Cost-to-Complete Reporting for Iraq Reconstruction Projects

Abstract

This report discusses the results of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) review of cost-to-complete reporting and follows up on our earlier reviews to determine the progress in implementing our previous recommendations. As of the quarter ending March 31, 2007, the Department of State (DoS) has yet to meet its mandate to provide the Congress with information on the uses of all Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds (IRRF) monies on a project-by-project basis, including the cost to complete each project. We were told that systems limitations related to automating the data have continued to result in unreliable data. In a written response to a SIGIR inquiry as to why cost-to-complete reports were not being submitted to the Congress, a DoS Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA) senior official said that NEA did not submit the required cost-to-complete information to the Congress because over the course of 2 1/2 years, the Congress had not requested it. However, during our review we found that the Gulf Region Division (GRD) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepared and reported project status to the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO) Deputy Director and these reports contained detailed project-level, cost-to-complete information. Since May 8, 2007, GRD has provided these reports to IRMO's successor, the Iraq Transition Assistance Office (ITAO). We believe that this project status information meets the intent of what the Congress has requested, yet neither IRMO nor ITAO have forwarded the GRD reports to NEA. We also believe that utilizing this project status report would not impose any additional reporting requirement on GRD -- the organization with project oversight for most of the ongoing IRRF-funded reconstruction projects. For the details on our objectives, scope, and methodology see Appendix A.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 26, 2007
Accession Number
ADA510322

Entities

People

  • Ben Comfort
  • Clifton Spruill
  • Glenn Furbish
  • Joseph T. Mcdermott
  • Justin Martell
  • Karen L Bell
  • Nadia Shamari
  • William Shimp

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

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