Government of Iraq Increasingly Funding Iraqi Security Forces Infrastructure Development, but Substantial U.S. Support Remains. Revision

Abstract

Recently, a congressional committee raised concerns that a significant amount of U.S.- appropriated money from the Iraq Security Forces Fund (ISFF) continues to be spent on infrastructure projects related to developing the Iraqi Security Forces and that the Government of Iraq (GOI) should shoulder more of the financial burden for infrastructure development. This issue gained particular attention when the Department of Defense (DoD) proposed to realign $590 million of FY 2007 ISFF to infrastructure development from other ISFF accounts. Because of the congressional interest, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) evaluated: the status of U.S.-appropriated ISFF used for infrastructure projects in Iraq, including (1) factors affecting program execution and use of these funds, and (2) spending plans for unobligated funds and unliquidated obligations and factors indicating and affecting a shift toward greater use of Iraqi funding to support Iraqi Security Forces infrastructure projects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 11, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488822

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  • Charles Thompson
  • David R. Wareen
  • Tinh Nguyen

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  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Financial Management
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Governments
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Maintenance
  • Money
  • National Security
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  • United States
  • United States Central Command

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