Program Review Board (PRB) Meeting Minutes � Aug 12, 2003

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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