaging of Iraqi infrastructure.� The materials were contracted for in August but the bill was never paid.

 

����������� The Board was informed in regard to PRB#559 & PRB#560 that the ministries will be able to sustain the operating & recurring costs on the trucks.� The Board was also informed that the Regional Program Manager was still waiting for an answer from one of the donors� representatives on whether or not these trucks can be part of their donor program.

 

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

 

 

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