Program Review Board (PRB) Minutes � Nov

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

Attendees:��

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

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

*Chris Milligan�� USAID

*Howard Pittman�� Governance (designee)

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

*Andrew Goledzinowski�� Council of International Coordination

*Neil Mules�� Representative of the Australia Government

*Aziz Jaffar Hassam�� Iraq Ministry of Finance Representative

� Kevin Taecher�� CPA � Economic Policy/MOF

� COL James Behring�� CPA � Comptroller

� COL Tony Bell�� CPA � Head of Contracting Activities

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

� Patricia Hatcher�� PMO/DCAA

� MAJ Todd Gondeck�� Coalition Joint Task Force � 7, Deputy Comptroller

� Mary Beale�� CPA - Program Management Office � Budget Officer

� Craig Johnson�� CPA - Program Management Office � Program Engineer

� Dean Stange�� CPA - Program Management Office � Program Engineer

� Alida Shusara�� CPA � Program Management Office

� Andrew Burns�� CPA � Ministry of Finance

� James Nuttall�� USAID

� Andrew Alderson�� CPA � South

�� *Voting Members

The minutes from the PRB meetings of December 14^th and December 20^th were approved.

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

�� #595 � EIP 60 MW Power Generation Al Muthanna - � The Board had a long (40+ minutes) discussion on this proposal.� This discussion centered on using Iraqi funds now instead of waiting for the Supplemental funds.� Advantages and disadvantages were expressed and carefully were heard.� In the end, the Board agreed that this project needed to be done now.� Funds were approved for the construction of a stand alone power generation plant in the Al Muthanna Governance.� The plant will provide electricity to the governorate and also to a cement factory in Al Samawah that will employs 850 and will provide excess electricity to the Iraq Power Grid of over 45MW most of the time.� The property will belong to the Ministry of Electrically.� The cement factory will provide a top grade of cement that is needed in the reconstruction of Iraq.�

�� #593 � New Iraqi Army Equipment for 5^th & 6^th Battalions - The National Security Affairs office requested that this request be deferred for another week to see if the US Supplemental Funds will be available for this project.� The Board agreed to defer the request.

�� #603 � Armored SUVs for the Iraqi Ministries - � �Funds were approved for the purchase of 55 Armor SUVs for the Iraqi Ministers and the Governing Councils members.� These vehicles will provide additional force protection measures for Senior Iraqi officials.

�� #602 � Supplemental Ministry of Finance Budget for Hajj - $5,500,000 � Funds were approved pay the cost of the additional allowance of 10,000 Iraqis to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.� The 2004 budget had only anticipated authority from Saudi Arabia of 25,000.� It additionally, adjusts for the change of Iraqi Dinar to US Dollar exchange rate.

�� #600 � Al Shaab Sewer Pump Station - � �The Board authorized the expenditure of previously approved CERP Funds in excess of the $200K threshold to provide a sewage pump station in the D-1 neighborhood of Adhamiyah Municipality. Presently the neighborhood is operating with an open sewage channel sewage concept, which allows raw sewage to flow through the streets.� This neighborhood has never had any other type of sewage system before.� This project will demonstrate the momentum for forward progress by the Baladiya and the coalition forces for the 80,000 residents of the area.�

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�� #599 � Office of Anti-Corruption & Governmental Integrity Building - � �The Iraq Ministry of Finance representative felt that there was a need to have the complete plan and costs for this new office before the Board approves this request.� The Board agreed to defer this request until the complete plan is presented to the Board.

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

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