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Program Review Board Meeting – Minutes – August 16, 2003 Attendees: *David Oliver Chair, Director of CPA Office of Management & Budget Sherri Kraham Director, Program Review Board *Chris Milligan Deputy Director US Agency of International Development Jessye LaPenn Advisor to Ministry of Trade/ Oil for Food Issues *Neil Mules Representative of the Australian Government *Andrew Ockenden Representative of the UK Government COL Paul Hough CPA Comptroller COL Tony Bell CPA – Head of Contract Activities MAJ Steve Hopper Coalition Joint Task Force-7 LTC Steve Ross Coalition Joint Task Force-7 Comptroller Al Runnels CPA Chief Financial Officer *Walt Slocombe National Security & Defense Senior Advisor *Andy Bearpark CPA Director of Operations *Peter McPherson Director, Economic Development Scott Castle CPA General Counsel * Voting member The Board approved the previous meeting’s Minutes for publication. The Chair briefed two reprogramming actions which do not yet require Board approval. CPA’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was directed by the Administrator to reprogram funds for requirements in oil and electricity and OMB is seeking to re-direct funds from other ministries which will not draw down these funds immediately. This part of the reallocation does not require Board approval; funding requests from the receiving entity to which the funds will be applied will require approval. This issue will be taken up at a future meeting. The Chair briefed the Board on an expenditure of the newly independent Central Bank to be carried out with its own funds. The Central Bank is seeking to improve connectivity with its banks and will contract for a satellite based system. The Central Bank has approximately $300M of its own assets and the challenge is preserving these funds as a reserve for the Bank given all of the critical funding requirements of the Bank. Contracting Guidance will be voted on at the next meeting to incorporate a grandfathering of the Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) and allow the CERP to be administered in accordance with Fragmentary Order that CJTF-7 previously propagated directing procedures for executing the CERP. And, at the Chairman’s suggestion, the new guidance will have a protest mechanism in place which will not result in the suspension of any contracting activities during resolution of any protests. Funding Requests: #423 – Compensation for Councilors – A funding request from the Public Works Ministry, under which municipal authorities all around the country fall, submitted a request for the salary payments of Governors, Governorate Council Members, Mayors and City Councilors. This will help to empower these authorities of local government who have been critical in turning on key municipal services all over the country. This will be taken up at a vote at the next meeting to ensure consistency with a new salary scale.
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