Improvements Needed in Reporting Status of Reconstruction Projects to Chief of Mission

摘要

In July 2008, the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq -- as Chief of Mission (COM) -- asked SIGIR to examine the availability of management information needed for oversight of agency reconstruction projects, particularly as it related to the Falluja wastewater treatment project. The Ambassador had become concerned after belatedly being made aware of various issues impacting the successful completion of the project. The 'American Embassy Baghdad, Organization and Staffing Report,' dated May 23, 2007, formalized a number of changes designed to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of organizations in support of operations in Iraq. The Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq (CETI) plays an important role in the new organizational alignment and reports directly to the COM. SIGIR makes two recommendations. One is for the U.S. Ambassador to establish policy and guidance to ensure uniform reporting on reconstruction projects, and the second is for CETI to establish a process to ensure that all projects, regardless of funding source or agency management, are accurately and adequately reported to the U.S. Ambassador. The Deputy COM and others concurred with the report and the Deputy stated that implementation of the recommendations has already begun.