The Coalition Provisional Authority Program Review Board was composed of the senior personnel of the Coalition Provisional Authority, charged with the responsibility to review and make recommendations about the awarding of contracts to the administrator of the authority, Paul Bremer.
The board recommended the awarding of more than 800 contracts.
It had the authority to recommend expenditures from both the Development Fund for Iraq, which the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) administered in trust on behalf of the Iraqi people, and the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, which the CPA administered on behalf of the American people.
The expenditures from the Development Fund for Iraq that the board recommended to CPA Administrator Bremer were made under obligations the Coalition undertook under United Nations resolution 1483. They included making sure that expenditures were administered in an open and transparent manner.
According to the KPMG audit of the Development Fund for Iraq expenditures, the board routinely failed to properly document its decisions.
George Wolfe Chairman/Director Office of Management and BudgetHazim Al Said Iraq Ministry of FinanceChris Milligan USAIDVictoria Wayne Director, Office of Operations & InfrastructureDean Pittman GovernanceNeil Mules Representative of the Australian GovernmentWilliam Block Economic and Development PolicyNeil Hawkins Council for International CooperationBehnam Puttrus Iraq Ministry of Planning and Development CooperationFred Smith Deputy Senior Advisor for the Office of Security AffairsTeddy Bryan USAIDCol Frank Boynton Director, Office of Operations & InfrastructureCOL William Ford Coalition Joint Task Force – 7, ComptrollerYusaf Samiullah Representative of the United Kingdom GovernmentChris Soares Economic and Development PolicyDr. Edgar Rodrigo Iraq Ministry of Planning and Development CooperationLt Col Jim Reitzel Coalition Joint Task Force – 7, ComptrollerLindy Cameron Representative of the United Kingdom GovernmentFrederick C. Smith Deputy Senior Advisor for the Office of Security AffairsChristopher Segar Representative of the United Kingdom GovernmentHeidi Venamore Representative of the Australian GovernmentMaj Todd Gondeck Coalition Joint Task Force – 7, ComptrollerRodney Bent Chairman/Director Office of Management and BudgetNone of the minutes is complete. Many are missing.
In some cases the minutes did not include an attendance list. When an attendance list was present, the roles and titles of the attendees was not always provided.
Only rarely did the minutes record whether the attendees had reviewed and approved the minutes of the previous meeting, or the date of the next meeting.
The minutes seldom recorded the wording of motions, who seconded them, who voted for them or against them, or even the vote tally.
In some cases where an attendance list was part of the minutes, decisions were made when the board did not have quorum.
The KPMG audit of the Development Fund for Iraq notes that of the minutes of the 43 Program Review Board meetings it was able to review, all from 2003, just two were attended by the Iraqi member. The list of minutes available on the board's Web site lists 34 meetings in that year.
June 7, 2003 (.pdf)June 8, 2003 (.pdf) Additional notes to the meeting of June 6th [sic].June 21, 2003 (.pdf)June 25, 2003 (.pdf)July 5, 2003 (.pdf)July 8, 2003 (.pdf)July 12, 2003 (.pdf)July 15, 2003 (.pdf)July 27, 2003 (.pdf)July 29, 2003 (.pdf)August 12, 2003September 1, 2003September 2, 2003September 7, 2003 (.pdf)September 9, 2003 (.pdf)September 13, 2003 (.pdf)October 7, 2003 (.doc)October 8, 2003October 11, 2003October 18, 2003October 21, 2003October 25, 2003October 28, 2003November 1, 2003November 8, 2003November 11, 2003November 15, 2003November 22, 2003November 29, 2003December 2, 2003December 6, 2003December 14, 2003December 20, 2003December 29, 2003January 3, 2004January 10, 2004January 17, 2004January 24, 2004January 31, 2004February 8, 2004February 15, 2004February 24, 2004March 6, 2004March 10, 2004March 29, 2004April 7, 2004April 14, 2004April 28, 2004May 12, 2004May 15, 2004June 2, 2004 