Provincial Reconstruction Teams: Developing a Cost-Tracking Process will Enhance Decision-Making

Abstract

In October 2005, the U.S. government established the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) program in Iraq. This program is a civil-military, interagency effort that acts as the primary government interface between the United States, Coalition partners, and provincial and local governments. However, to date agencies have not separately tracked PRT operating costs. SIGIR's initial work focused on the cost of operating individual PRTs and the overall PRT program. We quickly found that the agencies involved are not required to capture these costs at the program or individual level. Consequently, SIGIR's reporting objectives are to (1) identify the major PRT program cost categories (2) estimate program costs using available information (3) assess the feasibility and usefulness of tracking PRT costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 28, 2009
Accession Number
ADA498578

Entities

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Economic Development
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.