SIGIR Quarterly Report to the United States Congress
Abstract
In November 2003, Public Law 108-106 created the Coalition Provisional Authority Inspector General (CPA-IG) to provide oversight of the CPA. Under this law, the CPA-IG worked to promote the efficient, legal, and effective use of billions of dollars of U.S. appropriated and other funds committed to Iraq relief and reconstruction by coordinating and conducting investigations and audits of the reconstruction effort. This is the third Quarterly Report by the CPA-IG on Iraq reconstruction. This Report was submitted to Congress on October 30, 2004, in accordance with Public Law 108-106. Since beginning operations in late January 2004, the CPA-IG has focused its resources on high-value oversight issues to improve the Iraq reconstruction process. As of October 21, 2004, the CPA-IG was operating with 83 staff and contractors-28 in Baghdad and 55 in Washington, D.C. The CPA-IG has: initiated 23 audits and completed 13 final reports on the CPA's financial management, procurement practices, and management controls, managed or coordinated 113 criminal investigations: 75 have been closed or referred to other U.S. agencies, and 38 remain open, opened case files on 272 Hotline contacts received by e-mail, telephone, and walk-in, of which 178 were received in the United States and 94 in Iraq. During this quarterly reporting period, the CPA-IG has: completed two audits, discontinued three audits, and continued work on ten audits, closed or referred 31 cases for investigation, and opened 39 new cases, received and processed 50 Hotline contacts in the United States and in Iraq, launched two new initiatives: the Iraq Accountability Working Group in Baghdad and Lessons Learned I High-Risk Factors, continued three initiatives: Iraq Inspectors General Council, Security and Insurance, and Corporate Governance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 30, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA489522
Entities
People
- Stuart W. Bowen
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction