Commander's Emergency Response Program Obligations Are Uncertain
Abstract
This letter addresses the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction's review of the Department of Defense's accounting for the obligation and expenditure of Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) funds allocated for Iraq, and how those funds were used. Public Law (P.L.) 108-106, as amended, requires that the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) report on the oversight and accounting of the obligation and expenditure of funds in Iraq. Since 2003, the Army Budget Office reports that it has allocated about $3.89 billion for CERP projects in Iraq. According to Money as a Weapons System (MAAWS), the U.S. Forces-Iraq (USF-I) policy and procedures manual that directs program execution and establishes the goals for CERP funding, two information systems track CERP data: the CERP Project Tracker, which is a resource management tool that identifies the status of each CERP project, and the Army Standard Financial System (STANFINS), which identifies CERP obligations and expenditures. The objective of this review is to determine the extent to which funds appropriated for CERP have been obligated and liquidated, and how those funds have been used.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA545950
Entities
People
- Arthur Granger
- Glenn D. Furbish
- Nancee K. Needham
- Wilson D. Haigler
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction